tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13930995501087209982024-03-13T19:59:22.330-07:00Rendez-vous: HaitiCatherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-35177799685138883242020-04-13T06:40:00.000-07:002020-06-19T07:23:17.115-07:00March 2020 Solidarity continued<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">After consulting with Maud Laurent, we decided it would be
safe for me to come to Haiti for a short time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I knew I could depend on her and I followed her guidance, staying within
the premise of the Foyer and asking the project leaders or artists to come to the
Foyer. I departed Haiti the day the State department declared it a level 4,
red, no travel zone! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">How can this country with so much
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">It is timely for us to show, once more, that we can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">be in solidarity</b> with people caught in a
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">In my short stay and because of Maud's ability to communicate and her motivation to make sure my stay is useful, a lot was accomplished.</span></div>
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University continued and for the first time also a video clip of LUM made by
French 201 classes . A similar video clip to introduce the life of Haitian
young people living at the Foyer NDL was produced by the older girls of the
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">We also took a leap and gave funds (
$ 500) for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F. , a young man who was
part of the original building crew of the Foyer, so he might get his four
months old son a VP shunt for the hydro encephalitic condition he was born with
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Met with 15 young adults who are
living in the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Transition House.</b> Four
more beds, more plates and electricity are needed. They retrieve water at the
Foyer but they are still not cooking any meals nor are they paying any type of rent.
Several have been hired to work at the Foyer, others given loans to start mini
businesses. These young adults have become dependent and they struggle to
understand that “Mamie Maud and Tatie Jo” have no obligations to keep
supporting every aspects of their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At the end of the meeting, everyone had agreed to contribute something every
month starting in April, towards the electricity installation and I pledged
Rendez-vous: Haiti would help with the balance. The hope is that this goal will
get them used to contribute some funds towards their costs of living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now RVH has to find the electricity
installation cost… by June!</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2f5496; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">Because of the unrest in Haiti,
volunteers from France, Canada and the US have stopped coming regularly to the
Foyer. The funds contributed by the volunteers allowed Maud to pay for food
(other than rice and a broken rice/soy combination), hygiene needs, salaries, school
tuition and transportation for high-schoolers among other imperatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To qualify as partner of a very large international non-profit charitable organization that promises support for a three to five year term, the Foyer must adhere to strict rules, stricter than those required for
the current licensing by Haitian social services and those include a larger
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and our agent in Haiti is scanning new potential recipients of our loans. He must exert
caution so as not to be perceived as the one with lots of spare moneys which
would put him and his family in danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Three candidates are being assessed currently, one for a moto-taxi
service, another for a phone charging station and a third for jeans sales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My trip saved Western Union and bank fees and
$ 500 were left in his reliable hands . A Loyola senior Evelis Casey, two time volunteer in Haiti is the
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>connection between our agent and RVH.</span></div>
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additional support. A Loyola student, previous volunteer with me in Haiti,
Julia Kasmouski has been working on this. In addition, we discussed the concept
of the <b>Community Health Center</b> for which a major fund raiser will take
place but has to be unfortunately postponed because of the Corona virus.</span></div>
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collaborated with other non-profit organizations to pave the courtyard of the
Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes, strengthen its security system with cameras, fix
its solar panel capacities; separately we also funded the Christmas meal, agriculture
training, a large electric bill, staff salaries, English instruction in two
classes for the year, digital classroom training and 8 sewing machines. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: "elephant" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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volunteers from Loyola University Maryland spent their spring break at the
Foyer: they initiated pizza production and mosaic table tops, collaborated on refurbishing
a transition house for young adults and built an additional storage facility,
among other things. We were able to hire locally and not take jobs away from people
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micro-entrepreneurship. One young man received a grant for his propane welding torch
and moto-taxi service. We funded ABC mini-market outreach projects in his
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the need of an orphan with no support network, we funded and are mentoring another young man, who started a small convenience store and café in a new locality</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">. <b>" You have changed my life: now I work like a man, I don't have to do any bad. Thank you"</b></span></div>
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Fourteen students, Dr. Andrea Thomas , from Loyola University Maryland chose to joined me to spend Spring break living and sharing our lives and skills with one hundred and fifty of the children in the Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes outside of Port au Prince.<br />
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Teach English vocabulary and songs to 6 different age groups of students<br />
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Work with local carpenter and mason to build a new storage space<br />
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Organize hundreds of donations of clothes, shoes, medicine, games, and other supplies brought by the volunteers <br />
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Teach how to make pizza! It might turn into a job and a profit generating enterprise. <br />
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Work with several children at the Foyer to make a beautiful mosaic table in the hopes of making and selling more tables in the future <br />
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Facilitate arts and craft activities such as coloring, card making, gimp, rosary bead making, coconut key chain making, painting, etc. <br />
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Work with students who have aged out of the Foyer to clean up and paint their transition home <br />
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Bring new concept of sunlamps put together by intern Miguel Swing solving the problem of the often absent electricity! <br />
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Take all 118 children and staff to the beach for a day of fun in the sun <br />
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Spend time playing, laughing, and making memories with the many many children that call the Foyer home<br />
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Maud Laurent, Josette Sanon and their team are raising the standard of care for children in institutions in Haiti. Here children get to be children: they grow up in a healthy nurturing environment and also benefit from the care of the many volunteers who come from Canada, France and the US.<br />
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<br />Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-41876934350683837422018-02-18T09:36:00.003-08:002018-02-18T09:36:43.861-08:00Volunteer student from Loyola University Maryland 's appeal
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">My name is Julia Kasmouski and I am a
member of the club Rendezvous Haiti here at Loyola. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Last March, I had the
privilege to travel to Haiti with a group of Loyola students to witness first
hand the profound impact Rendezvous Haiti and its leader Madame Catherine
Savell have had on the lives of those who live at the Foyer Notre Dame de
Lourdes outside of Port-au-Prince Haiti. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">This March I am beyond grateful for
the opportunity to return to Haiti and continue the great work of this
organization. Not only will I get to spend another week teaching, playing, and
working with some of the most kind-hearted and loving children I have ever met,
but I will get to take part in building upon the tremendous success Rendezvous
Haiti has already helped to create. Since the earthquake that devastated Haiti
in 2010, Rendezvous Haiti and the numerous volunteers that have traveled to the
Foyer are helping dozens of children find paths of success through education
and entrepreneurship. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">This year with the help of generous donors two more teenagers at the Foyer have had the opportunity to attend the University of
Haiti to further their education and become teachers. In addition, this coming
March myself and another group of volunteers will be working to renovate a
transition home for teenagers that age out of the orphanage but have nowhere
else to go. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13pt; margin: 0px;">Being a part of this organization has completely changed my view of
the world and I am so grateful for that. However, one person or even a
small group can only do so much to enact positive change. Rendezvous Haiti and
the 150 children at the Foyer need your help and support too. Whether that be
through donations of toys, supplies, or funds, you too can help make a
difference in the lives of children just trying to succeed. Because despite the
