HAITI

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[Natasha]

Hatian Proverbs

~~A Monkey never thinks her baby is ugly~~

~~The donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace~~
 
~~To speak French does not mean you are smart~~

~~If work were a good thing, the rich would have grabbed it a long time ago~~

[Claus-Peter]

La Citadelle, built 1805-1820 by Henri Christophe, last king of Haiti





Fishing boats in Baie de Port-au-Prince, west central Haiti





Women at market water well, Port-au-Prince





People on roof of sideless red bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city

[Natasha]

After a long absence, it was great to see loans from Haiti offered again...

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=45159&_tpos=1&_tpg=1
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=45168&_tpos=2&_tpg=1

[PEI Rick]

For those who search for borrowers in Haiti, here's the next best thing!

Marlene Martinez Araujo's Group - A group of five women of Haitian descent, all of whom are small business owners

[PEI Rick]

Me thinks there are a bunch of lurkers on KF!!

Funding Raised : Marlene Martinez Araujo's Group - Women of Haitian Decent!

[P, B and J]

By chance I recently came upon a very nicely done and interesting website for youth and teachers!

Réseau In-Terre-Actif homepage (French and English site): http://www.in-terre-actif.com/english/index.php

Info and link to youth-friendly country fact sheets below (There is also a Teacher's Guide)

The Country Fact Sheets are presented to you by the Réseau In-Terre-Actif, and were created in collaboration with the Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency.

The Country Fact Sheets were created for students in their final year of primary school, and is composed of 10 educational guides that each explore a developing nation.

The guides embody an educational approach that encourages action, interaction, and engagement on the part of students as they explore the challenges of international development.

Furthermore, the guides develop in students an awareness of global challenges that encourages critical thinking, and students’ participation in their community.

Note that teachers and educational presenters are free to use the guides in their entirety, or to select and employ sections of the guides to meet their educational objectives.

* http://www.in-terre-actif.com/english/show.php?id=4795

Countries listed:

Benin
Cameroon
Cuba
Haiti
Honduras
Mali
Nicaragua
Rwanda
Senegal
Vietnam

* Each link to a country brings up a colourful and interesting PDF file.  There are also games/activities!  (I'm not sure that I should link directly to the PDF files, but by going to the link marked by the * in the quote above, you will see all 10 countries listed on the same page.  Each country name brings up the respective PDF.)

[Henry]

Best wishes to this country!  wow - have you seen news of Haiti and the storms aftermath?

[Diane R]

There is a loan up now for a group in Haiti!  And they want $1,275 so you may still have a chance to get on it.

Viv ansanm Group
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=67906


--Diane.

[waywardcats]

The Newshour (PBS) website has a slide show of the hurricane recovery in Haiti.



Odette James (left) now lives in a school serving as a temporary shelter. She worries about restoring her livelihood as a seamstress, which funded the education of her two teenage children, Lazaro reported.

-Kerry-

[Wood Fairy Glenda]

I've just returned from Haiti, on a service trip (helping in house construction in the Central Plateau while learning about the country). 

I learned of the organization Haiti Outreach (http://haitioutreach.org) by Googling things like "volunteer vacation Haiti."  Had a really great trip and am much impressed by the small organization that set it up.  For those of you KFs who are looking for service trips around the world or for good organizations to support, I strongly suggest you check it out. I know I'll be going back on another service trip with them!

Cheers,  Glenda the Wood Fairy