HAITI SCHOLARSHIPSBelieving in the power of education.
Spring 2015
Q U A R T E R L Y N E W S L E T T E R
O n t h e l e f t : D i e u n e l w i t h h i s m o m !
Please read my little story!
My name is Dieunel Desir. I am 23 years old. I am Haitian. I am
from La Gonave, Haiti. I am living in Leogane, Haiti, and I am a
tall Haitian boy.
I have three brothers and four sisters, but I am living with six
people in my house. My fathers name is Dieucel Desir and he has
another wife, so he does not live with me.
My mothers name is Marie-Kettely Plaisimond. She is a very
pretty Haitian woman and I love her so much. She is very strong and
courageous. I am sure you will see what I mean when you see her
picture. My family is so nice, adorable, and they like to help each
other.
I am in Rheto in College Salomon Roosevelt. I will have ocial
exam for the Ministry of Education in June. I wake up at 6 a.m.
every morning to go to school at 8 a.m., come back home at 2 p.m.
And most of the time, when my mother does not
have money to pay a moto taxi, it takes me about 25 minutes to
walk to the school.
I am the committee s vice President of my class. We are planning
a very big party at the beach for this month, May 30th, at Petit
Paradis beach, Grand Goave, Haiti. We will have people dancing,
singing, telling jokes, eating competition, etcWe will play soccer
since it is my favorite sport. We will have lots of fun!
You know a little bit who I am. One more thing that you need to
know if you do not hear from me is that I like to plant and I will
be absolutely an agronomist for sure.
I am telling you I really need your support and help with the
scholarship to finish Secondary school, then go to
College.HAITISCHOLARSHIP is AWESOME, you doing the best thing ever:
Helping people in need to go further in life with EDUCATION.
DONORS, you are very INCREDIBLE.Thank you so much!!!
Seeking SponsorsWe are looking for a corporate sponsor for our
first local sta member. A $600 yearly sponsorship will cover
Berlynes salary to coordinate events with our students and increase
communication between donors and our students! Sponsorship will
include your company advertisement on our website.
Berlyne also needs a better laptop in order to keep doing the
amazing work shes doing. If you have a new or gently used laptop we
can send her, please contact us.
If you or someone you know is interested, please contact us at
[email protected]
Student in focus: Dieunel Desir Thank You!Thank you to all of
the following people that have donated during this quarter to keep
our students in school:
Brian Johnson*' William Arthur* Paul Stewart*' Jim Mahar James
Boulger*' Anonymous John Bickell*' Sophie Murdoch* Karen Nosbusch
Alex Armstrong* Marcella Siegel' Kristi Tyler
United Methodist Women, Calvary United Methodist Church, Walcott
IA
*monthly donor
Updates and EventsAlexandra Armstrong is working on a major
fundraising event in Orange County, CA, at the end of Summer. Stay
tuned for details or contact us to see how you can get
involved.
Dont forget to shop through Amazon Smile anytime you shop on
Amazon, and select Haiti Scholarships to receive 0.05% of your
purchase price. Every dollar helps!
From left to right: Yeye, Johny Joseph, and Darlian with their
moms.
2014 Financial Report: the numbers
Thanks to our amazing donors and Board of Directors, 2014 has
been our most successful year yet! We doubled our income from last
year (to $9366.38), and increased the amount of money we gave in
scholarships (from $3,682 to $5,089).You helped provide 20
scholarships in the Spring, and 16 scholarships in the Fall.Thanks
for giving us our most eective year thus far!
No one can do everything, but all of us can do something.
Spring means Fall is right around the corner, which means that
this Summer well have to make some tough decisions for the
2015-2016 school year based on available funding. Please donate
today to allow us to keep our students enrolled.
Check out our new page on our website with resources for Haitian
students in the United States.
You can donate online: www.haitischolarships.org
Or by mail: Haiti Scholarships P.O. Box 2096 Laguna Hills, CA
92654
Feel free to contact us: [email protected]
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Have you seen Dan Pallotas TED talk on how we think about
charity?
If you havent, check it out and see how we can start changing
peoples perceptions of how nonprofits should work!
So the next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about
the rate of their overhead. Ask about the
scale of their dreams...