hardship and poverty that has left many of these children without family to
love them and take care of them, they have found happiness, love, and support
at the Foyer and without the help of generous donors and volunteers none of
that would be possible. Thank you. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">A very short trip but full of good
things to report: beginning with the comment above a</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">nd then the reaction of Andy Robinson, President of
RG Management Consulting who accompanied me and was coming to the Foyer for the
third time, but hadn’t been here in two years: “there is real progress,” also from Philippe Bruno, a recently retired French lawyer living in Washington,<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“it’s impressive how it works.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The new building, constructed
thanks to Oulton College of Canada, houses the 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> grade class, the
library, and the new infirmary. The banana trees are bearing a large harvest of
nearly ripe bananas and the manioc plants have grown. A new septic tank,
the trenches marking the future bakery, small fruit trees, and a new order of
200 chicks; all of these are steps towards a stronger infrastructure.</span></div>
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Samuel
and Mirlaine began their university courses to become teachers! This is the second group of children to seek further education after finishing high school. Another good step!</div>
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And there is Maud’s new initiative: the
development of a multipurpose center on a field that she can use thanks to her
position on the management committee of C. O. H. A. N. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A car wash just started up, managed by
Sébastien with the support of some of the older boys. Farah began a stand where
she sells some delicious Haitian “pâtés”. In the afternoon she makes pizzas thanks to the small propane oven
which we brought last March (an idea suggested by a Loyola University student
who, having done some in-depth research, found that the sale of pizzas in this
manner should be a lucrative micro-business). The project is launched and we
are at the observation stage. </div>
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This location will house in
addition to the car wash: the bar-restaurant, the pâté-pizza stand, a
barber/hair salon, and a spare parts shop. These last two projects are under
study.</div>
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Sister Anna-Maria, an Ursuline nun who decided to devote her extensive
experience and her talents as a nurse practitioner to the children. She has a
project of building a clinic with a waiting room, a dental radiology room (she
already has the equipment for this), a treatment room, and pharmacy, with
housing upstairs for resident nurses or nurses in training. Her preceding two
clinics with a team of three salaried employees became self-sufficient <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>in a year! It’s a large and magnificent
project whose funding rises to around $340,000. A little scary but Sister Anna
seems so determined and demonstrates such confidence in the good completion of
a project that has been maturing for a year, that she convinced our small team
to help her promote her proposition to various potential donors. </div>
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Much more modest but still positive, four of the teenagers
have given the summaries, for the second time, of 27 books that, all together,
they read since the month of July (Iphigénie, La dame aux camellias, among
others). They receive a reward for each book they read and summarize. And then
Venise, 14-years-old, took the initiative to sew pretty pencil cases (cut from
large table cloths) all by herself. It’s an original way to recycle fabric.
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mango! New bathing suits: thank you Alicia Barger, Teri Louden, Dr Patricia
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pencil and toiletries fabric cases sewn by the older girls. Thank you Angela
Christman for the looming kits and Melanie Giraud for kite material.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trees, growing banana trees, tiny mangos and coconuts, spinach, corn, manioc
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added classics to the existing collection and a senior project at Prof. Lorenzi’s Social
Entrepreneurship class at Loyola University Maryland is designing a distance
learning classroom so high schoolers will be able to take courses on line with
a French institution. Thank you Louise Finn and IT for the donation of three
laptops. Once again, awards were given for best students in their grades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">Gifts</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-align: center;"> of craft supplies, clothing, soaps,
toothpaste, backpacks and basic first aid filled 15 duffle bags. Thank you Rendez-vous:
Haiti club at Loyola (Krystele Antoine, Courtney Radcliffe, Isabella Luque),
Robin and Sal Lenzo, St Pius community, Dr Patricia Ayres and my cousin in
France, Françoise Chazal.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">( Thank you Dr Roche and Church
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that his growing body will become too heavy for his legs. What to do? Right now he is able to play
soccer and has a pretty good kick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Heartfelt thank you to generous friends and
sponsors: International Programs, CCSJ, Mission Integration at Loyola
University Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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purchased an outdoor pizza oven to be used to make and sell pizza in the
restaurant and to potential offer start-up options for job seekers. During this
trip, the young adult and adolescent women practiced making pizzas and cook
them in the new oven. In order to encourage creativity we had a pizza cook off
to see whose pizza was the tastiest. The girls used a variety of toppings that
they thought would peak the interest of their Haitian customers. Toppings included tomato sauce, cheese, green
peppers, onions, and hotdogs. This pilot project is the result of research done
by LUM’s class of 2017, Rob Scherba, who interned for RVH this past spring. A
start-up investment of around $ 1,000 was assessed. The next step is to find a
motivated micro-entrepreneur who can take this on.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
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women at the Foyer showed their sewing skills by creating pencil cases and eye
glass cases. These women worked together and used their creativity and expertise
to create 20 items that will be sold this fall to gain money for the Foyer. The
most impressive aspect of watching these women was their team work. Side by
side, they completed what they could not do alone. This project’s goal is to
stimulate resourcefulness, creativity, skill acquisition and autonomy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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young men at the Foyer again put their artistic ability on display by creating
beautiful landscapes of the Caribbean. These also will be sold in order to
raise money for the Foyer. Each artist was paid for his work to incentivize
creativity and entrepreneurial skills. They are encouraged by their 3<sup>rd</sup>
place finish in Food for the Poor annual worldwide competition.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">During this trip
the young children at the Foyer participated in beading, bracelet making,
bridge design and building, drawing, and geography activities. During this week
the children did not have camp and appreciated the stimulation and opportunity
to engage their bodies and minds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tati Jo and the
other girls and women at the Foyer created their delicious Mamba (peanut
butter). This budding business is a hit with volunteers. Catherine, never
leaves Haiti without a Mamba supply </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> and Tracy bought several jars to bring home. All the proceeds go to the Foyer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-43419145644685653452016-08-06T13:56:00.000-07:002016-08-07T07:53:37.266-07:00The Journey continues<div class="MsoNormal">
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out of the car and into the bustling main hall, little arms grabbed his legs
reaching out for the loving that <b>volunteers</b> invariably shower on the children.
Fortunately, they come on a regular basis.
For <b>Thomas Robinson</b>, it had
been three years since his first visit and he is still wearing the bracelets
made by Mano or Kervens. From that first moment on, he spent his days, holding
one baby or another, kicking soccer balls, teaching English , supervising craft
activities and sharing game filled moments with all those that reached out to
him. On his previous visit, there were only forty some beds, no running water,
no bathrooms for the children and only thirty dishes which meant that the
children had to eat in shifts.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">For our <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One Special Day</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">: the major meal of the day had in addition to
the very generous portion of rice and beans, meat, vegetables and mangoes for
dessert. We also bought three pools for the littler ones. </span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> This time
again, <b>we rewarded</b> best students, best caretakers of little ones, members of
the band for their efforts, most helpful, best paintings and most creative
young Fenel for his initiative of making a drum.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi24y9PH9PPzCi-u-LTjfsOr11jm3JQ3kFL7TAnTvdVTaMuk7nhjvLqNunDhBVxwP3SB2qcZN7PUdrzmC_-iP5AV0wAKEE6_3hNnITZVHumgKbThnoYvFQP1sT8Lg6v8dPKJ_cVd7Rso/s1600/IMG_3541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQi24y9PH9PPzCi-u-LTjfsOr11jm3JQ3kFL7TAnTvdVTaMuk7nhjvLqNunDhBVxwP3SB2qcZN7PUdrzmC_-iP5AV0wAKEE6_3hNnITZVHumgKbThnoYvFQP1sT8Lg6v8dPKJ_cVd7Rso/s320/IMG_3541.JPG" width="240" /></span></a><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue;">_ RVH funded a start
up in the slum of Cite Soleil. The mother of three of the children at the Foyer has been living in a tiny shack unable to find a job. She came the day before I left to show me the <b>manicure/pedicure kit</b> we facilitated
her getting. There was joy and hope in her voice when she showed me all her
supplies. She will offer her services in a section of PaP where women can
afford them. It is not unusual for women to get home manicures.
