A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, on Tuesday, January 12. Our partner AMURT (Haiti) has set up two teams to provide relief in Delmas and Bourdon.
The Foundation is collecting funds for the Haiti disaster relief operations
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AMURT has set up a medical camp at Bourdon and a food distribution center at Delmas 31. Daily over 300 people are served in each location. Supplies are still scarce. AMURT needs more vehicles urgently to facilitate the transportation of food and materials.
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Earthquake in Haiti - URGENT
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, on Tuesday, January 12. Our partner AMURT (Haiti) has set up two teams to provide relief in Delmas and Bourdon.Reading Project - Barlovento, Venezuela
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Project description
This project is for children and youth to help them develop an interest in reading and writing and introduce them to the wonderful world of books through which they will be exposed to fantasies, new ideas, values etc.
The project started in 2000 when we observed the weak reading skills of the children and young adults in the area where the Center is located, specially of the children in poor rural villages. Since then we have done a variety of activities related to improving their reading and writing skills.
Recently the project started to take more shape thanks to funding received from CENAL (National Book Center). At the moment the project is being implemented in 2 villages: la Guairita, 75 families, and Madre Vieja, 60 families. In each village one mother has a small library of children´s books lent to her by the Center. Once a week she goes door to door, talks to the children and to the adults in the house who read to their children and have them choose another book. Every month we do a collective activity with all the children in the village which include story reading, painting, drama etc.
Funding requested for this project:
We want to expand the program to the school of another village: Los Galpones, 150 families, involving hereby the teachers and the parents. The center will facilitate story books to the teachers from preschool up to sixth grade and give workshops about the tremendous benefits of reading aloud to young children as well as older children. The program will include drawing, drama and opportunities for children to write and illustrate their own books.
Didi Ananda Sadhana
Directora Centro MADRE
Carretera Mamporal – San José de Barlovento, Estado Miranda
Teléfonos. 0234.514.56.63 / 0234.511.85.49/0416.400.36.28
Email:anandasadhana@yahoo.com
BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT:
Place: Los Galpones
Duración: 12 months
The project includes one facilitator who will give the workshops and supervises the teachers; material for the workshops; material for the art activities and books for the library.
Personnel Mensual/BF Total
Facilitator 75 900
Total 900
Material
Articulo Precio unitario Total
40 Story Books 20 800
10 R. of white paper 9.50 95
10 sets of Crayones 2.80 28
5 boxes with pencils 4 20
10 sets with markers 7.50 75
5 sets with colored pencils 8 40
5 Pencil sharpner 1 5
20 Sizors 2 40
10 boxes of paint 12 120
30 brushes 1.20 26
Total 1.249
GRAN TOTAL 2.149
Kid's Reading Project - Barlovento, Venezuela
Update (April 2009): the
Foundation has wired US$1,000 to the project. The rest of the funds
were secured through other funding agencies. We are now awaiting more
news about the development of the project. Thanks to all those who
contributed.
This is a request for $2,100 to expand the reading project in Barlovento to a school in a neighboring village. This amount covers a small salary for a facilitator and the rest is for material such as books, paper, paint etc.
Update (April 2009): theFlood in Haiti - Video
Click below to watch a video of our partner organization, AMURT, in action during flood relief in Haiti. More videos available at www.youtube.com/amurtrelief. You can also donate now online by clicking on the buttons below the video.
We accept donations to our Bank Account or online by clicking on the button below.
Bank Account:
Name: Foundation Emanuele Antola
Account Number:
-EURO: 0883-710303-02
-Swiss Franc (CHF): 0883-710303-01
-US Dollars (USD): 0883-710303-02-1
IBAN: CH48 0588 1071 0303 0100 0
BIC: AHHBCH22XXX
SWIFT: AHHBCH22XXX
Severe Flooding in Haiti
Several storms in the course of two weeks left the northern part of Haiti flooded affecting several hundred thousands people.
The latest cyclone front to hit Haiti has brought heavy flashfloods and mudslides submerging large urban areas with a potentially devastating long-term impact. The full scale of the disaster is hard to estimate because of the isolation of the worst hit area, however according to official radio forecasts this is one of the biggest natural calamities to hit the country in decades. During Hurricane Jean in 2004 only in Gonaives 2,500 drowned in the first day of the disaster, and this time the water level has covered the entire city of half-a-million under 9 feet of water. Our partner organization, AMURT has launched a rapid response operation which will most likely last for weeks if not months. The relief team there has been giving us updated accounts of horrific human and animal suffering, death, and destruction. See AMURT videos in Haiti at www.youtube.com/amurtrelief.
Haiti School
These are photos of the kids at the AMURT school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The school was a recipient of a Micro-donation from the foundation in the year 2007. It has nearly 250 kids enrolled and still needs a lot of support to upgrade its facilities and provide a better service to the community.
Neo-Humanist Education in Bloom from Natasha Florentino on Vimeo.
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