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Share Your Thoughts: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010. An Interview with Carline Etienne. 1 What is the name of the Women's Group? Groupment Fanm Development Advancement Gran Sous (Women's Group for the Development and Advancement for Gran Sous). 2 Whose idea was it to start the group? 3 Why is it important that there is a group for women? 4 How did you become President? 5 Did you offer to become President or were you and this other women chosen by the group? 6 What do you like about being President? Links to this post. Our US team o...
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Share Your Thoughts: January 2010
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Thursday, January 14, 2010. New Leadership for Haiti. The move came just weeks after President Clinton, appointed United Nations special envoy to Haiti in May, assembled and led a historic summit of potential foreign investors to the country. The conference proved hopeful but may have highlighted the lack of government progress on the issues facing the country. The change also ushered in new Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, who was nominated the day after Michèle Pierre-Louis was removed. We suffer the...
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Share Your Thoughts: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009. First Annual Advisory Board Retreat. Written by Lindsey Walker. October marked the first annual Advisory Board retreat. Eight dedicated board members and two energetic interns forfeited their standard leisure weekend activities to summit in Washington D.C, performing strategic long-term planning on behalf of the organization. Links to this post. An Interview with Justin Stevenson. Interview and Translation by Mara Hiley-Chery. Are you from Gran Sous originally? Well, I was born...
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Initiatives for Independence: May 2008
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Initiatives for Independence" is a set of micro-enterprise projects designed by Roots of Development to provide the communities we work with the resources they need to create, improve, and maintain their own development. Each initiative focuses on creating job opportunities and strengthening project self-sustainability. This initiative will allow the members of KODAG to:. By creating positions responsible for daily operations, and computer use training. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Washington, DC 20036.
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Share Your Thoughts: Musings on Haiti
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010. By Lynn Haney (April 2010 Trip to Gran Sous, Haiti). I awoke the first morning after our return from Gran Sous to the gentle sound of rain on the roof, classical music on the radio, and the security of my Connecticut life. I found it hard to believe that only 24 hours before, I had wakened to the sounds of roosters crowing, donkeys braying and dogs barking; the sounds of early morning in a remote mountain village in earthquake ravaged Haiti. I came to Gran Sous to assist them in wo...
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Share Your Thoughts: A trip to Haiti (April 2010)
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010. A trip to Haiti (April 2010). Saturday night, April 25th, I returned home from Gran Sous and slept in my own bed with my down pillow. In Gran Sous I slept in a bed, but in a mosquito tent with my coat for a pillow. A tarantula over my head the first night! Mosquitoes, 3 inch cockroaches and geckos in our room every night. A symphony of animal sounds all night long – dogs barking, roosters crowing (it’s a myth that they only crow at daybreak! Simple things we take so for granted; cl...
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Gran Sous Water Rehabilitation Project: About Gran Sous
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Gran Sous Water Rehabilitation Project. A town on an island off the mainland of Haiti. The island is set within the Gulf of Gonave. 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools. Mainly agricultural or with livestock. Vast majority being Christian; with a total of 7 churches in the area (incl. Nazarene, Catholic, Baptist, Wesleyan, etc.). DONATE NOW (click icon below). List of Posted Topics. Basic Statistics on Haiti. Brief History of Haiti. Interesting Topics Regarding Haiti. PHOTOS From Most Recent Trip.
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Share Your Thoughts: May 2010
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010. A trip to Haiti (April 2010). Saturday night, April 25th, I returned home from Gran Sous and slept in my own bed with my down pillow. In Gran Sous I slept in a bed, but in a mosquito tent with my coat for a pillow. A tarantula over my head the first night! Mosquitoes, 3 inch cockroaches and geckos in our room every night. A symphony of animal sounds all night long – dogs barking, roosters crowing (it’s a myth that they only crow at daybreak! Simple things we take so for granted; cl...
