Development for Haiti Newsletter

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Newsletter on Events 2011-2012Development for Haiti

What is our mission for Haiti?

The Foundation for Post Conflict Development in conjunction

with Spring Break in Haiti has created a partnership that seeks to

promote development in Haiti by raising awareness among students,

encouraging service-learning opportunities, artists, with the overall goal

ofproviding services to at-risk youth, specifically orphans, through

the creation of a youth center, in addition to bringing clean water

and sanitation services as well asjobs to members of the community.

We seek to create a project that initiates the bottom-up approach, by

including members of the community in the decision-making process, in

order to provide something that is sustainable and meaningful to itsbeneficiaries.


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CUNY BA Workshop on Internships and International Affairs,April 13th, 2011

(From left: Maisha Lopa, Rachel McCroy, Michelle Muita, and Andrew Aldworth, Photo courtesy of cunyba.gc.cuny.edu)

Assistant to the Executive Director, Rachel McCroy, participated in the CUNY BAs workshop,in which more than 60 people attended. She discussed how she became involved with the FPCD,and the importance of being passionate about pursuing what is important to you. Other speakers,

Maisha Lopa, Michelle Muita, and Andrew Aldworth, spoke about their personal journeys andadvice on how to secure a internship to gain experience. At the end of the workshop, she discussed

with students how to become involved with the FPCDs haiti project.

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(Greg, presenting to group of students)

CUNY BA Fall Get Together, November 22nd, 2011

The CUNY Graduate Center located on 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6412, New York, NY 10016hosted an event in which students the opportunity to hear from young students involved insocial activism. One of the speakers were partners of the FPCD. Greg, one of the founders of Spring

Break in Haiti, discussed his organizations encouragement of youth to explore the culture of Haiti and

participating in service-learning events through tourism. The event attracted large amounts of students

interested in social activism and becoming aware of the FPCD's launch to build a youth center, and

providing social services for at-risk children. Spring Break in Haiti would host service-learning trips to

Haiti for interested students.

To learn more about the CUNY Graduate Center, please visit: cunyba.gc.cuny.edu


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Poetry and Performance Fundraiser, January 7th, 2012

The FPCD, in conjunction with Spring Break in Haiti, hosted a fundraiser in which poetry andperformance took place. Hosted at the Spark Center in NYC, the event proved to be an inmate and greatnight full of talented artists. Thank you to all the performers that donated their time and energy tohelping our cause in Haiti!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conference on Natural Disasters, February 25th, 2012The FPCD, in conjunction with Spring Break in Haiti, participated in the conference hosted by the Global

Engagement Network at Wooster College. This years conference was on "Natural Disasters: After theCameras Stop Rolling." The FPCD, on behalf of Greg Jesus Luc, spoke on his experience on how Haiti wasimpacted by the Earthquake: the charity that took place, how the medias focus left after the earthquake,and how now Haiti is still in need of aid and assistance with development, that the media needs to callattention to this part of the world. The conference had 45 participants, and raised students awareness onhow the media has great power in how we perceive and respond to natural disasters.

To learn more about the Global Engagement Network at Wooster College, please visit:http://www.wooster.edu/Student-Life/Student-Activities-and-Organization/Student-Organizations/

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Interested? Want to travel with the FPCD this summer?Please contact Rachel, Assistant to the Executive Director: [email protected]
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