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JDS's World Environment Day event draws hundreds to plant thousands!
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 17:24 — hansen
From Agwonòm Cheler Pierre, coordinator of our JDS youth program:
Saturday June 5, 2010,
International Day of the Environment
KONPAY partnered with CEFTAGE, a technical agricultural school, to realize a major event in Jacmel of reflection and debate on themes pertaining to the environment. Several other schools were invited to join us, including Lyce Célie L'Amour, Saint Louis College, Centre Acibiade Pommeac and other groups such as JACHA, farmers, small vendors etc...
Jenn Pou Devlopmen Syvadye/Youth for the Devlopment of Cyvadier going strong!
Mon, 05/10/2010 - 10:37 — hansen
With the kids growing older and the leadership of Agwonom Cheler (Agronomist Cheler Pierre) while Guypson is at the University of Notre Dame himself studying for an agronomy degree, JDS is evoving into a thriving, productive organization.
Despite the confusion and urgency of the last weeks and months, the Saturday program has continued without interruption. In this video, the group is starting out from the tree nursery with plants in hand for a proud display of environmental activism. Every week the group plants hundrends of trees, targeting watersheds and mountain tops and other strategic geographical areas.
University of Iowa students build a "Haiti Village" in preparation for their trip
Sat, 05/08/2010 - 16:26 — hansenNine students and instructor Maureen McCue, an adjunct assistant professor in global health studies, will travel to Haiti for 10 days from May 17 to 27. They will deliver five large shelters and complete community projects that focus on children's physical and mental health needs, community gardening and potable water resources.
Each of the students is focusing on a health issue framed in the context of history and human rights.
Click here for the article in the the Iowa City Press Citizen.
Haiti's farmers are national heros who we must support
Thu, 04/15/2010 - 11:25 — hansenKONPAY and Fair Share are working together to discover how we can support farmers this critical year in Haiti. This article from Joel Tippens describes Fair Share's motivation for starting this initiative.
Haiti's Food Crisis and Fair Share's Fair Share
The 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th was a devastating catastrophe of epic proportion. As one blogger defined the situation, "Haiti: Year Zero." An immediate priority identified in the very first days after the disaster was the urgent need to avoid a major food crisis by ensuring a successful planting season from March to May.
Petition for Improved Aid Distribution in Haiti
Sat, 04/03/2010 - 08:36 — hansen
The Institute fo Justice and Democracry in Haiti posted a petition campaign on Change.org Targeting: Daniel Wordsworth (President and CEO, American Refugee Committee), Josette Sheeran (Executive Director, World Food Programme), Hon. William Jefferson Clinton (UN Special Envoy to Haiti), and others. Here is the link:
Tents for Haiti!
Fri, 04/02/2010 - 08:47 — hansen
KONPAY is collaborating with Tents for Haiti to ship and 
distribute tents from across the US to homeless families in Haiti who are living exposed to terrific conditions which promise to get much worse with the coming rainy season. We are so grateful for people's ongoing concern!
Tents for Haiti recently got a message from a father who acted on his concern for the people of Haiti. He said "Last week I saw a CNN interview with Sean Penn wherein he described the looming potential disaster for the people of Haiti and their urgent need for tents. On behalf of my sons Christopher and Jeffrey and myself, today I mailed you 3 brand new 4-person tents for the people of Haiti. Please put them to use as soon as possible. They should arrive to you in a week."
Facing the rainy season in a tent; KONPAY's campaign for shelter
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:13 — hansen
Mario Charles is an artist in Jacmel. His specialty is papier mache conceptual production for Carnival, but his shop in the historic art district was full of playful, colorful artisana as well as kitchen staples like bowls and place mats. The earthquake destroyed his studio, his home and it's adjacent neighborhood shop run by his wife.
After the earthquake on January 12 (there have been hundreds of tremors and lesser quakes since then), Mario scrambled to find shelter and did manage to find a tent for his wife and three children. The only safe place in his neighborhood to pitch a tent is in the middle of the cobblestone street, so he and six other families set up tents along the center of the road. The men guard the sleeping families at night, nap in the early morning, and during the day set about to continue their business as they can and manage the rubble that their neighborhood has become.
On PRI's The World: The Haiti quake opportunity to restore rural ecology?
Sun, 03/07/2010 - 19:20 — hansenKONPAY interviewed by The World’s Marina Giovannelli: The January earthquake in Haiti was not as powerful as the one in Chile, but it was much deadlier. The Haitian quake killed more than 200,000 people. Haiti was more vulnerable than Chile, in part because of the environmental degradation in its rural areas. Now, development specialists say that a key to creating a resilient Haiti is to restore what you might call the country’s ecological infrastructure. http://www.theworld.org/2010/03/01/haiti-quake-opportunity-to-restore-rural-ecology/
KONPAY spearheads "Initiative for a New Haiti" conference with Haitian leadership
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:33 — hansen
The international community is deciding how Haiti will rebuild, beginning with the emergency funding that is being spent as we speak. The Haiti Response Coalition (HRC), which KONPAY is coordinating, recognizes the necessity for the Haitian people to develop a strategy to rebuild -- their leadership should and will create a new Haiti. We must act now to support and empower our Haitian partners to help strategize for the future of Haiti, a country standing at a monumental crossroads.
Live from PAP: Fear slows relief efforts
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:29 — hansenSasha Kramer, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL). January 22, 2010. To our dear friends and supporters who have been so present through this difficult time. I feel like I have a wall of love and protection around me knowing that you are all holding Haiti in your thoughts and prayers. I apologize for not having written for the past few days, it is partly that life here is so hectic and fast paced and partly because I find that writing about the situation brings all my emotions to the surface and brings me to a vulnerable space that can be rather overwhelming. That said, I so want to be able to share with all of you what we are experiencing and the important difference we have been able to make as a result of your generosity.
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