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| Haiti Twinning Project |
| Ms. Tricia Jenkins |
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phone: (434) 293-9612 |
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| Ms. Laurie Duncan |
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| For general information on Haiti click here. |
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How You Can Help Haiti |
| · Sponsor a Child |
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For only $12 a month, you can help one of the children in Saltadère by supporting his or her education at St. Michael's School.
The money goes to cover school costs, such as basic supplies, clothes, teacher pay, and school lunch. You can exchange letters (in French)
with your student and learn about your child's life in Haiti. Click here for answers to frequently asked questions about the Child Sponsorship program. Contact Tricia Jenkins or Laurie Duncan for more information. |
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Read Up Anyone who has tried to learn about Haiti by reading the newspapers knows that there is
not much there to learn. Even on the information-saturated Internet it can be hard to find
reliable and up-to-date information (in part, of course, because there is much less Internet
activity within Haiti than here). But the more parishioners we have who understand not
only the specific situation of our sister parish, but the general problems Haiti faces, the
better our partnership will be. You can play a part merely by informing yourself. We have
found these sites especially helpful as starting points:
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www.lekol.com |
The Richmond Diocese’s Haitian Education Fund, with specific info about our project in Saltadère. |
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www.haitiglobe.com |
A very up-to-date compilation of Haitian news in English from international sources |
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www.ijdh.org |
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti - a rich source for other links, and includes "Half Hour A Week for Haiti," a campaign to help Americans help Haiti politically |
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www.haitiprogres.com |
The widest-circulating weekly newsmagazine in Haiti - stories in English, French, and Kreyôl |
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www.ahphaiti.com |
Agence Haitienne de Presse, the most up-to-date reporting available from Haiti - mostly in French |
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Watch this space closely For the moment, helping build the new school building at St. Michel’s is one of our
highest priorities. There will be periodic small-to-medium fundraisers developing as the months go by. Please keep a sharp eye out for other ways to help keep
our partnership with St. Michel’s strong - and keep an eye on the Saltadère page at
http://www.lekol.com for current bulletins. |
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| Vision |
| We envision this committee to be a formation of people for
outreach ministries, offering a consciousness of hope, inspiration, and challenge
in a needy world. |
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| Mission |
| Promote a consistent ethic of life and the work of justice and peace by educating
others in the formation and performance of outreach ministries, by actively engaging in transforming our
community from a faith perspective, and by collaborating with other organizations endorsing a similar
vision under the guidance of the Richmond Diocese. |
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