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How to Contribute | Project Background | About Pwoje Espwa |
Rennwish Standards & Principles |
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The Challenge | Project Sponsors & Benefactors |
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Partnership with Completed!!! The Competed Technical Training Center Project History Funds
Sent to date (updated May 23, 2008): $36,000
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Quietly, over the past several months, Project Rennwish and Pwoje Espwa entered into a partnership to build a multi-faceted technical training school for the young adults within Pwoje Espwa and the local community. As you read this, we have already begun the site preparation, road work - and are well on our way into the actual construction of the first two buildings/classrooms (see the photo gallery below). The
premise and goal is to provide tuition-free training school for adolescents with specific skills:
Best practices in various trades with marketable skills in the Haitian
economy. The curriculums include technology, budget management and entrepreneurial
training. Students will graduate with practical knowledge enabling them to become independent, find jobs, start their own businesses and generally contribute to the improvement of the
Haitian economy. The Technical Training school and facility will incorporate these areas of study within the next three years (listed alphabetically):
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Project Rennwish, Inc. is guided by some basic, yet demanding principles. Many of those principles differentiate us from other Non-Profit Organizations. In short - we do not "blindly give money". Rather, we attempt to invigorate basic humanity and instill a "sense of pride" in peoples daily accomplishments. In short:
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Within an economically troubled country with limited opportunities for employment, adolescents need proven abilities in trade and skills in entrepreneurship in order to increase their chances of financial independence and stability. With an unemployment rate of over eighty percent and with sixty-five percent of Haitians living at horrific levels of poverty - Haitians constantly struggle to support themselves, their families, and oftentimes their extended families. With a training school, Project Rennwish & Pwoje Espwa aim to expand their roles in the community and address these head-on in a measurable and sustainable way. Typically, challenging students to think entrepreneurially and plan for the future is not part of the Haitian academic curriculum. With the vocational training school, we are giving Haitian youths the chance to assert control over their lives and methodically plan and save for their future and their families. The campus at Pwoje Espwa is an ideal setting for this, as younger children can watch older siblings and friends as they study at the vocational school, perhaps inspiring them to think forward to a career themselves.
When complete, the training facilities will include thirteen buildings in entirety. Ten of the buildings will be designated for the various trades being taught, and the other three will be for alternate purposes: a restroom facility, a business classroom, and an administrative office. All buildings will be free standing, each sized according to the need of the trade. In the case of a few trades (metalworking, for example), indoor work areas, as well as covered outdoor facilities will be necessary. The common teaching space will allow students to learn business management and entrepreneurial skills. (top) |
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Phase One
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The initial Phase One funding has been opened with a private donation of $14,000. The overall goal of Phase 1 is $93,250 to include facilities for the following trade/learning areas:
Total Construction Budget Phase 1 - $93,250 Remaining Budget Shortfall - $57,250 (top) |
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Phase Two
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After successful completion of Phase 1, we will begin the construction of Phase 2, including:
Total Construction Budget Phase 2 - $69,950 (top) |
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Phase Three
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After successful completion of Phase 2, we will begin the construction of Phase 3, including:
Total Construction Budget Phase 3 - $64,150 (top) |
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Budgets, Timeframes and Expenditures
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CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET (10 schools, 13 buildings)
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"Adopt A School" The premise of this funding option is open to groups in High School, Colleges, Universities - or even an "Ad Hoc" group of young men and women. In short, they take on the challenge of raising 50% or more of any of the planned schools construction budget, and their money will be matched from the Project Rennwish General Fund. Further:
Please Contact Project Rennwish directly if you or your group is interested in the "Adopt A School Program" by clicking here.... Private Donations and Support The vast majority of support for our projects come from private individuals and families. We are grateful to all and anyone who takes a minute to give what they can - whether a small amount or recurring large contributions. All are equally appreciated.
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Benefactors and Sponsors of this Program
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Pwoje Espwa (Project Hope), founded in 1998 by Father Marc Boisvert, O.M.I., is dedicated to alleviating the devastating effects of poverty on children in southern Haiti. Today, Pwoje Espwa provides safe housing, nutritious meals, education, and health care for almost 700 resident children. Father Marc's first mission in Haiti was at a small parish in the village of Camp Perrin. As he worked with the people, he was appalled by the plight of the children coming to him, desperate for help. They were homeless, hungry, and in need of basic health care and education. The first home for Pwoje Espwa was a one room house at Camp Perrin with six boys in residence. Father Marc was convinced by the young men working with him that the need was even greater in the nearby city of Les Cayes. The move was made, again to a small home, but as the number of children in need continued to grow, the program needed to move to a building in the city, the original site of a seminary for 75 residents. Again, the site became inadequate to care for all the children coming for help. In 2002, the organization was able to purchase 140 acres of fertile land, located fifteen minutes west of Les Cayes. Today, Vilaj Espwa serves over 700 resident children and adolescents ages 3 to 24. The children live in small dormitory settings, with 16 to 20 kids per house parent. (top) |
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