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The Children of Haiti Project (COHP)
Sponsored by the International and American School Communities 23-Feb-10
An Appeal for Financial and In-kind Assistance www.childrenofhaitiproject.org The Mission On February 11, 2010, a broad coalition of leading agencies serving international schools and school superintendents met in Boston and established an executive committee (EC) to design and implement with due speed an educational center for the children of Haiti. After considering many suggestions, the EC decided to focus its efforts on serving the poorest children in Haiti, many of whom (50%) were receiving no schooling even before the earthquake. With significant funding and several commitments already in place, the EC is sending a three-person team (Task Force) to Haiti on March 5, 2010. Their goal is to seek local and international agency partnerships to establish an education center, with supporting services, to begin schooling as many children aged 5-11 as can be accommodated in rented or borrowed facilities. The broader goal is to find a location and marshal the resources and agency assistance necessary to conduct a comprehensive educational program for children in poverty, with guarantees of long term sustainability and program effectiveness, and support for nutritional and medical needs. The Current Team Serving COHP A major resource for this effort, and our primary adviser, is Marie Jean-Baptiste, the superintendent of the Union School of Haiti. Although faced with the daunting task of reconstituting her own school, Marie is supporting COHP with advice, direct assistance and moral commitment. The initial faculty of the COHP center will very likely be Union School teachers who are currently unemployed as most of the school's students have left the country. The Task Force for the EC includes Frank Anderson, formerly head of CIC in Valencia, Venezuela; John Randolph of Global Education Systems and formerly head of AS Casablanca; and Jacqueline Fabius, a 1990 graduate of AIS in Israel and a Haitian with strong family and institutional ties in Haiti. The other members of the EC include Rob Leveillee of AdvancEd (SACSCASI/NCA); Carolyn Brunner of Buffalo State, SUNY, N.Y.; Bambi Betts of the Academy for International School Heads (AISH) and the Principals' Training Center (PTC); and Forrest Broman of The International Educator (TIE). Contributions and Resources It is the pledge and commitment of all involved in this project that all financial resources will be applied directly and solely to services for the center's children. No funds will be allocated to administrative costs. Travel to Haiti, meeting costs and other necessary expenses to launch this effort will be taken care of through in-kind contributions from the agency and individual benefactors of COHP. We are seeking broad support from international schools and the agencies serving them, from public and private schools and colleges/universities in the United States, and from concerned individuals and associations. Our goal is to enlist the long term commitment of school children, parent and teacher organizations, school boards, college students, staff and faculty in helping us to educate as many of Haiti's poorest children as we can, and to start doing so as soon as possible. You and/or your institution can contribute funding for this effort with a check made out to "OSAC/Children of Haiti." Please mail this to COHP/OSAC, Box 513, Cummaquid, MA 02637 USA. The agency, OSAC (Overseas Schools Assistance Corporation), is a Massachusetts charitable corporation with 501 (c) 3 status from the US Internal Revenue Service, and the umbrella organization for TIE and The PTC. A new, segregated account has been established for COHP at the Cape Cod Cooperative Bank in Yarmouthport, Mass. USA. If you wish to contribute through a direct, wire transfer, please email Cheryl Harmon ([email protected] ) for instructions. All contributors will receive an acknowledgment and confirmation of the tax deductible status of their contribution under United States IRS regulations. Current Resources and Commitments COHP has already received sufficient financial contributions and commitments, plus extensive in-kind support, necessary to ensure the success of this effort on a limited basis. Pledges of specific support and funds are already in hand from Village Camps (Roger Ratner); Colegio Nueva Grenada of Bogota, Columbia, (Barry McCombs); Atlanta International School (Kevin Glass); Global Educational Systems (John Randolph), Frank Anderson, Bambi Betts, Forrest Broman, International Graduate Programs, Buffalo State, SUNY (Carolyn Brunner), TieCare International, The Principals'Training Center for International School Leadership (PTC), and The International Educator (TIE). Your assistance in this project in any way possible will be eagerly received and greatly appreciated. The names of donor agencies and individual benefactors will be published and disseminated periodically, unless anonymity is requested. However, the amount of each financial contribution made will be kept confidential, as every contribution is valued equally in this important and vital program. The Oversight Committee for COHP (OC) Anyone interested may be a member of this committee, which will receive regular communications on the progress of this project. Contributors will be automatically added to the OC, and the suggestions and ideas of committee members will be carefully considered. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your help is urgently needed for COHP to have a significant impact on some of Haiti's poorest children. We hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, The Executive Committee for COHP
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10/10/2013 - Carol
I first served in education in Haiti in 1983. Since that time we led teacher training groups held in La Digue . We had 94 people in attendance at our event just prior to the earthquake. We returned to do relief work with "Flat Stanley". :). All of our contacts to serve was dismantled and we began a new in Guatemala after forming a non profit organization called Give and Teach. We give to the immediate need and teach to the sustainable future. I first read the saying "give a man a fish and he eats for a day but teach a man to fish and he eats for a life time". The adage was written on the side of a school in Port-a-prince. Are there initiatives that train teachers through your organization? I learned about your organization at the tri- association in Mexico yesterday . I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
Carol Claypool
Literacy Coach
Colegio Interamericano
