Another "new" Project ~ Education for Haiti!

Help is needed for this one! Every dollar will count!

Support and Reconstruction of Social Education Infrastructure in Haiti
First Annual Leadership Development Conference
July 23-25, 2010 Hinche, Central Plateau Haiti

"This conference has been developed and is headed up by Haitian College students from the U.S. currently attending Liberty University, EMU and JMU. A non-profit foundation called Chemen Lavi(Path of Life) will be presented. It is is a Haitian non-governmental and non-partisan, non-profit foundation founded in Haiti in June 2000 by a group of young professionals and religious students. Chemen Lavi wants to provide support in the development of a new Haiti where people in the rural communities are able to take care of themselves and their familiates. Chemen Lavi promotes and develops partnerships that focus on educating the youth of these communities so they can in turn take care of their families, improving living conditions and socio-economic conditions for generations to come.

The objective of this conference is to socially educate senior high school students who have become discouraged after the worst earthquake ever recorded on the Island. The conference is set to help them morally and teach them how to develop their leadership abilities to be successful. It will invite participants to examine their culture and themselves in light of the state dimensions of leadership. It will affirm and uplift them as leaders and human beings; it will equip them with the tools to address community and personal issues related to leadership and education about the importance of environmental protection and issues that impact them socially, individually, spiritually and psychologically. Samples of the workshops being presented are:
Humility and Leadership;
The perils and pitfalls of being a Student leader;
Orientation to college and scholarship;
Building Coalitions and;
Environment Protection. "

This Conference is to be FREE to the students from Hinche and surrounding areas that will be attending. 800 students are expected. The leaders would like to provide meals, lodging, notebooks, pens and flip charts for this endeavor. A breakdown of these costs including the 10% provided by Chemen Lavi is available from Patrick Eugene pe@chemenlavi.org or from Janet Elsea justhomesteaders@gmail.com. Check out the website at www.chemenlavi.org. Costs are expected to be $5688.90. Your pennies and dollars count!!!!!