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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Fwd: Mon Ptit Village " Centre d' Accueil"


Bob Belenky
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Date: February 4, 2010 11:40:59 AM EST
Subject: Mon Ptit Village " Centre d' Accueil"

Hi Julie,
How are you? I apologize fo rnot getting back to you on your last request. I am forwarding to you the upcoming trip and what we will be doing when we get there. As per listed below from the BSEC, basically we are asking everyone to give us whatever support they can to start the temporary shelter for children where they wil be provided with a hotmeal and 2 hours of instruction. In addition we need to inform volunteers who are looking into helping Leogane that we have made the village " a Welcoming Center for all volunteers. As per Peter's ( a volunteer from UK currently on the ground in Leogane) we have an urgent need  for volunteers in medical field, paramedics, carpenters, electricians, early childhood teachers. they will be provided with a sleeping space under a tent with running shower and toilets, 3 meals daily with a fee of $300 for 2 weeks including transportation to and from PAP to Leogane. Cost of food and gas tripled. That's all for now.
Thank you for your continued support
Yoleine
Special Activity"
Hands-On Haiti: People to People Support
Sunday February 7TH, 1PM to 3 PM
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West
Donate to Marie Yoleine's trip to Léogâne in Haiti!!
Former Brooklyn Ethical Board member Marie Yoleine Gateau and retired Brooklyn Ethical Culture Clergy Leader Lisel Burns are traveling to Marie Yoleine's beloved hometown, the Haitian city of Léogâne on February 14  to deliver aid, support recovery efforts, and evaluate how we can do more to help after the devastating earthquake.  They have come up with a list of urgently needed supplies to support the children and families of that beleaguered city; Half of the population of Haiti is under 15 years old.
On Sunday, February 7 at 1pm, members of the Brooklyn Ethical community and friends are urged to donate the following items, whatever we can do will make a difference: 
solar ovens; flashlights and batteries; candles or cash toward  purchase of these items new art supplies for kids, pencils, paper and manual pencil sharpeners
We will collect and pack the items donated to go directly to Léogâne on February 14. All are welcome!
Greg Tewksbury, cochair of the Ethical Action committee, urges everyone to also bring a donation of whatever amount .  Checks can be made out to the Neges Foundation see (www.negesfoundation.org) which is a 501C-3, making contributors eligible for a tax deduction in either 2009 or 2010 .  These funds will be used to buy supplies. The first priority identified by the Leogane townspeople in contact with Marie Yoleine is a tent shelter for the 30 children orphaned by the earthquake, offering at least one meal a day to the orphans and 250 other children left homeless, and two hours of education in this chaotic period. Marie Yoleine  will need to purchase a large tent(s)for  the shelter and to feed children, as well as medical supplies, food, children's clothes and toilet paper.
 Marie Yoleine is a Brooklyn  District 17 public school guidance counselor originally from Léogâne who has long supported her hometown through Neges, a foundation she created, and by helping coordinate international volunteer efforts there.  These connections have proved vital since Léogâne was near the devastating earthquake's epicenter.   30,000 people in Léogâne alone have lost their lives. Still, Léogâne has not received the attention of Port-au-Prince, the nation's capital 25 miles to the north.
Marie Yoleine has been working from New York with a seasoned Volunteer for Peace pro from Britain who arrived in Haiti on Thursday and reports that the carnage is worse than what he saw in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami. Ninety-five percent of the Léogâne is destroyed. The hospital that serves the poor collapsed, as did the new nursing school, and people with open wounds are not getting medical care.  Peter, the volunteer, has been hauling in supplies and helping to coordinate relief, and managed to get the Canadians to give food boxes out on Sunday. He has helped get a purification system installed and three wells are being restored.
Peter also relayed the dire need for doctors and nurses. Those who can help connect Léogâne with medical volunteers should alert Marie Yoleine.  She will be at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture this Sunday February 7 at 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
Parents are also eager to start up at least two hours of school classes again, which is why Marie Yoleine is emphasizing school and art supplies.
This is a critical time for us to reach out with direct aid to a grass-roots organization on the ground in Haiti that can make a difference.  Please come and offer what you can.  If you can not come, please go to the website of the NEGES Foundation at www.negesfoundation.org picture of Léogâne can be found on the site. 
In the words of Haitian proverb:  "Sa je pa wè kè pa tounen"
"What the eye doesn't see, doesn't move the heart."
Have a look and please do what you can.  Feel free to send this information to friends and neighbors.  Join us on February 7th
For more information contact
Greg Tewksbury, gtewks @gmail.com
Lisel Burns, liselburns@earthlink.net

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