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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Will you soon have 30 mn, a mouse to click and scroll and some will? Some will!

Most of the links below will take you to the sites of organizations that are working to provide education for the underprivileged youth in Haiti, among other projects like providing health, shelter, food, etc. to the most in need). Most of them need your help to carry on their mission. This list was compiled with available information in a given time frame and scope of research. It is far from exhaustive.

If your time is particularly short, opt to follow the video links below (in violet) to be soaked in the context that this thread stems from in the least amount of time.

Several of the listed organizations have sponsorship/scholarship programs (for some of these I have listed the minimum monthly cost to sponsor the schooling of a child).

A QUI DE DROIT

La plupart des liens qui suivent vous conduiront aux sites d'organisations qui travaillent à pourvoir l'éducation aux jeunes défavorisés d'Haïti, à côté d'autres engagements à rendre accessibles les soins de santé, le logement, la nourriture aux plus nécessiteux. La plupart d'entre eux nécessitent votre aide pour mener à bien leur mission. Cette liste n'est pas exhaustive.

Si votre temps est particulièrement court, choisissez de suivre les liens (en violet) aux documentaires vidéo qui vous introduiront dans le moindre temps à l'esprit de ce document.

Plusieur des organisations citées vous offrent la possibilité de parrainer l'écolage d'un enfant (le coût minimum de l'écolage mensuel est inclus pour celles-là).

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In no particular order: / En aucun ordre particulier:

The University of Fondwa

Haiti's first and only rural university.

The Road to Fondwa - Video Documentary by the University of Fondwa (direct link)

Partners in Progress - Promoting and advancing sustainable rural development in Haiti

"Partners in Progress is helping the organized poor in HAITI help themselves to overcome: lifetimes of misery, chronic scarcity of resources, decades of environmental degradation through self reliance, grassroots democracy, communal organization."

Yéle Haiti - Projects

"Our mission is to use the potent combination of music and development to create small-scale, manageable and replicable projects to contribute to Haiti's long-term progress."

Friends of the Children of Haiti - Child Sponsorship Program - $25/month

"Your sponsorship will provide hope for a child in an otherwise hopeless situation."

New Missions - Child Sponsorship - $30/month

"Over 6,500 students, representing over 55 villages, are enrolled in New Missions schools. Approximately 1000 people are cared for each month through the medical clinic ministry. New Missions employs over 300 Haitians to teach, preach, and meet the needs of their own people."

Baptist General Conference - Child Sponsorship Project -1by1 Haiti - $25/month

"project designed to transform the lives of children and the communities in which they live. This project aims at giving a helping hand to educating children in Maissade, a town of 9000 people in the central plateau of Haiti."

Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans - Child Sponsor Program - Haiti - $20/month

"to help the desperately poor in remote areas of the nation of Haiti, with basic needs including elementary education, food, and medical attention."

Christian Fellowship Church of Haiti - Hope for Haiti Program - 25$/month

"your sponsorship will provide a child with a supportive environment, positive mentorship, and the resources necessary for a sound education, including tuition, materials, books, and uniforms."

Haiti Child Sponsorship Program - 25$/month

"The Haiti Child Sponsorship Program is the sole source of funding for the Good Shepherd School in Pele, one of the most impoverished villages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti."

The Good Shepherd - Video Documentary by the Child Sponsorship Program (direct link)

SOS Children's Village

"The SOS Children's Village is a place where the children receive a solid school and professional education to be a responsible and independent citizen one day."

Fonds de Parrainage National

Partenariat entre l'État et plusieurs branches du secteur privé Haïtien, le Fonds de Parrainage National offre chaque année des milliers de bourses d'étude à des enfants défavorisés de tous les départements géographiques du pays.

Healing Hands for Haiti

"We are dedicated to fostering the expansion and quality of rehabilitation services for the benefit of physically disabled adults and children in Haiti. We operate on the principle that the best way to serve the people of Haiti is to enable them to serve themselves."

