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Haiti Article- Aspects Of The Event

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Distraught citizens  run through the streets, calling out to each other, trying to find a face they know.  Bodies are piled along the streets.  Buildings lie in rubble.  aftershocks hit frequently, ominous reminders of the recent  tragedy.       

This is Haiti after the earthquake.

1,165 miles away,  a school has decided to help.  Cornerstone Learning Community’s 4th, 5th and 8th graders are all working to make a difference.  4th grade is collecting cans and water for a canned food drive and is advertising for  5th grade’s event- a Haitian food fundraiser to be held on January 19th.  The menu consists of rice and red beans (cooked by the 8th graders), Haitian salad (prepared by the 5th graders) and fried plantains (cooked by the 4th graders.) -all traditional dishes.                                                                                                                                                                                                           Accompanying the event is a bake sale run by run by students serving a variety of sweets.  “It was frustrating that everyone was yelling what they want at you but at the same time it was kind of fun to be in charge opf something” Augie Soder said.  Posted around the area is information about Haiti: hand made circle graphs about the religion, land use, water withdrawl, age stucture, literacy, gross domestic product, labor force, ethnic groups and the poverty rate in haiti.  There are also Haitian proverbs, Haitian phrases and a large hand-drawn map of Haiti displaying the major cities, industries and where the earthquake hit.  “We finished the map and we took it up to where we were having the fundraiser.”  Liam Martin said.  “The map really got people to know about Haiti and where the earthquake hit” 

In total the fundraiser raised $1,400, all of which went to Red Cross.  Cornerstone has done their part to help Haiti.

Learning ‘Bout Haiti

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I have done research on Haiti and Haitian culture… Here is what I found…

Haiti Treaty of  Ryswick  and Slave Colony:

France and Spain settled hostilities on the island by the treaty of  Ryswick of  1697 which divided Hispaniola between them. Many french colonists soon arrived and established plantations in saint Domingo Due to high profit potential. From 1713 – 1787, approximately 30,000 french colonists emigrated to the western part of the island.

Haitian Health:

Half of the children in Haiti are unaccented and  just 40% of the population has access to basic health care. Even before the 2010 earthquake, nearly half the causes of death have been attributed to HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections and meningitis.

Haitian languages:

One of  Haiti’s two official languages is French, which is the principal written and spoken in schools and administratively authorized language. The second is recently standardized Haitian Creole.

Haitian Education:

The literacy rate of  65.9%  is the lowest in the region. Haiti counts 15,200 primary schools, of which 90% are non-public and managed by the communities religious organizations or NGOs, the enrollment rate for primary school is 67% and fewer than 30% reach 6th grade. Secondary Schools enroll 20% of  eligible age children. Charity organizations are currently working on re-building schools for children as well as providing necessary school supplies.

History:

Haiti was explored by Columbus on December  6th,  1492, Haiti’s Native Arkwaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697, Haiti became the french colony  of  saint-Dominique, which became  a  leading sugarcane producer dependent on slaves. In 1791, an insurrection erupted among the slave population of 480,000, resulting  in  a declaration of dependence by Pierre – Dominique Tossant I’ouverture in 1801.

Haitian Culture:

The Haitian culture encompasses a variety of  Haitian traditions, from Native Taino, Customs to practices imported during french colonisation and Spanish imperialism. As in the cases of Cuba and the Dominican Republic (but to a much larger degree) , Haiti is a nation with strong  African contributions to the culture as well as its language, music and religion.

I hope you have learned about Haiti and the Haitian culture.

sources: wikipedia

HAITI EARTHQUAKE

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On Jan. 12,2010 at noon in Haiti something happened to change the lives of over 200,000 people and putting out the flames of hope for many others. 

    Just out side of Por-au-prince the capital of Haiti over 200,000 people died when the 7.0 magntude  earthquake hit.  With Haiti biening one of the poorest places in the world.

   Not many buildings were not able to with stand the earthquake the capital was the only building thought to stand if a natural disaster now is in ruins.

