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Hi, everyone. My name is Rick Edie, and I've taken over management of this campaign from Rosalind Black, and I'd like to thank her for starting this effort to help Delouche finish school. Like Rosalind, I got to know Delouche over three visits to his hometown of Juampas a few years ago. He was extremely helpful and kind in his role as translator and guide, and truly interested in improving his life. I hope you will continue to support him.
Delouche's school year runs from October to August 2016, and he has two more years after this one to finish his studies. Let's help him get through this school year! He needs $100 a month for the next 10 months.
Thanks for your support!
Rick Edie
Hi everyone! This is my friend, Delouche:
I met him while working on a service project in Haiti. For our project (run by a bunch of American college students partnering with a nearby clinic called HOPEH www.hopeh.org), we hiked through neighborhoods in a town near Mirbalais, a city in Haiti's central plateau, trying to get a sense of how many sanitary, safe latrines were still intact after the earthquake of 2010. The spread of cholera is a huge problem in Haiti, and takes many lives although it is very curable, and latrines with leaky linings, or no linings at all, contribute to that problem immensely.
(Here is a shot of my volunteer group after we went to a friend's wedding in Mirebalais. Our host is second from the left and I am third from the right)
Because most of the students running the survey spoke little to no French or Haitian creole, many of us needed a guide to show us around and help us translate our questions and the community members' answers. Delouche was one such guide/translator, and when I met him I immediately felt connected to him. He has that way about him: interested in what you have to say, respectful, eager to share his culture with strangers, and extremely helpful and kind. It seemed like he knew or was somehow related to every family we came across, and greeted them cheerfully. Once, we ran into one of his family members who offered us all grapefruits, which were much appreciated in the heat.
I met Delouche four years ago, and he has always stayed in touch and kept me updated about his life. He always asks about my health, my family's health, how my school is going, and what I am up to. He is very gracious, and always tries to stay positive, even when things in his life are unbelievably hard. Without saying anything, he reminds me how lucky I am to live in the states and have plenty of opportunities, and very little chance of getting sick or having no one to turn to. He is very conscious of the world and loves God very much. He always sends blessings my way. He is a great friend and although my service project ended, my commitment to improving lives in Haiti and around the world never will. It's time for me to pay him back for all the help he gave me during my service project:
He is currently trying to get a degree in accounting from the Institut Universitaire et Technologique D'Haiti, and he needs help paying for it so he doesn't have to drop out. He has been working really hard to get his degree, but both his family and the Haitian government are extremely poor, and the latter is very corrupt and dysfunctional. He is relying on me to connect him with people who can help him, so he can help himself. Once he gets his degree he will have job opportunities, and will be able to support his family--something he desperately wants.
He is asking for $100/month for 12 months, which will get him through one year of school, and one year closer to being able to enter the job market. Because gofundme is not supported in Haiti, I will be making withdrawals for him and sending them to him, as needed, through Western Union. I will use my own money for all of the transfer fees, and give as much as I can each month.
Please help him get his degree so he can support himself, his family, his community, and contribute to Haiti's future success! He can't do this alone, and neither can I.
Thank you very much! Any contribution at all is helpful.
Delouche's school year runs from October to August 2016, and he has two more years after this one to finish his studies. Let's help him get through this school year! He needs $100 a month for the next 10 months.
Thanks for your support!
Rick Edie
Hi everyone! This is my friend, Delouche:
I met him while working on a service project in Haiti. For our project (run by a bunch of American college students partnering with a nearby clinic called HOPEH www.hopeh.org), we hiked through neighborhoods in a town near Mirbalais, a city in Haiti's central plateau, trying to get a sense of how many sanitary, safe latrines were still intact after the earthquake of 2010. The spread of cholera is a huge problem in Haiti, and takes many lives although it is very curable, and latrines with leaky linings, or no linings at all, contribute to that problem immensely.
(Here is a shot of my volunteer group after we went to a friend's wedding in Mirebalais. Our host is second from the left and I am third from the right) Because most of the students running the survey spoke little to no French or Haitian creole, many of us needed a guide to show us around and help us translate our questions and the community members' answers. Delouche was one such guide/translator, and when I met him I immediately felt connected to him. He has that way about him: interested in what you have to say, respectful, eager to share his culture with strangers, and extremely helpful and kind. It seemed like he knew or was somehow related to every family we came across, and greeted them cheerfully. Once, we ran into one of his family members who offered us all grapefruits, which were much appreciated in the heat.
I met Delouche four years ago, and he has always stayed in touch and kept me updated about his life. He always asks about my health, my family's health, how my school is going, and what I am up to. He is very gracious, and always tries to stay positive, even when things in his life are unbelievably hard. Without saying anything, he reminds me how lucky I am to live in the states and have plenty of opportunities, and very little chance of getting sick or having no one to turn to. He is very conscious of the world and loves God very much. He always sends blessings my way. He is a great friend and although my service project ended, my commitment to improving lives in Haiti and around the world never will. It's time for me to pay him back for all the help he gave me during my service project:
He is currently trying to get a degree in accounting from the Institut Universitaire et Technologique D'Haiti, and he needs help paying for it so he doesn't have to drop out. He has been working really hard to get his degree, but both his family and the Haitian government are extremely poor, and the latter is very corrupt and dysfunctional. He is relying on me to connect him with people who can help him, so he can help himself. Once he gets his degree he will have job opportunities, and will be able to support his family--something he desperately wants.
He is asking for $100/month for 12 months, which will get him through one year of school, and one year closer to being able to enter the job market. Because gofundme is not supported in Haiti, I will be making withdrawals for him and sending them to him, as needed, through Western Union. I will use my own money for all of the transfer fees, and give as much as I can each month.
Please help him get his degree so he can support himself, his family, his community, and contribute to Haiti's future success! He can't do this alone, and neither can I.
Thank you very much! Any contribution at all is helpful.