Fondasyon Kole Zepòl (FONKOZE)

Their work is in the line of the recent Nobel Peace prize winner, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who believes poverty is at the root of terror. FONKOZE was created by and for the poor and is involved in micro-credit among other endeavours.

Video documentary by FONKOZE (direct link)

Beyond Borders

"... provides short-term opportunities for individuals and groups to travel to Haiti and be transformed by their experience there."

"... provides literacy training, basic education, leadership development, and teacher training to some of the most marginalized people and communities on the globe."

Rich in Mercy

"Unites people of the first world with the poor and powerless of the third world as brothers and sisters."

The Eyes of Haiti

"Through the promotion of love and hope, along with the provision of the basic essentials of dignified life, Eyes of Haiti seeks to open the eyes of the world to the children of Haiti."

Haitian Organization Program for Education and Health (HOPEH)

"Our organization is targeted at assisting Juampas and the surrounding villages in their Healthcare, Education, and Spiritual needs."

TIMKATEK: Timoun k'ap teke chans ("Children who try their luck to survive")

Operating in Pétion-Ville, this "center provides them (the children) with food, shelter and basic education. Over 50% of the children also participate in a vocational training program that the center established with businesses in the community."

Mouvement Paysan de Papaye (MPP)

Organisation réunissant des groupements de paysans de la région de Papaye (Plateau Central d'Haïti), dont l'un des objectifs affirmés est de "Promouvoir l'organisation de toute la masse paysanne pauvre d'Haïti (hommes, femmes, jeunes) à l'intérieur d'un vaste mouvement national qui doit participer dans la lutte pour bâtir une société où les besoins vitaux de l'homme sont satisfaits..."

Mission Corail-Haïti

Originaire du Canada et travaillant à Corail (Grande-Anse), cette Mission Laïque de Spiritualité Franciscaine a à sa charge une école de quelques 600 élèves, une coopérative d'habitation et un dispensaire de santé.

Fondation Connaissane et Liberté/Fondasyion Konesans Ak Libète (FOKAL) & Friends of FOKAL

Basée à Port-au-Prince, "FOKAL entreprend divers programmes appuyant les enfants et les jeunes, les jeunes associations de la société civile, la paysannerie et les femmes."

Haiti Soleil, Inc.

"The mission of Haiti Soleil is to build and develop public community libraries, museums, and other institutions of education and cultural exchange focused on advancing the intellectual growth of young Haitians in Haiti."

International Missionary Fellowship - Haiti - Hôpital Évangélique de Bombardopolis

"Since 1970 we have been serving the poorest of the poor in the area of Bombardopolis, Haiti in the name of Jesus." "Each missionary and IMF itself is fully dependent on the Lord moving individuals to send the necessary financial support for the ongoing work." "IMF is always open to volunteers who want to offer their skills or abilities to assist with various projects."

Our Mother of Sorrows Parish (AZ) - Haiti Project

"As participants in the Haiti Project, we embrace our responsibility to walk in solidarity with members of other communities in uniting our lives with those in the poorest nation of the western hemisphere. Our mission is to provide spiritual, financial and missionary support, focusing on specific projects that enrich the quality of life for small groups in targeted communities." - North-West / Port-de-Paix metropolitan area.

God's Littlest Angels - Haitian Baby Ministry

Based in Kenskoff, "God's Littlest Angels was founded with its primary purpose being the provision of medical care to premature, malnourished and abandoned infants in Haiti." "We also operate an Outreach Ministry focused on assisting two smaller Haitian orphanages and a small Christian school located in the mountains by Fort Jacques."

Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie - Educateurs Sans Frontières

"La Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie a pour mission de contribuer à l'éducation de base des enfants et à l'alphabétisation des adultes dans les pays les plus démunis." "Haïti a été le premier pays à recevoir des éducateurs sans frontières. Ces éducateurs partagent leur expérience et leur savoir-faire avec des professionnels de l'éducation du pays où ils sont affectés."

Love Haiti Missions

Our visions is to “Rescue, Restore and Edify” the people of Haiti by offering humanitarian aid, spreading the message of revival and encouraging them to believe for their miracle, “that the island of Haiti will be transformed.”

