{"id":22479,"date":"2016-08-01T09:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=22479"},"modified":"2020-04-03T15:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:52:41","slug":"good-mike-chambers-summits-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/good-mike-chambers-summits-education","title":{"rendered":"Doing Good: Mike Chambers of Summits Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Haiti has the lowest literacy rate in the Western Hemisphere, a fact that frustrated community organizer Mike Chambers. But figuring out how to change that fact frustrated him until he made one key connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI met Paul English, who had been working in Haiti as a philanthropist,\u201d says Chambers. \u201cWe started spending a lot of time there to get a sense as to whether or not a college prep school was needed and what the most effective and impactful way to get involved would be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, Chambers helped found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summits.org\/\">Summits Education<\/a>, a nonprofit designed to promote education in rural Haiti. Its primary focus is bringing in more teachers, which they say is the most fundamental way of transforming the educational system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Summits Education operates a network of 41 primary schools in the remote mountains of Haiti\u2019s Central Department. Its team of 328 teachers, trainers, and administrators helps educate 9,772 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/Mike-Chambers-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Chambers\" class=\"wp-image-22488\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cofounders:\u00a0<\/strong>Mike Chambers, Marie Flore Chipps, Paul English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year founded:\u00a0<\/strong>2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Employees:&nbsp;<\/strong>Four full-time employees in Boston and 350 more in Haiti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where we\u2019re based: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/locations\/boston\/fort-point\">WeWork Fort Point<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moment of inspiration:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;There was this moment where I was in a school in rural Haiti, and all of the classrooms had smart boards in a region where electricity is sparse,\u201d Chambers says. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t start with listening to the needs of the community. 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