Marielande will report to Maud every other weeks to get the mentoring she needs
to hopefully start a better life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">_ We are continuing in our support and mentoring of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Fenel</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">, whose little shop we have help start, is doing
a balancing act since responsible for the care of his eleven year old sister and
going to vocational training for metallic structural work run by Terre des
Hommes Switzerland. He is excelling in the practical aspect of the training but
struggling with the theories. In the evening he runs his stall and sells basic
necessities. He will be entering twelve grade in the fall, is anxious to finish
and start working full time. RVH is helping him with a grant for half his rent
for a year. On weekends he goes to the Foyer and helps repair what is broken.
RVH would like to help him purchase soldering equipment so he can find work
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opened in March is now managed by a young woman whose children attend the
Foyer’s school and who caught Maud’s attention, because she was unemployed and
desperately trying to find a job to support her family. She is using the boom
box that RVH had brought down in March to facilitate evenings of music and
dancing.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The business is slow, with
irregular customers but it has only been opened four months and might need time
to establish itself. The neighborhood seems to have developed a few other
businesses since the last time I was there, which is encouraging.</span> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">_ <span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ABC mini-market with Bully as manager </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">opened its doors in March 2016. We are very
proud to follow the progress of the hard working young man who is regularly
sending reports and is being mentored by Andy Robinson who provided the seed
money for this whole sale start-up. We are seeking the additional investment of
$ 1,200 to facilitate Bully fixing a truck for deliveries and to invest in a
larger inventory. We see the potential
for growth and significant income for Bully and his future family.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">_ A Teacher Training workshop</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> scheduled for the last two weeks in August is
all set to go. Thanks to the generosity of RVH supporters, funding has been
obtained to pay for the airfare and stay at the Foyer of Madame Claire Beauvais
whose field of expertise in France is elementary school teacher training and
who has extensive experience working with schools in Haiti. Eight teachers with
their directors will attend this workshop and get paid while they do so. This
should give a strong head start to the new school year. </span></span><br />
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is to find funding for an <b>after school
tutor</b> that could supervise a few hours of homework everyday as well as
online English instruction. A budget of
$ 160 a month is sought for the duration of the school year. $ 1,600</span><br />
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RVH has $ 6,000 already but is looking for another $ 11,000 to purchase
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Foyer’s consumption but also to be sold either at a local market or to other orphanages.
RVH will look for a volunteer who could
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue;">_<b> Looking for <u>sponsors</u></b> for the children that don't have one, <b><u>volunteers</u> to teach English, micro-entreprise, to mentor young adults and to make short video clips of success stories</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue;">Without the help and generosity of the friends of Rendez-vous: Haiti, none of this would be possible. It is a journey : a journey of solidarity and hope. <b>Thank you.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 113%;">We took all the children to the beach, organized puzzle, kite making, drawing, & painting competitions & rewarded school achievements</span><br />
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-5961553071910185692015-08-03T01:30:00.001-07:002015-08-03T01:30:29.454-07:00Solidarity in July: almost two years since the children moved to the new location.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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and you want to escape loving teasing from a dozen little hands? You run to the
visiting grandma volunteer that will be only too happy to cuddle you and shield
you so you can finally get a much needed nap! Resisting little Samuel’s
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116 children is tough! Don’t get me wrong: they can be very annoying.
When forty little bodies fight and tug at your arms because they all want a
page to color or thread to make a beaded necklace and then pout because it
isn’t the right color, while I am profusely sweating in the
scorching summer heat of Haiti, I want to pull my hair out. But when evening
comes and it is a little cooler and two or three little ones settle on my lap,
their calm and loving touch melts my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whatever mysterious attractions they possess. They are basically OK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concerns: the food given by Food for the Poor and Hunger Relief International
is not quite sufficient and whoever in those administrations decided that
confetti frosting was a good spread for the tasteless white bread that is
breakfast is a criminal. How can one encourage sugar consumption in a place
where the water has no fluoride and there are no dentists around? And how can
one possibly qualify this as healthy food?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Donors like to contribute to “sexy”
projects such as providing clean water, education, and electricity, but no one
is interested in funding salaries for staff. Aside from the director at the foyer
NDL, only one full-time and six part-time staff members take care of 116
children under the age of 23. Of these children, 45 are under the age of
7! Supervision and individual attention is simply impossible yet so very
necessary for their wellbeing.</span><br />
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of the Foyer NDL, developing revenue-generating activities takes time and
energy outside of her regular job as one of the Directors of C.O.H.A.N., a
Dutch development agency. Hosting the volunteers with all their needs, keeping
up with the reports demanded by organizations that try to help, and putting
together requests for food and more food are daunting tasks that occupy Maud
from 5:30 a.m. to well after 11 p.m. As of now she has no operating budget and
has been relying on donations. Feeding three meals a day to roughly 124 people
not counting visitors, is a great accomplishment. Funds are also needed to enable the children to go to school, and get vocational training.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">1) Finding</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;">100 sponsors who will pay US $40 per month. The
$4,000 revenue these sponsorships would generate would cover a lot of the costs
of salaries, supplies, medicines, tuitions and repairs. It would enable the
infrastructure to be more solid and without the constant need to look for
funds, Maud Laurent, could spend adequate time to promote a new venture: 2)
Developing a take-out counter, small restaurant and convenience store as a way not
only of instilling life skills and providing jobs for the teenagers, but also to
generate revenue by selling the products from the Foyer (cooked chicken meals,
peanut butter, and now homemade vinegar). RVH is funding this startup takeout
counter/restaurant and retail convenience store and looking for additional
funds to get it off to a good start. We are just in the first phase of
this pilot project (cleaning the building) and will begin setting up soon.
