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The Outreach Committee has devoted extensive time over the past few months in communication with our Episcopal Schools Partnership and the Diocese of Haiti to monitoring the progress of the construction of our 10-room school which was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. This effort is the Outreach “Focus Project” for 2013-2014.
All Saints parishioners have donated $51,900 in the past year to the identification of a partner school, working hand-in-hand with the Haitian Episcopal Diocese, which provides oversight for these type of large US-Haiti partner efforts, and the actual construction of this extremely remote project.
Check out the photos of the current status of construction. Still needed are floors, walls, paint and other elements to complete the project, hopefully by the end of 2014. A key aspect of the project is to hire local Haitians to actually perform the construction jobs, thus providing local employment.
Funding for the 2014 work is expected to reach about $34,000; good communication between All Saints and the Diocese of Haiti will ensure that all monies are accounted for and the work progresses according to an overall plan.
A highlight of the relationship was the May 2013 trip to see the construction site by parishioners Mary Jane Buchanan and Syd Walker, accompanied by the Commissioner for Schools for the LA Diocese, Serena Beeks, whose efforts to assist All Saints have been enormous and for which we are very grateful.
