Reconstructing the Kindergarten in Chermaitre
November 26, 2012 by royzelman
In 2008, the Vassar Haiti Project successfully built a school for 250 elementary school students in the rural village of Chermaitre, Haiti. However, kindergarten classes still had to be held in the neighboring church. The church is a basic stone and wood structure that has fallen into major dilapidation over the years. In March 2012, the school was hit by a severe storm that caused one of the church walls and parts of the roof to cave in, leaving the kindergarten students without a safe classroom. Insufficient shelter means putting a halt to their education; thus, the need for reconstruction is urgent.
The Education Initiative is doing everything we can to raise the necessary funds. For this particular project, we are using a crowd-funding website, StartSomeGood. Crowd-funding websites are hubs of information on projects that need support. If a website visitor is drawn to a particular project, they can donate to it online instantaneously. Through Liking, re-posting, emailing, and other means of virtual sharing, this has the potential for a big “snowball effect,” reaching people from all over the world who don’t yet know about the Vassar Haiti Project.
The link to our campaign is: http://www.startsomegood.com/venture/vassar_haiti_project/campaigns/show/help_build_a_kindergarten_in_chermaitre_haiti.
“Working on this campaign has opened my eyes to the importance of sustainable development, the value of teamwork, and the elation of feeling a sense of purpose. It has shown me how intelligent, dedicated, and passionate the members of Vassar Haiti Project are. Seeing the project come to fruition has been extremely rewarding because I am confident that, with your help, our work will pay off, and Chermaitre will soon have a new, safe kindergarten structure.”
Donate in someone’s name as a meaningful gift for their birthday, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Day, or Lunar New Year’s Day! The project only receive funds if we meet the Tipping Point of $2,500 in the next 58 days!
These children deserve a good future. it’s a Great campaign.
Here is a schedule where the given money was spended.
Good job guys!
Building Materials
Cost
350 cinder blocks
14,000 gds
290 iron bars
88,000 gds
400 bags cement
180,000 gds
Mortar
40,000 gds
Nails
19,000 gds
Subtotal in HTG
341,000 gds
Subtotal in USD
$8,004.69