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some of recent and regular visitors. The Foyer has attracted over thirty volunteers since
the opening of the guest rooms. A group of 12 Quebecois are running a
music, arts and crafts and sports camp this July. Most volunteers understand that even if
Maud and her staff are happy to host them and feed them three delicious meals
each day, it takes away from funds that would be used for the children’s needs
so the contribution between US $ 20 and $ 35 a day according to the length of
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a beautiful structure fall in disrepair as wear and tear of so many energetic
youngsters takes its toll on the plumbing, furniture and appliances. There
isn’t enough supervision and no salary for additional staff. No one stops the
six year old who hits the piano in passing with a large carving knife or tells
another that pornographic chalk drawings are not appropriate. The Foyer doesn’t
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children to eventually find jobs) and paying for our stay or writing a
tax-deductible check that will be used directly to cover costs of tuition, car
repair, propane for the stove, plumbing repairs and staff salary.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-44069021491275944232015-03-11T10:53:00.003-07:002015-03-11T11:23:10.222-07:00Spring break solidarity in action<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>Association Terre des Montagnes</i>, 12 volunteers enjoyed new, airy,
comfortable rooms and a bathroom reserved for their use. Five of the older boys at the Foyer climbed
up the roof, scaffolding and barrels in order to paint the exterior walls; they
even gave a fresh coat to the main building. The last touches, interior paint
and electricity will be installed in the next few weeks.</span></div>
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volunteers -- Dr. Heidi Brown, Dr. Melanie Giraud, Dr. John Hebb and myself -- from
<i>Rendez-vous: Haiti</i> (<i>RVH</i>) brought in crucial funding. They also taught English and computer
literacy classes, organized bracelet-making sessions, and organized
competitions in French essay-writing, coloring, drawing, painting and kite-making.
They rewarded top students in each grade, as well as those who exhibited the
most responsible behaviors when caring for smaller children, the water, garden,
goats, and chickens. In addition, they rewarded those who most helped Tatie Jo,
the ever-loving and vigilant caregiver to all.</span></div>
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the efforts of Mike and Danny, Class of 2015 at Loyola University Maryland, <i>RVH</i> purchased a “mamba”
making machine and the Foyer produced its first peanut butter under the
intrigued eyes of many curious children. This will allow peanut butter to be
part of the regular diet and eventually will create a small revenue. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12 year old, Marassa's Field work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samuel's Day at the beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelene gets peanuts ready</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New mamba machine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First jar of delicious " mamba" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Talented Douby's entry<br />
in the competition</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6 year old, Kervens Mesidor proudly displays his math</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-85339951098359920612015-01-03T05:19:00.000-08:002015-01-03T05:19:09.037-08:00"Come meet our children". Volunteers are like loving relatives that come for the holidays.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexNER2N8KDNOkAvUqpuH7r9hDrY7L-D3lA_l_aRKjYB7tq8AEiXnZaEX3qaU9w2qRKAlMdoHhl6Vlv6yp1U1RKYIbuwSSR-YbmAzTnQDdhJFl6mI-4DTMuWYjcUfreVwnxQWoz91nzmg/s1600/Copy+of+Tracy+admiring+work.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEhacFs6GHpHJ4uOLrCCsPjbPX_4lK2rqIbzxiimtdYs2r35A23WnEyOAKr7KOCxtnKYmy0Kf3k17nNcj-bEsJZ-Wu5fzTFRWcBCLUHbsgXfg7IpbKCXWqrK326lc00uGUQBVvE8jE60/s1600/Tracy+teaching+English.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEhacFs6GHpHJ4uOLrCCsPjbPX_4lK2rqIbzxiimtdYs2r35A23WnEyOAKr7KOCxtnKYmy0Kf3k17nNcj-bEsJZ-Wu5fzTFRWcBCLUHbsgXfg7IpbKCXWqrK326lc00uGUQBVvE8jE60/s1600/Tracy+teaching+English.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;">“What can I do?” That’s how Tracy would start
her days during her volunteer week in Haiti. At 6: 30 am, it was play soccer
with the boys before the sun got too hot, a little later it was help the younger ones get dressed
after their morning showers…. the day went on with that question:"what can I
do?"and Tracy did whatever she could without speaking a word of creole or
French but simply by being willing to watch for opportunities to get involved.</span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Overthe
course of the past three and a half years of my volunteer involvement in Haiti,
I can attest that we, volunteers of all nations, do a lot and that it has made the lives of at least ninety
six children much more comfortable and stimulating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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seen at least 21 volunteers in 2014 from Canada, France and the US for stays lasting
3 days to 3 months:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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building, </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue;"> They bring clothes, sports equipment, medicine, toys, school
supplies, craft-making items and construction tools or technology.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue;"> They build, repair, teach, support learning, stimulate
original creations, start a vegetable garden, make soccer goals, read and play
with the children.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue;"> They participate in the life of the Foyer and care for the
children.</span></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">When they leave, they have
contributed as loving relatives do to the growth and development of the child
they have touched.</span><span style="background-color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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because the Director of the Foyer, Maud Laurent communicates what the needs are
and the continued dialogue with her partners overseas brings a new level of
care for her children. Come meet them!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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How can I begin to share the perplexities of Haiti?
After more than three years, I am still at times saddened, frustrated or
puzzled, and end up laughing at the challenges this country presents. If the plumbing doesn't function well at the
Foyer<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> it is due not only to extremely
poor quality material</span> and partly trained plumbers but also
because this very plumber hired to fix a problem is sure to leave it
functioning poorly so he doesn't run out of a job!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet as all the foreigners you meet at the airport on
your way out of Haiti will vouch, it is a very endearing country. In their
daily struggle, its people are resourceful, resilient, ingenious, kind and
joyful. Just witness the roar and jumps of joy when their favorite soccer team
scores a goal and you get a sense of the zest for life that keeps it going. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then there is the
Foyer. Nine year old new comer Abelardo’
s twisted skinny legs and deformed little face seem to me to be the symbol of
the Foyer. To the outsider looking in, the Foyer has a lot of malfunctioning
body parts: the water pump is broken, the electricity only supports one light bulb in each of the occupied rooms,
chairs, toys, tools, covered by the
abundant dust brought in by the near constant wind, all
seem to need fixing. Yet, Abelardo very much like the Foyer is full of life. Hearing
his throaty laughter for the first time yesterday brought me incomparable joy
and still brings tears to my eyes as I write.
His cleft palate leaves his face expressionless but he is fully engaged
in the life of his 95 siblings, plays, teases others and stands for himself
demanding the attention he needs. </div>
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The Foyer too in all
its complexities demands attention. Without the love and care given by Maud, Jo
and friends, the Foyer like Abelardo would struggle to survive. In March 2014 shortly after his arrival he
couldn't stand by himself and grunted while raising his arms to be picked up.
He needed to be washed and dressed and fed. Now in August he is thriving,
dresses himself, eats on his own, and runs on this deformed legs to play with others;
in the evening when the chairs have to be placed on the long dining tables so
the floor can be swept, he is one of the children who volunteers to stack them
up. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Foyer too is
thriving. Even though the garden is not successful yet, seedlings are growing
in pots and a fence has been erected to protect it; given time and the
attention it needs, the garden too will thrive.
