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Working Together for Haiti

Sat, 12/05/2009 - 20:00 — melindayiti

 

Zanmi is a Haitian Kreyòl word used to refer to a friend, supporter,or partner. HaitiKONPAY's community of zanmi, supporters are special. They all live lives that are dedicated to helping create a better world, in ways as individual as they are. Some of our Zanmi have more experience in Haiti than we do. Others have come to Haiti for the first time on delegations with us. Still others make an effort to be helpful to many good causes as well as working to solve the crises of poverty and envionmental degredation in Haiti.

Haiti through Elliot's Eyes

Wed, 12/23/2009 - 11:55 — melindayiti

Our close friend and supporter, Elliot Kriegsman, passed away suddenly on December 19, 2009. We wanted to share some photos from his last visit to Haiti with you, so you could see Haiti the way he did. He truly loved Haiti, and enjoyed visiting, writing and speaking about the country. You can see a recent article he wrote here, and I will upload a letter about Elliot on my blog, where you can learn more about his contributions to our lives and Haiti.

 

self-portrait at Raymond les Bains

Kibbutz to Kombutz - an article by our friend Elliot Kriegsman

Wed, 12/09/2009 - 16:28 — hansen

KIBBUTZ TO KOMBUTZ

Why Haiti needs to adopt an Israeli model for sustainable agriculture.

Throughout her history, Haiti has been a country in which political upheaval seems to ebb and flow like an ocean tide. Instability, combined with periods of dictatorship, foreign intervention, coups d’etat, and military occupations have helped create a global perception that Haiti - once known as the “Pearl of the Antilles” - cannot take care of itself.

Indeed we are Working Together for Haiti

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 11:25 — hansen

Over the years, I have had the great pleasure of communicating with many of our donors. Hearing about their lives always leaves me inspired. We who make a commitment to act for social justice are part of an awesome (in the literal sense of the word!) community.

From what I can tell, activism is a habit hard to break... Bob and Adelle Dellavalle-Rauth, for example, with Pax Christi Haiti Task Force in Huddleton, VA, have been involved with Haiti for 30 years and just visited their twin parish last summer.

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