Home from Haiti, safe, sound and tired!



Pres. JJ Forgeas & P-E JA Comper



Yesterday morning at 2am after 21 hours on the road and in the air I returned to Peterborough.  On this trip I purchased $5249.00 US  worth of textbooks for the Marbial school northeast of Jacmel in the south of Haiti.  During this trip I connected on a number of times with members of the Jacmel Rotary Club who can be our ears and eyes in their community. 

Pres. Jean Joseph Forgeas and Pres.-Elect Joseph Abraham Comper would like to work with us on a number of needed projects. Within Jacmel water  in the schools is no longer an issue.  Current needs range from public latrines, to mobile libraries to computers in some of the schools.  


Children at PAZAPA

I was particularly impressed with PAZAPA, a school for disabled children in Jacmel.  They need play ground equipment for their children.  Their former facilities were completely destroyed by the earthquake and they are now seeking funds from Plan UK, USA and Canada to build a new facility.
 

PAZAPA educates children with a variety of
physical, emotional and educational problems



Abraham Comper with a child in the orphanage
associated with Vie de France

Ecole Vie de France with some 800 students was most impressive.  Their educational standards are extremely high by Haitian standards.  The school currently has grades from Kindergarden to Grade 9 and each year another new grade is added.  This school desperately needs a computer lab.  The school's faculty feels that with computer and other language (English and Spanish) skills their students will have a chance of succeeding in their choice of a profession or business.    

Vie de France students



I would certainly support the idea of working with members of the Jacmel Rotary Club and PAZAPA, Ecole Vie de France or any other project of a sustainable nature they identify as requiring help.