The poultry business is launched but needs to grow in order to provide much
needed income.<br />
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Jo and a few teens designed a pattern for, and have started making, the shirts
that will be part of the girls’ uniforms this year. She and Maud get help from new staff members
and friends.</div>
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On Sundays, the choir
of eighteen teenagers performs beautifully at the chapel of the nuns in
Tabarre. Even this is a challenge; they must walk thirty minutes to take an
overcrowded “tap-tap” for another thirty minutes, because Maud’s car broke down
and she can no longer load up the 30+ children that get to go to mass every
Sunday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Zanmi bracelets</td></tr>
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For the competition that
I launched during my stay, four girls and one boy baked a cake, two wrote
essays, seven presented drawings, and eight made kites that attested to their
ingenuity and resourcefulness in finding material (all I contributed were
string and trash bags). The excitement was palpable as all were
chattering about the various entries. This was right after a soccer game where
the neighborhood team tied with our boys under the wild cheers of supporters
and Kompa music blasting.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marassa looking at the competition</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st place Rosena's fruit cake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gary won 1st place kite making</td></tr>
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On top of the main
building four rooms stand unfinished but their roof is on and the solar panels
should be installed this week. Work finally started the day before my departure!
The twenty panels, inverters and installation costs were donated by Association
Terre des Montagnes in France and Rendez-vous: Haiti.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the dorms, windows
and doors are shut at night against the “loup garou” (werewolves). At sunrise,
children head to the showers while the older boys and sixteen-year-old Karina,
the latest rescued “restavek”, run barefoot while playing a fierce soccer
game on the new field with goal posts built by Meg in April. It is summer
vacation, and my beads, plastic gimp, o-rings all become bracelets fashioned by
eager hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The solar panels will sit on top of new rooms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ed & Sarah Barker gave two goats .<br />A wedding gift that keeps on giving.</td></tr>
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So it isn’t perfect,
and the kids can be frustrating when they sweep lego pieces along with the
dirt, but they are healthy, they take good care of themselves and each other,
they are getting decent results in school, and there is a lot of laughter
ringing through the evening gathering in the semi darkness of the large hall.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It has been nearly a
year since the children moved to the new location, and even though there are still
problems to be fixed, everyone is well. The children are able to be children. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tomorrow or the
next day, the installation of the solar panels will continue, one more step
will be taken to provide a reliable source of power to the Foyer, Abelardo will
continue to gain strength, all will be fed three meals, the little ones will
cool off in the donated plastic pool, and the older ones will kick the new
soccer balls as they are cheered by their friends.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucky little ones get to cool off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma & Lovely water the garden</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early soccer game. Thankfully Cecilia & Keith <br />brought cleats just in time for big game</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-45419125246593862622014-08-16T06:30:00.000-07:002014-08-16T06:30:55.470-07:00"Foyer" means "home"<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">« Foyer »
means<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>« home »and home is
where families live. The Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes, located in a suburb of
Port au Prince, is the home for a family of 96 children under the age of
18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a home with joyous chaos and
constant bustling. Dedicated staff-member Tatie Jo wakes up before dawn and
this morning, the feast of the Virgin Mary, she is whisking out perfectly
ironed elaborate dresses for the 15 little girls and boys wear dress pants and
shirts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are heading for mass. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazingly, all of them wear clothes that fit!
The logistics of all this still boggles my mind after three and a half years of
witnessing life in the Foyer. All of the children’s clothes have been donated
to them and among all the donations are nice outfits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On this
trip, I hope to see the installation of the solar panels that will provide
energy for appliances. It has been <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>months
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>since we <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>first contacted a local provider and made
plans for the installation that have slowly but steadily been implemented. We had to wait for the large new gate that secures the ground to be completed ( thank you Andy Robinson). The
thoughtful and generous gift from Association Terre des Montagnes and Rendez-vous: Haiti ‘s
fund raising efforts are being put to good use. Electricity in our world has become a necessity not a luxury. Even the water pump depends on electrical power.</span></span></div>
Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-58427001033951068822014-05-12T02:42:00.002-07:002014-05-12T02:42:17.535-07:00What two people can do in a week!<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue;">Meg Young and Andrew Robinson just came back from a week at the Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes and in that one week:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->They built 4 square foot gardens:, 48 plots and
assigned each to a child. This is a major accomplishment which will provide
vegetables and also basic knowledge about gardening.<o:p></o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ9IuVHsW75NMnrDU84U6QKtSKA0XhV3j8YtBgvwZNXgHY4gLfvTib0dAs_Jw2Q1tErdmygSYmUPmhfxEB6de8zFLRIlu-u2Ah3HyOy1TzCp_xyPhkoj8mbvu4gTY-EzUX1ogzBf5H6k/s1600/Smaller+kids+plots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ9IuVHsW75NMnrDU84U6QKtSKA0XhV3j8YtBgvwZNXgHY4gLfvTib0dAs_Jw2Q1tErdmygSYmUPmhfxEB6de8zFLRIlu-u2Ah3HyOy1TzCp_xyPhkoj8mbvu4gTY-EzUX1ogzBf5H6k/s1600/Smaller+kids+plots.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Meg: “Friday I
did an hour long session on gardening with all the kids....I switched back to
teacher mode and had them all in line! We talked about compost too and I was
there to make sure they stuck to the plan through the weekend. Friday we also
went back to MSC and got trash cans, I even drove us there! Saturday was a
cleanup day, we filled four buckets full of nails, pieces of tin, glass, and
wires- there was a lot of hazardous debris! hopefully they'll start using
the trash cans so that doesn't happen again. Sunday I went to mass, saw S
Benoite, and said my goodbyes. Of course I got to play plenty of soccer and do
some yoga with the girls over the weekend too. I just posted all the pictures
on fbook. It really was a great trip, I enjoyed
Andy's company and being more familiar with the foyer the second time around.”</span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">A year ago, 96 children were washing themselves outdoors
with cups and buckets; today they take regular showers in bathrooms close to
their new dorms. A year ago, they had to take turns eating rice and beans
outside (I never dared asked what happened when it rained—where did they go to
eat?) cooked on outdoor burners; today they sit at long tables in the
comfortable breezy hall and the meals are prepared in the adjoining large
kitchen. A year ago, they clustered under the shade of a tent, the well roof,
the entryway and a makeshift tarp to hide from the sun while attending
elementary school; today six separate classrooms each with a black board and
individual desks welcome them every morning.
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<span style="color: blue;">The new Foyer, is a lovely space and I can already picture
in a few years how the mango tree saplings will bring shade and green to the
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<span style="color: blue;">Early voices chatter as everyone prepares for the day and
the boys start a soccer game before anything else. No wonder they are so trim
and fit! The girls hustle to the kitchen
to prepare morning rice or cornmash for breakfast. It is a nice time of the
day, before the heat oppresses and slows all energies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Maud tells me I have become Haitian because I understand the
remaining difficulties and not too much bothers me. There are still issues to
be resolved; the stench in the room where I stay right next door to the boys’ bathrooms
is overwhelming at times. If I forget to fill my water bucket when the water is
turned on early in the morning then I won’t be able to take a shower at night.