  “i wanted to help, and i think it brought a lot of attention to Haiti that it needed.” says Ella Kiwala

A fifth grader at CLC in Tallahassee F.L.   Her friend Abby Stone says “it had not sunk in yet it  was so’rta out in the air and i did not pay much attention to it.”

   Now Abby and Ella are working full force to help Haiti at CLC.  In Haiti the money they made will help lots.  It could save meny lives.  “iam happy we raised $1,400  and I know it’s going to Haiti so I feel even better.”  said Ella.   “After all Haiti needs every last bit it can get!  Please help Haiti now.” added Paige Machie one other student at CLC.  As i walk a way from CLC I am touched how a hand full of kids in there second to last year of elementary school to kids about to go into middle school and kids about to go to high school all working to gether to help Haiti.

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Cornerstone’s Haitian Food for Haitian lives: by ella kiwala

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the cold wind blows against a young 5th grade girl; her long dark  brown hair blowing in the wind, the leaves swirling around her, as  she adds lemonade powder to a large cooler while fourth, eighth and  fifth graders prepared for their fundraiser for Haiti, “Haitian food for Haitian lives”. It was a lunch and bake sale to raise money for Haiti at cornerstone learning community,(http://www.cornerstonelc.com/). on jan 29th. about 3 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti.

“100% of proceeds will got to a non-prophet orization helping Haiti.” says Augie Soder

“The lunch is only $5.00 for an adult and $3.00 for a kid, but yet we made about $1,400 to give to Haiti!”said Paige Machie.

”It was a fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. By doing that we had a bake sale and a Haitian meal.” says Paige Huewan

” i dont know why we didnt star doing this sooner.” Liam Martin

Kids put up colorful sings, and posters. Also some pie graphs about the Haiti stats, a poster that had some basic language, and another with Haiti proverbs.

under a covered area there are random teachers and some parents who volunteered to help; also some eight graders and some more parents are frying the plantains while the fourth graders are helping the fifth graders and bringing down the ladles and large forks and wooden spoons from the Slader house, “a house at the top of the quarter-mile track”    Paige Machie describes. the fifth graders are arranging the paper plates, plastic forks, and getting the lemonade ready,  laying out the cold salad and the beans and rice, and getting ready to man the bake sale’s  stampede of hungary people with a serious sweet teeth.

As the three classes cook and prepare, the rest of the school remains shivering up in front of the stage as they watching the FAMU director for the international student program talk about what FAMU is doing to help Haiti. He talked about how they were going to give Haiti some supplies and that they would need people like us to donate some

  • Blankets

  • Towels, Washcloths and Toothbrushes

  • Hygiene Products (soap, toothpaste, feminine products, alcohol swabs, diapers etc.)

  • First Aid Kits (self contained)

  • Antibiotics (ointment)

  • Medical Supplies (bandages, gauze, peroxide, etc.)

  • Bug Spray

  • Flashlights and Batteries

  • Detergent

  • Toilet Paper

See more at http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?haitirelief&DropOffCenters

How do you feel about giving Haiti $1,400?

“It thinks it was encouraging that we knew someone other than us was taking charge, helping Haiti.” said Paige Machie.

“I feel good, because they will use the money in a good way to help all of the people who need allot of help” Aliyah Kimelman

“I think it’s a big accomplishment.” said Abby Stone

“I feel good.” Lilli Hanks said.

“A big success!” Oscar Patterson noted

“Awesome” said Noah Wise.

“I thought we would only rise like, $100 dollars, but we made a mind blowing $1,400!” Paige Machie commented.

They brought cameras and microphones and they made us feel like we were seen, like we were really helping like we were making a real difference.  We were; we made a difference. We made a $1,400 difference.

Big thanks to:

Paige Machie ,Augie Soder, Abby Stone ,Paige Huewan ,Oscar Patterson, Noah Wise, Lilli Hanks, Liam Martin and Aliyah Kimelman

How We Helped Haiti

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On Jan. 29, 2009 Cornerstone’s 4th grade, 5th grade and 8th grade classes set up a fundraiser to help the Haitians in the earthquake. I asked some questions to administrator and  principal Bev Wells.

