La Victorie School Presentation
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An Innovative Rotary-to-Rotary Partnership: Making the Impact of the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts.
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Haiti is 1/3 of the
island of Hispaniola
(With nearly identical population levels, Haitian GDP = $ 5B, and Dominican Republic GDP = $ 32B )
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Poorest Country in the Western Hemisphere… with a population of nearly 9 million….
• 80% of Haitian rely on subsistence farming • 95% is deforested and 80% of topsoil eroded• The Literacy rate is only 54%
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Has been hard to find in
* Haiti ranks last/worst in the global water poverty index
One of these
Haiti
Infant Mortality rate of 6.3% (Over 10x the US rate)
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But Rotary and Haiti Outreach are Helping
Rotary Safe Water Plus Program – 100,000+ people in Central Plateau now have access to safe drinking water
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…and the Children have
stopped dying!
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Safe Water
Additional Needs:
Education
Central Plateau of Haiti
Only 3 public secondary schools in the entire Central Plateau of Haiti - 200,000 potential students!
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These children deserve a chance to attend school to improve their lives and create futures
In Haiti, only 18% of the children attend secondary school….Will you help?
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Making the Impact of the Whole GREATER than the Sum of the Parts
1+1=3
Rotary Clubs working together can make the difference!
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La Victoire . . . Is a community of 10,000people where we are doing a ‘Safe Water’ Project They have 1 public primary school and 00 Secondary schools .
The Community has asked for help to build a secondary school
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La Victoire Secondary School …. If we build it…. They will come! Serve over 400 low-income students who have no
other access to public secondary schools The Haitian Education Ministry will staff, support
and maintain the school once it is built The project includes a safe-water project Construction will use local labor, managed by
Minnetonka based Haiti Outreach staff in Haiti. Architectural design is through a
partnership with Engineers Without Borders
The goal is to have the school ready to open in late 2009. Construction will take 5-6 months
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Our Opportunity . . . Quickly make a
real difference - Focused and
achievable goal of $200,000
Multi-club partnership
Support from many sources to rapidly achieve significant results
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What can you do?
Become a ‘partner’ club‘SponsorSponsor’ a Classroom, Desk or Student
$ 20,000 per Classroom $1000 per Desk (three students per desk) $ 333 per Student
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Partner Clubs (to date):
Brainerd Hutchinson Minneapolis City of Lakes Minneapolis Uptown Minneapolis South Richfield Bloomington And several more joining soon…
Will you join us to build this Will you join us to build this school?school?
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How to get involved?Contact a member of the Rotary Partnership to learn more…
Dale SnyderHaiti Outreach & Minneapolis Uptown [email protected]
Richard SlieterRotary Club of [email protected]
Steve GasserRotary Club of [email protected]
Patrick JoyceMinneapolis City of Lakes Rotary Club612-819-0782 [email protected]
We CAN Do
This !
www.RotaryPartnershipforHaiti.org