2012/06/28
- By pmortensen
- In Latest News, Uncategorized, WWV Blog
- Tagged amaris custom homes, amaris homes, artists, awareness, donation, education, fundraising, haiti, plus one home project, plus one homes, ray pruban, schools, sponsorship, student sponsors, student sponsorships, students, world wide village, worldwide village, WWV
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It feels really good when I get to tell you about when so many good things happening in Haiti at the same time.
This week, Ray Pruban, owner of Amaris Custom Homes and originator of the Plus One Home Project concept is in Haiti. He’s doing lots of different things, but he is very excited about his visit to our home construction project in Goniaves. It will be a chance for him to see first hand the impact of his idea to seek pledges from builders, remodelers, suppliers, brokers and agents to help build homes in Haiti every time they build or sell a home here. Read more about becoming a Plus One Home Project sponsor…
Also in Haiti, but for a full month, are Jen and Jason Huguenin, of Brookview Church in Seattle. Jason, the church pastor, and his wife Jen, visited Haiti with us last year and came away struck by the weakness of family structures in Haiti. They wanted to do something about it and worked with WWV to develop the Family Development Initiative – a fresh focus on creating a positive future for Haiti by working to strengthen Haitian families today. Read more about the Family Development Initiative…
With supporters like Ray Pruban and Jen & Jason Huguenin, and projects like the Plus One Home Project and Family Development Initiative, we have a fresh confidence in helping create a better future for the people of Haiti!
The World Wide Village Haiti intern program has grown dramatically since last year, and looks like it’s going to keep growing this year and beyond. With so many new faces becoming part of the WWV family, we’ve decided it’s time to let you meet them. To facilitate the introductions, we are launching a new special edition of our regular newsletter. We call it “Friday Focus” and it will be about introducing you to our interns and telling you about what they’re up to in Haiti — all with their own words and images.
Our first intern intro is for Shelby, who hails from Lexington, KY. Here’s what she had to say:
“Hey there! My name is Shelby, and I am intern for World Wide Village for three months this summer. I am about to start my senior year as a missions major at Asbury University in Lexington, KY. I am 20 years old and already 5 weeks into my beautiful summer in Haiti! I felt called to Haiti for the summer, so I worked really hard to get here.
I don’t know what the future holds, but I hope that these months will show me if living in Haiti long term is a possibility. Even if I don’t, I really appreciate the experience that I am getting and the interaction with the Haitians. My favorite thing is working with the children at Tree of Life and FPCH (Foundation for the Promising Children of Haiti) children’s homes that World Wide Village supports. I love those kids!
The thing that has surprised me most is how challenging it has been to get along with the other Americans.”
Shelby, Lexington, KY
2012/06/06
- By pmortensen
- In Latest News, Uncategorized, WWV Blog
- Tagged building, children, construction, education, haiti, homes, housing, housing construction, luly, mission teams, mission travel, mission trips, missions, schools, sponsorship, student sponsors, student sponsorships, students, williamson, world wide village, worldwidevillage, WWV
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Exciting news – we only need 58 more student sponsorships to fully fund the three schools World Wide Village operates in Haiti. We need a total of 256 sponsorships to pay the costs and we currently have 198. That’s’ close.
637 kids attend the schools, so every sponsorship actually allows 2.5 children to stay in school. In a country where 48% of the population cannot read, and only 25% of the adult women have more than a second grade education, keeping schools open is critical if Haiti is ever to rise up out of poverty.
As a parent of two school age kids, it’s beyond my ability to imagine my kids not being able to attend school. But that’s the reality for many children in Haiti. Families in Luly, Williamson and Dumont Haiti depend on our schools for their children’s education and a hot, nutritious meal every day. We are close to a level of stability that is hard to come by in Haiti.
Just 58 more sponsorships. We need 256. We have 198. 637 kids are depending on us. Somehow, just getting 58 more sponsorships doesn’t sound like that many, especially when you consider the impact.
Will you help us get there? (Click here). Or do know someone who can? (Send us their email address to us.)
God Bless you for your support.
Lovely
Rosemela
Merlande
Sanderson
Wilsmith