Any time power is on, I quickly recharge my camera, phone and laptop before it
gets interrupted again for who knows how long. Much more importantly the
children still don’t have a way to wash their hands easily before meals; most
of the time there is no power, and there is no income for staff. Under Maud
part time presence and Jo, the children are organized in teams with chores and
responsibilities and somehow it works!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I had several goals this spring
break. One was to organize the hiring of
a Physical Plant Manager that would help Maud with all the logistics of
maintenance but also fix such things as the faulty septic system. As the week
progresses and we discuss his responsibilities, his position is becoming more
complex and will include managing the poultry business. It is crucial for the
Foyer to develop sources of revenue.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">My other goal of negotiating the contract for the solar
panel installation, thanks to the generous grant of Association Terre des
Montagnes, is slowly shaping up. What did I think? It could be as simple as
going to Home Depot and picking up the material needed? It is Carnaval this
week. However we now know where the
panels will go and a technician has been at the site. The Foyer has received the funds collected by
Rendez-vous: Haiti to complete the grant. Now, all I can do is wait for the
report and the pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">As for boosting creativity? The boys, in particular, have produced
numerous cards, a few beautiful paintings and tons of Zanmi bracelets. This is
turning out to be a successful micro-micro enterprise. Haitians find the
O-rings, RVH purchases them, the boys delicately lace the bands with artistic
wire and what is originally a “black” used by Haitian men to heal their aches
turns into a beautiful bracelet sold in
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDmpZS6oHKnGXSyU76SG4S95LGNxXQdSSYfeyG32HuI1pozScT3As3Dm8U337otfDjEz-SNhySuxq2SqGT2oRBb_VQZfADbItmdEKRnurYgF5fSeXK6H2BBoT-X02y0d5CfzprXNsBt4/s1600/Can+I+keep+little+fingers+away+from+keyboard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDmpZS6oHKnGXSyU76SG4S95LGNxXQdSSYfeyG32HuI1pozScT3As3Dm8U337otfDjEz-SNhySuxq2SqGT2oRBb_VQZfADbItmdEKRnurYgF5fSeXK6H2BBoT-X02y0d5CfzprXNsBt4/s1600/Can+I+keep+little+fingers+away+from+keyboard.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="color: blue;">SO, it has been a good trip: I got to cuddle with lots of
little ones, meet the twelve new children, discover a new painting talent, and
reconnect with the teens. Now that the twelve over-eighteen children live away
in semi-independence, Maud has accepted twelve new children including a 9 year
old with disabilities, because the Foyer will give him a chance for an education; “there is no reason he can’t learn” and have a good life, Maud
says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Currently Maud and Jo are the only two adults supervising
the 96 children + 12 adolescents under their
care. Since construction has ended, the
Foyer has attracted large organizations’ support such as Food for the Poor, Fondation
Espoir, Terre des Hommes, and Hunger Relief International, and they give much
needed supplies but of course no salaries for staff, nor for tuition for the
teenagers’ schooling or professional training nor for bus fare. Fostering revenue generating activities is
part of current Rendez-vous: Haiti’s challenges.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alenzi loves to share a moment <br />with Mamie Maud</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 am school starts at the Foyer</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-81090278699448531722014-02-22T13:20:00.000-08:002014-02-22T13:20:52.616-08:00Is sustainability in the future?<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="color: #0000f2; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The 96
children of the Foyer NDL moved to the new location of the orphanage in
September 2013 and they are well adjusted to their new surroundings. Elementary
school is held on the premise in six classrooms with nice desks, meals are
served at long tables in the large airy multipurpose hall from an indoor
kitchen and all the children now sleep on mattresses on the beds occupying the
two new dorms built by Food for the Poor. Is mission accomplished? Can we
stop our support?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0000f2; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">This
progress, while undeniable, hasn’t solved all the logistical problems of
offering a home and a future for the orphans, street children, rescued
“children in domesticity” and extremely poor children placed there by a single
parent unable to feed them. The sinks in the kitchen are neither finished nor
hooked up to the water line; dishes are still washed in basins outdoor.
In order to prevent cholera and typhoid, it is crucial that everyone be
able to wash their hands regularly, yet buckets and cups are still used for
that purpose. Minimum electrical supply has been installed which is only
sufficient for the few overhead lights but not powerful enough for a
refrigerator. Every day all these mouths have to be fed, toiletries for
basic hygiene has to be available and everyone needs schooling, yet there is no
source of income except for donations. So how can we stop now?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0000f2; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">The
easiest thing to obtain for the poor are used items of clothing, used anything!
Is that what they really need? Yes, it is nice to have a “new” outfit and
looking good is a matter of pride, but does that solve tomorrow’s problems?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0000f2; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Without
the infrastructure to make the facility truly functional, without resources to
fund educational pursuits how can the Foyer survive, let alone thrive? How can
these children be given the education and skills to become self-sufficient
adults? How can the cycle of poverty be broken?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0000f2; font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">Rendez-vous:
Haiti and its friends are trying to help the director of the Foyer, Maud Laurent,
establish self-sufficiency by giving the Foyer the means to be self-supporting in
the long term. To achieve that goal, we continue to fund raise not only to
finish the existing buildings, install a fully functioning electrical system
that can support refrigerator, freezer, washing machines, computers and ovens,
but also to create revenue-generating enterprises. Though most people would
agree this is a worthwhile endeavor, funds to support its implementation are
extremely hard to get. Micro-businesses [such as a bakery, sale of purified
water, poultry production] tied to the Foyer are the only reliable way to enable
the Foyer to gain autonomy and to make this an independent sustainable home for
96 children and a means to break the cycle of poverty. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand washing before lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing dishes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating supper in the dark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand washing laundry for.....96 children</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-19395653751606879642013-12-17T07:21:00.001-08:002013-12-17T07:21:40.199-08:00" And so this is Christmas"<span style="color: blue;">" Dear Catherine,</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">I wish you and your family a Blessed Christmas and New Year.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Enclosed is a contribution in my daughter's name ( Tracy Sanna) .She asked for this as a Christmas present.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Love " Janice Sanna</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">That is the true meaning of Christmas! Janice, you must be so proud of your daughter.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">It is the generous kindness of supporters like you that is making a huge difference in the lives of 96 young Haitians. Thank you both. 100% of this money will go to purchase ingredients so that the volunteer French baker arriving December 28 can start the micro- bakery production!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracy admires Samuel's work</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-74187233883103299312013-11-30T06:35:00.000-08:002013-11-30T06:35:09.112-08:00Chicken Coop Project: Phase II<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: blue;">In March 2013, a chicken coop project was started at the
Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes. <i>Rendez-vous:
Haiti</i> fund raised and managed the construction of a chicken coop at the new
location and some of the older children learned to care for the twenty-five three
days old chicks, nurtured them to maturity, and after six weeks they were sold
for their meat. Twenty-five laying hens were purchased and are currently
dutifully producing one egg a day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The foundation of a poultry business was established. Now it
is time for Phase II. Significant revenue can only be generated from a larger
herd of meat chickens and plans are made to not only increase the size of the
production but also for marketing, and distribution. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The challenges are many: funding for a match grant from La
Guilde, France, to finance all aspects of the increased production but also
simply finding healthy inexpensive feed (compost is not an option since there
is no composting material produced at the Foyer, there are never any leftovers
of an organic nature), finding enough chicks to buy and the necessary roosters so
that the production can be sustainable. All seem like small challenges in the
Western world but in Haiti they are huge problems.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Our faith is that as with every aspect of this venture, one step at a time, we make progress. Three months ago the children were still living in confined spaces, and last week they were still in complete darkness after nightfall. Today at their new home, they sleep in a clean modern space, have a roof over their heads at meal times, attend classes on the premise, have clean drinking water , light after dark </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">and one egg a day.:)</span>Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-72467176452861478232013-10-22T18:29:00.000-07:002013-10-22T18:29:49.555-07:00Short visit in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">I always have mixed feelings when I leave Haiti. On the one hand,
I look forward to my regular life, where things are in “semi-order”, where I
tentatively control aspects of my day … but… I leave the kids behind… still so
much to be done to give them a good future. On my last morning when I went
downstairs I was greeted by the loving hug of Kervens, who had just woken up
and who rushed into my arms with a big happy grin on his face. How can it not
tug at my heart strings? </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This was a very short trip and it triggered misgivings… was
the flight cost, money well spent? Wouldn’t it be better if I had simply sent
Maud the price of the airline ticket? </span><span style="color: blue;">I was asked to join Cecilia Dowd and Keith Orpheus in Haiti to help by telling the
stories imbedded in the future documentary. They are
the young journalists who are ambitiously devoting countless hours and their
own resources to filming the children’s story.
