This post is meant to accompany slide #9 entitled "The 'Hope for Haiti' Project" from my presentation that I gave to the volunteers helping me with my project. The presentation can be found in a post below. I will update this blog with detailed information about the others slides as well.
My goals include education for the public and donation collection for the kids.
With the education aspect, I hope to inform children and teens about child poverty around the world to broaden their worldview and get them information about how to help a struggling population. I feel that I am very lucky to live in such a wealthy community as Highlands Ranch and sometimes I forget that there are people living much harder lives than I am. I take my life in the US for granted; most children and teens around the world do not have nearly the opportunities and resources that I do. I feel that this project will humble myself and open the eyes of my fellow classmates and friends to the rest of the world. I want people to understand that they should try to be grateful for what they have, and generous to those who are less fortunate. Many countries and global organizations are still working to provide both short- and long-term relief to Haiti. However, much of the public has pushed the issues aside at word of other current events. My hope is to raise awareness once again in my community so that we may network and communicate with others about the issues.
For the donations, I will work to collect backpacks through donations from the public as well as companies that may be willing to donate and to collect school supplies through collection boxes in the community. Yves Prophet and Global Citadelle Vision Ministries have approved the project. They are willing to work with me to get the most essential supplies to the children in need and are very thankful for any help they may receive through this project. I am hoping to travel to Haiti over spring break on a mission trip to deliver the backpacks.
To achieve sustainability, I need a club to take on this project and provide a means to continue on with community education and donation collection for a part of the world where children have been neglected by the media. I hope that for each coming year, a new location can be chosen and an annual materials drive can happen for some nation and its children, while educating the public on WHY that location was chosen and HOW they can help.
HIGHLANDS RANCH VS. HAITI
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| My neighborhood in Highlands Ranch, CO |
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| A neighborhood in Haiti |
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