Posted in Other on Mar 4th, 2012 3 Comments »
Fourteen VHP members are officially en route to Haiti, where they’ll assess and advance our projects in Chermaitre. We’re sending them our love and best wishes from home. Read their first dispatch below (and don’t forget to check back over the next two weeks to hear more): On Saturday March 3rd, our group of 14 […]
Posted in Other on Feb 28th, 2012 No Comments »
VHP members have been making regular trips to Poughkeepsie Middle School to teach students about Haitian culture and Creole. Robyn Yzelman ’15, one of the VAST Haiti Project members, talks about their program and progress on the VAST blog and below. Some VHP members in the Outreach Committee have been going to the middle school for […]
Posted in Other on Feb 28th, 2012 No Comments »
Last Thursday VHP partnered with the Vassar Greens to throw The Dinner Party, a super sophisticated fundraiser for our reforestation initiative. Below, guest blogger Amanda Cheung ’13, Co-President of the Vassar Greens, recaps the collaboration. The Greens had a fantastic time organizing the Dinner Party with VHP this past Thursday! Setup was a little hectic […]
Posted in Other on Feb 26th, 2012 3 Comments »
With VHP members gearing up for their trip to Haiti in just one week, VHP alumna Livia Dinu ’10 looks back on her own experience of the Haiti trip and supports current members before their depart. In March, 2010 I visited Haiti with VHP. The trip had a tremendous impact on students and the […]
Posted in Other on Feb 16th, 2012 1 Comment »
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Posted in Other, Voices from VHP on Feb 13th, 2012 No Comments »
VHP co-presidents Fiona Koch ’12 and Caitlyn Anderson ’12 take a look at how VHP has expanded and improved over the past three and a half years. We’re only four weeks into Spring Semester, and the Vassar Haiti Project has already accomplished an unprecedented number of wonderful fundraisers and events: from the fabulously successful Sacred […]
Posted in Other on Feb 12th, 2012 5 Comments »
Be sure to stop by the College Center on Monday (February 13th) to buy a home cooked lunch and support VHP’s Sustainable Project Assessment Trip fund! VHP Munchy Monday Menu Mac and cheese Rice and beans Lila’s Famous Lebanese Soup Cold potato salad Soba salad Slow-cooked vegetable stew Sticky rice pudding Cheesecake Plantains *** $7 […]
Posted in Other, Voices from VHP on Feb 5th, 2012 3 Comments »
For VHP volunteers going to Haiti this spring, fundraising will be essential in the weeks leading up to the trip. Cindy Fung ’14 explains some of the group’s plans for the coming month. In exactly one month, we will be in Haiti. Even though we’ve already had two info sessions, the fact that we are […]
Posted in Other on Jan 31st, 2012 4 Comments »
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Vassar Haiti Project Medical Initiative member Nicole Bronson writes about her upcoming trip to Rwanda through the organization FACE AIDS. Nicole will be working with HIV/AIDS patients in rural and urban clinics, hospitals, and orphanages. This Winter Break I will be travelling to Rwanda for two weeks with FACE AIDS. FACE AIDS is an organization […]
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