Everyone’s hope is that it will raise the remaining funds needed to
finish the construction of the vocational center, truly launch the bakery and
fix some loose ends in the large complex.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Of course this couldn’t be the sole focus of my trip. I also wanted to bring back new samples of
the boys painting talents, letters written back to my students and more
importantly a plan for the next step towards making the Foyer self-sufficient. The
success of the Zanmi bands means that the children needed to produce more of
them. They like earning the cash I give them for their efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Time flew by; Angelo did make one painting, Samuel is still
working on another and Gary produced beautiful cards for the first time: he too
showed what he could do. The little ones got to make beaded necklaces and
bracelets which is always an interesting activity for me as it allows me to discover
their various personalities. Some children are so driven: 3 year old Wawa finished
before everybody else and didn’t fuss or act out, satisfied with his
accomplishment he simply sat there watching his friends complete their own.
Then there is Evania who kept fussing about the length of the string I cut for
her, and would start crying again and again as she would change her mind about
the color of the start-up bead. It made
me wonder about the deep hurts that surface in all those frustrated tears? Could
they ever be healed? It is sometimes
hard to remember, when seeing the carefree playfulness of so many of the
children that live at the Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes that they have at their
young age, such a troubled painful past.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">All the children are now housed in the new facility, not all
of them have mattresses yet, many still sleep on the floor, but their Canadian
friends have recently raised enough to cover the cost of the remaining
mattresses. The ground at the new complex is spacious and airy, with future
mango trees in the center. The classrooms are neat, well ventilated and the
large common room finally enables all the children to be fed at the same time.
A new routine has been established of each child doing his own dish: they each
have one now, and a spoon and cup as well.
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<span style="color: blue;">The biggest struggle currently is the lack of electricity:
it gets dark by 7 pm in Haiti and the children have until bedtime, nothing to
do in the pitch-black darkness. One has to battle the fierce onslaught of overabundant
mosquitoes. The rainstorms of October are turning potholes into sometimes huge
puddles and mosquitoes thrive in this warm moist environment. Is malaria or
dengue fever hiding in those itchy bites the children can’t escape?</span></div>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-1636465582194371382013-09-26T11:17:00.001-07:002013-09-26T11:17:30.479-07:00From a distance… one baby step at a time.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><b><span style="color: blue;">Over
the past three years I have questioned what I could effectively do for my
friends in Haiti when I am not with them. Yes, I could fund raise but was that
enough? The question has been haunting me, and would keep me awake at night. My
level of frustration at feeling that what I do from a distance is meaningless,
has been somewhat alleviated by an article from Fr David Hollenbach, S.J. in
the <i>Conversations</i> magazine issue of fall
2013. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New';"><b><span style="color: blue;">The
article is about what the Jesuit Refugee Services do, about “Accompaniment,
Service and Advocacy” and it struck me…. I can do that from a distance …and I
have been doing it, not quite the same way but nevertheless. He writes:
“accompaniment means being with the refugees and the poor on the ground,
listening to their stories, showing them in action that they are not forgotten.
Many refugees say this is the most important help they receive from JRS. It
also has a deep impact on those who are listening, stimulating commitment to
take action. The analogy in the university is volunteer programs that enable
participants to accompany those in need. Such accompaniment leads to
service……Such service, in turn, leads to seeing the need for advocacy to change.”<br />
But I am not on the ground all the time... I come and go to Haiti maybe
four or five times a year……so how can I “accompany”? From the US, it is easier
to reach out to potential donors and supporters that have funded construction
and helped build a structure for the future. But also, somehow, my talks,
my blogs and posting on Facebook have enabled me to bring volunteers down
with me and they too participate in the lives of the Foyer Notre Dame de
Lourdes; they talk to the children, laugh with them, soothe their cries and
play with them, watch them sing, draw, write, paint, create bracelets and they
hold them when they seek to be held. So I might just be the link between our
two worlds, and is that "accompanying"?<br />
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In his book, “To repair the world”, Paul Farmer also writes about
“accompaniment as an elastic term. It has a basic, everyday meaning. To
accompany someone is to go somewhere with him or her, to break bread together,
to be present on a journey with a beginning and an end…There is an element of
mystery, of openness, of trust in accompaniment. The companion, the
accompagnateur, says “I’ll go with you and support you on your journey wherever
it leads. I’ll share your fate for a while” and by a while, I don’t mean a
little while. Accompaniment is about sticking with a task until it’s deemed
completed – not by the accompagnateur, but by the person being accompanied.
Accompaniment is different from aid. “Aid” connotes a short term, one way
encounter: one person helps and another is helped. Accompaniment seeks to
abandon the temporal and directional nature of aid; it implies an open ended
commitment to another, a partnership in the deepest sense of the word. Not
easy….. This dogged commitment to doing whatever it takes to give the poor a
fair shake is the essence of accompaniment.”<br />
Over the past three years as I write, call, and endlessly tell the stories of
the people in Haiti that have caught my heart, I have sought to be an “
accompagnateur”. ([Interesting that it is a French word that is used to define
what I strive to do)<br />
Thanks to technology, gmail and skype, I can listen to Maud, her
stories of struggle, her remedies to new crisis whether it is a sick child or
the electrical failure yet again and her quest for more solutions to the lack
of resources in her attempt to care for the 96 now 97 children and I
encourage, suggest and brainstorm about solutions or the next step.<br />
When I go, I follow up with long talks on bumpy roads and evenings when all
finally quiets down or early morning “ mise au point”. Some of the older
children now also are starting to share their concerns and cares with me
because they see me come back again and again and I can see whether the little
ones are indeed growing healthily at a glimpse, from one visit to another, changes
occur.<br />
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Thankfully I have been getting help; from my own personal “accompagnateurs”, my
three daughters and my husband John who lovingly and tirelessly listen to me
and support my efforts in ways too numerous to list, subtly or boldly but
always always steadfast.<br />
Every new group of volunteers that comes with me, is “treated” to what I have
discovered, what I have learned and how we might in fact accompany our friends.
