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> From: "Director, The Haiti Connection"
> <Director@...>
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> Subject: The Haiti Connection
>
> Happy New Year to All!
>
> Thank each of you who supported The Haiti Connection, we continue
> to do remarkable work. Please forward this to other who are
> interested in working with us.
> A few accomplishments are:
> * The 97th computer went to Haiti, to a computer lab used by
> elementary students in the day and for business school on weekends
> * A high school student collected 500 books in French that we
> took to furnish a library
> * A donation to purchase medications and medical supplies
> provided the means to save young children’s lives
> * Donated orthopaedic supplies helped furnish 3 clinics
> * Our annual conference gave the opportunity for representatives
> from 7 states and 3 countries to meet and share ideas
> * Representatives from the CDC Safe Water Project presided at a
> panel discussion about water projects
> In this group were members of the Rotary and Pure Water for
> the world Haiti, who held a Water Conference
> * During meetings in the fall and at the Water Conference, the
> Connection established relationships with more Haitian doctors and
> health care workers to
> organize the Health Coalition for Haiti, as a part of the
> Immunization Project we have supported for several years.
>
> We are growing exponentially! And need your support.
> * To plan our annual conference, need a venue with 2 rooms, one
> for displays and one for lectures and lunch
> * We need 3-5 people to evaluate our strategic plan
> * Discuss an accounting system; probably Quicken. We have a
> volunteer to enter the data
> * Maintain and “tweak” the web site: the new site is up, Home
> page needs some revisions and we have data to enter
> * Use data collected for the web site to establish the
> prevousaly approved data base, evaluate data bases; we have a
> tentative person to do data entry
> * Discuss an opportunity to invite the Ambassador from Haiti to
> the Triangle to meet others who work in Haiti and to meet those who
> might be interested
> in investing in Haiti. The Connection can either invite him
> as their guest orhave him be a person guest of our associates
> invite him as a guest of the
> Connection , but hold a dinner or reception for him while he
> is here. He would like to visit universities, schools, churches,
> and organizations.
>
> Bonnie Y. Elam
> The Haiti Connection
> 296 New Bern Place
> Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 USA
> 001 (919) 786-4478
> www.thehaiticonnection.org
>
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