Floresta

"Floresta strives to empower local farmers and communities to take ownership of their circumstances, and give them the self-confidence to seek out and apply local solutions. Through training and seminars that cover a broad scope of agricultural and enterprise-related areas, community members are encouraged to explore opportunities otherwise unavailable."

Planting Hope in Haiti - Video Documentary by Floresta (direct link)

Christian Mission of Pignon, Inc. & Comité de Bienfaisance de Pignon

"The Christian Mission of Pignon, Inc. (CMP) is a... nonprofit tax-exempt organization founded... as the stateside support agency for Comité de Bienfaisance de Pignon in Pignon, Haiti." "CMP works in conjunction with many partners to provide healthcare, education, clean water and essential sanitation facilities; agricultural development and training; community and economic development." - North Central Plateau area of Haiti.

Partners in Health (PIH) / Zanmi Lasante (Cangé, Haiti)

"At its root, our mission is both medical and moral. It is based on solidarity, rather than charity alone. When a person in Peru, or Siberia, or rural Haiti falls ill, PIH uses all of the means at our disposal to make them well—from pressuring drug manufacturers, to lobbying policy makers, to providing medical care and social services. Whatever it takes. Just as we would do if a member of our own family—or we ourselves—were ill." - Mostly active in the Central Plateau, and just recently in the Artibonite.

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[karizmua]

And remember to always ask, "what percentage of my donation go directly to the cause?"

Thanks GN

[gnmusic]

You're welcome Karizmua.

Yes, ask that and much more. That's how you protect your efforts. Give yourself time to feel right about what you decide to do, what you decide to support.

To me, the ideal is not so much of engaging in random acts of giving, but to build a relationship with a chosen organization; something that can last.

*Future references to you are plural.

I have certain rules of engagement:

---Great communication (#1) : It may be difficult or slow, so your will will be tested; when communication occurs, make sure you get a sense of why it may be difficult at times. If communication just cannot happen, this is as far as you should go with your intentions, unless you have the ability and the reach to get an inside view and maybe offer a correction.

---Make a personal approach : Know by name who is in charge; get acquainted : that might take a few e-mails, phone calls, etc.

---Reliability / Responsibility are qualities to be sought. Let yourself be convinced of that.

---Ask for documents -a brochure if available (more information is better than less) : Know some history about the organization; know whether it is registered with a government entity; know what other organizations it may have partnered with; understand its structure; know who is on the team in charge and have ways to contact them.

---Ask for documentation of past realizations : Know about the population that benefited; know how large a region has benefited.

---Know what is happening : ask about ongoing activities and current projects / calculated costs / current funding sources / fundraising targets.

---Ask for more documents (for accountability) : periodic reports on the overall running of the organization / progress reports on specific projects / past annual reports / the current budget and allocation of funds is information you may request to have access to.

I have come across two main areas of involvement:

A

Sponsoring a child. - Ask to be given periodic information about that child. You may have to send a reminder of that. Keep in mind that human resources may be scarce to work on certain tasks. And remember your nearest term investment is in "someone". That's something you will do with respect and humility.

B

Assisting an organization on a specific project geared towards the development of a community, including the creation of economic opportunities that can contribute to self-sustainment. - You are helping a community help itself. So at one point, it may come to have its own water system, electricity, school, etc. [Things that Port-au-Prince had not yet gotten to. Beat Port-au-Prince at it!] And parents may have work and the ability to feed, clothe and offer their children an education.

The widespread success of endeavour (B) should ultimately reduce the widespread need of support towards endeavour (A). I cannot tell in how many years that will occur, but it's overdue.

These are a few advices. Depending on the organization, you may find deficiencies in what you are seeking as a safeguard to establishing a potentially lasting relationship. An established structure is the best thing you can hope for. Where it exists, and you adhere to its goals, invite yourself to reach out to it. All in all, great communication (#1) can open doors to all further considerations. Funds may not be the only way you can help. The relationship you manage to build will tell you in simple, personal, ways, what your best role may be. But surely, there will be one for you.