From the campus of Loyola University Maryland, some administrators, faculty and
students are listening and joining the “accompaniment”. Campus Ministry, the
Office of Mission Integration but also Technology services that are unwavering in
providing material that “accompany” on the journey to knowledge. In the French
department, the students have a letter writing exchange with the older children
at the Foyer in Haiti sharing of themselves, increasing awareness of another
reality that might lead to advocacy. Fund raiser events organized by the
students have successfully provided tangible goods, such as funds for the
chicken coop and mattresses as well as craft supplies that stimulate creativity
in an educational system based on rote memorization.<br />
And so I hope… I hope that my “accompaniment” is meaningful and that as Paul
Farmer writes: “Each of us can strive in some way, however small, to be an
accompagnateur to those who have not been blessed by good health or good
fortune. And in so doing, we are, one baby step at a time, helping to repair
the world.”</span></b></span><span style="color: #0066ff;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">“Boy-</span>what can I say? What an incredible week that
was. It may sound odd, but I am back in NY feeling like something is
missing. I can't get the kids out of my head. I am already setting
up a Kayak (airfare website) alert praying that there is cheap airfare in
the coming months, so that I can return..." Cecilia Dowd, LUM class of 2003<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cecilia and Keith Orpheus from News 12 Long Island </span><span style="color: blue;">spent a week filming and interviewing the children and Maud at
the Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes. I can’t wait to see the documentary they are
putting together. Having professional tell this story is a fantastic
opportunity to raise awareness and support.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meg Young & Marie-Andree putting final touch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracy Sanna admires work by Samuel while holding Wawa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Robinson teaches Morvens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angelo & Samuel's paintings were displayed <br />during inauguration party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adeline enjoys <br />making bracelets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas helping little ones with<br />beading</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LUM student design is now <br />on the wall of new classroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Latest painting by Samuel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">25 beds still need mattresses</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Responsible Rosena is in charge of printer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All set for power point</td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;">Thanks to generous donations by many friends fifteen mattresses were purchased ( 25 mattresses are still needed so that each child can have his own bed), Technical Services at LUM donated projector, DVD, and instant printer which not only give a lot of pleasure to kids seeing their picture in print but will be a source of revenue as neighborhood children register to come to school at the new Foyer site. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">The soccer balls donated by LUM Recreation department were a big hit. More Zanmi bracelets were produced and it was fun to see the red hens happy in their coop.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">During a grand celebration, Bishop Delmas came to say Mass and inaugurate the dorms.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys making Zanmi bracelets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mattresses, pillows, sheets...wow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little ones napping</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bishop Delmas inaugurates<br />
the dorms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red hens happy on their perch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting through donations that can be a problem.<br />
Not all are useful and there is no storage space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New soccer balls are a big hit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Popular plastic gimp bracelets are traded<br />by the older children</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meg's initiative: a world map.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice, Clara & Meg got lots of help to<br />finish this project before departure</td></tr>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-75371821683007567192013-08-20T06:26:00.002-07:002013-08-20T06:26:28.556-07:00What a laptop can do
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When Jean-Willy invited me to visit and see his new baby and
their new home, I wasn’t sure what I would find, how long I would be gone or
when I would return. He came at the given time in a borrowed car; driving ever
cautiously as it was obviously a rare opportunity. After being served a coconut
and admiring their beautiful seven month old, I was prompted to check what he
had accomplished with the laptop he had gotten from me over a year and a half
ago. The laptop he brought out didn’t have a speck of dust or finger print on
it. It had obviously been revered. He has taught himself computer literacy and
created a website for a steel frame construction company. Just recently he was
able to get a job because of this website and also recently with a few friends,
he has created a non-profit organization to find sponsors for children in need.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The document they created to form the non-profit explains
how providing an education to the young will curb violence, child prostitution
and delinquency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is then that it hit
me: the laptop has been a tool for empowerment, it has helped him discover new
options and he is using it to do good. He explained that RT1 had been a key
influence, that Ray had “made a man out of him”, and that the laptop helped him
realize his goals. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left our meeting
thinking, this is what this is all about and how I like to empower those in
need in Haiti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-89271686248651704472013-08-07T15:13:00.001-07:002013-08-07T15:13:53.266-07:00A short service immersion trip is a step forward.<br /><div style="margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt;">
<span style="color: blue;">When
volunteers come to stay and contribute to the life of the Foyer Notre Dame de
Lourdes, their accomplishments are usually visible: a shelf is built, a storage
room tidied, a craft produced, cake decorating learned, a computer lab set up.
Less tangible but more important benefits happen within each person involved.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Volunteers
many times discover a harsh reality – the challenging daily lives and limited futures
of children in Haiti – but their hearts melt at the spontaneous curiosity,
outreach, and affection the children are so quick to shower upon them. Volunteers
often leave full of emotion, feeling they have contributed little but lived
intensely with all their senses during those few days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">“Rome
wasn’t built in a day”; we have to keep this in mind when planning a short
service immersion trip. Goals have to be realistic, expectations of project
progress defined within the context of local reality, and gains measured within
the scope of long term involvement, which is a defining goal of Rendez-vous
Haiti.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> More
importantly, for the children on site, their encounter with a total stranger
brings another dimension of care, a few more skills acquired, a door opened to
a brighter future as the children discover yet another ability they have within
which might lead to a new prospect, a brighter <span class="aqj">tomorrow</span>.
Drawing, painting, computer savvy, cooking, baking, handiwork – these are steps
in their development, growth (and isn’t that what youth is about?). One
step at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1393099550108720998.post-66081345419795433652013-07-04T14:48:00.000-07:002013-07-04T14:48:45.201-07:00PAP and then Rio$67 + frequent flyer miles and I get to see my oldest daughter again! How magic is that? A year after their wedding and with one more year of research to go, both she and her husband are quite settled in a "favella" ( slum) in Rio de Janeiro; both are fluent in Portuguese, both have made lots of friends while advancing in their individual research for their PhDs.<br />
As we visit Rio, I am struck with not so much the differences but the similarities between Brasil and Haiti. Yes, of course Brasil is a much much larger country, has a booming economy and Rio is blessed with the most amazing setting and gorgeous beaches. So what is it that is similar? Is it the tropical vegetation, fruits or food (rice and beans are a main staple in both countries). May be.... but last night I witnessed a woman hoisting her baby in what can only be called a box fitted to the vending stand where she and her husband sell coconut juices and cheap beer off the famous beach of Copacabana across from the great buildings and fancy hotels. Poverty is very present and that is where the similarities strike. Brasil is a BRIC country and Haiti is among the poorest, yet poverty looks the same. Houses in Haiti are shabbily constructed of cement blocks and here it is 2x6 red bricks that are stacked one on top of the other to make the wall of a house in the same precarious way. In the favella where Stephanie and Peter live, there is open sewer, trash, children running barefeet but here in broad daylight, a drug dealer with a pistol in his right hand is swaying with the loud rap music while waiting for customers. Poverty has no color, no latitude and the constrasts are shocking.<br />
What is edifying and heart warming is that in both countries I have the incredible priviledge of benefitting from the kindness, generosity, delicate attention and warmth of the "poor"!Catherine Savellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273168752440567905noreply@blogger.com0