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My Personal Message Hi Guys,Thanks for visiting my personal fundraising page. The Haven charity is a very worthy cause and I would very much appreciate your support in helping me to raise funds for this charity. In April 2011 - I will be travelling to Haiti as part of a ‘build it week’ team with the Haven Partnership. The Haven Partnership is a very worthy cause and I would very much appreciate your support in helping me to raise valuable funds. I will be working in Gonaives, in northern Haiti about 160km (100miles) from Port Au Prince. Full details can be found on their web site http://www.havenpartnership.com. This is not a holiday for me by any means, I'll be leaving the safety and security of my keyboard and telephone and hopefully will be taking on the role of a carpenter for the week. Accomodation for me and the other ‘build it week’ team members is very basic - a communal tent. As many of you know I am a keen camper, so that part won’t be too hard, my biggest hurdle will be the 5am starts. I expect a few sore thumbs in those pre-dawn hours. My minimum target is €4500, (USD $6080, UKP £4060). Over 50% of this goes directly to building materials for one building structure that provides two homes; the remainder is for community amenities (latrines, playground, school, etc), my flight costs, my food, security personnel, amongst other things. In addition to €4500, I need to have tools, safety equipment, vaccinations etc, and I'm hoping that my local DIY store and Doctor will help me out on those.. Please read a few words about the charity below, full details can be found on their web site http://www.havenpartnership.com. You can donate using the "sponsor me now" button below via credit or debit card and can be assured that your transaction on the mycharity.ie website is very secure. You will automatically receive an e-mail from me acknowledging your donation. Any donation no matter how small will be hugely appreciated If you would prefer you can donate online via the Haven website also, or if you want to send me cheque or cash that is fine, please let me know and I will send you on address and/or details. My email address is dominic@dominicbaxter.com Many thanks in advance for your support, for up to date information, please visit my blog at www.dominicbaxter.com/blog or find me on Facebook Dominic |
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About my charity Haven is a non governmental, non political, non religious organisation working to build sustainable communities, through the provision of housing, and emergency relief by implementing community development programmes in Haiti. What Haven does Haven's focus is on shelter, water and sanitation, emergency relief and the provision of training. These programmes run throughout the year. By training, upskilling and employing local Haitian people Haven is creating jobs and encouraging local trade and industry. Schools, playgrounds, and commnuity buildings are key elements of Haven's community building projects. By training, up-skilling and employing local Haitian people throughout the year, Haven is creating jobs, encouraging local trade and promoting industry. Homes, community buildings and house upgrades are key elements of Haven's projects. As well as employing over 600 people on these projects Haven has also brought over 1,000 Irish volunteers for one week periods to Haiti to assist with the building of houses & help fund the cost of building materials to make these building projects feasible. Since the earthquake hit Haiti's capital city, Port au Prince, on January 12th, 2010, Haven has been working in affected areas providing emergency relief to those most in need. To date Haven has:
Gressier Build It Week, May 2012 Haven along with Oxfam has committed to build houses for earthquake affected families in the town of Gressier which lies 26km south west of the capital Port au Prince. This is where the epicentre of the devastating earthquake occurred 2 years ago and saw over 240 thousand Haitians lose their lives in a matter of 42 seconds. The town of Gressier suffered greatly with 95% of homes being destroyed resulting in communities being displaced and families divided up into temporary camps where they are still living today. This May, 45 Haven volunteers will travel to Haiti for an intensive week-long 'Build It Week'. Volunteers are of all ages and come from all walks of life, but they are completing a housing project in one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. The dates of travel are from 4th May - 12th May 2012. There will be 30 houses under construction at any one time on Havens Gressier programme. Haven employs 11 local Haitian contractors so each volunteer will slot into whatever stage the house build is at & work under the supervision of the contractors. Voluntees will work long days outdoors with Havens Haitian workforce and live in basic accommodation beside the build site.
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