Here is what her responses were “I thought it was lots of fun and a great gathering of the community. The many parents who attended was a good sign of the shared mission of the school.  Plus the food was good and the money was raised.”

I also asked some questions to administrator Sandy Eggars here are her responses

“Happy to see the turnout and people willing to give to others” 8th grade math teacher Suzanne Ferrel-Locke who also has a word on that

“It seemed well orginized and effective”

This fundraiser has been a fantastic contribution to all of the Haitians that are in the Earthquake and I think everyone is happy with how we helped Haiti at their time of need.

This was a very succesful fundraiser due to how much money we have raised. Our predictions on how much money we would actually raise was way lower than our actual turnout which was $1400. Bake- sale employee Augie Soder quotes “Well like- um, it was frustrating that people were yelling what they wanted at you. At the same time it was fun to actually be sort of in charge of something.”IMG_4169[2] In this image you will see four fifth grade students named Augie Soder, Peter Sass, Jay Filmore and Wilson Abshire working on a poster for the bake sale “menu,” which stood on the side of a purple platform so customers could see what there was and how much it was.

Despite the lack of orginization in the swarm of rabid kids stampeding down the hill at the “CommunitySing” all of the employees were having a silent party with tuns of celebration, just that everyone was phenominally reliefed and extremely tired.

As a conclusion, we all contributed a good $1400 to go to Haitians in need.

Behind the Scenes: Cooking for the Haitian Fundraiser

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Local Private school leads Fundraiser to help-Haiti-heal!

Cornerstone Learning Community’s  4th, 5th and 8th grade classes have performed a huge fundraiser on Friday, January 29th, to help–Haiti–heal!

The 4th grade (with the help of some parents and their teacher, Anmerie Small) lead a big canned food drive and cookedthe fried plantains right before the event took place. “Our aim was to make them taste just like the one’s that get served at restaurants, and we did!” 4th grader Riley Bohnstengel stated. “I think that it was a great experience and now I know how to cook fried plantains!” Theo Scott said. “It was the taste of teamwork” Riley added. “first we got got whole, fresh plantains, then we stripped them and cut them in to bite sized pieces and then fried them. When that was finished, we got paper plates and squished them into a more “pancake” form, then some salt and they were off to the serving table!!!” 4th grader Thomas Einerson explained.

The 5th graders made the salad and made all the media to advertise for the event. “We made the salad using green beans, carrots, onions, parsley, pea’s, corn and then the dressing (which we made too)” 5th grader Peter Sass said. “Well it’s for a good cause and I feel like it’s Haiti’s gain, my gain because I enjoyed doing it and had fun, and I’m sure Haiti is going to like the $1,000 we raised for their recovery. So over all I think that it was fun, helpful, exiting, and it’s a great way to stay in shape!” 5th grader Jay Fillmore added. The 8th grade made the vegetarian and non-vegetarian rice and beans as the main coarse the day before, just like the 5th graders.

The fundraiser took place on the hill at 12:00 pm on Friday, January 29th at Cornerstone Learning Community. All of the raised money raised went to Red Cross and Doctors without Boarders. “We all went home thinking about what a big difference we had made and about the lives we saved” Zachary Jackson said…

Interviews with Teachers

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As you know Haiti experienced a heart breaking earthquake measuring 7.0 on the mag. scale. To help, the students of CORNERSTONE LEARNING COMMUNITY (also known as CLC) had a fundraiser  to raise money to help the Haitians directly affected by the earthquake. This money was given to Red Cross. The fundraiser was held on FRIDAY, JAN. 29TH at  12:00 clock pm. at CLC.

The teacher of world culture,Miss Janvier also worked with the fourth, fifth and eight graders to create the event. Miss Janvier is also part Haitian. So I asked her a few questions on the earthquake and fundraiser event. Here’s Miss Janvier’s response.

Miss Janvier: “I think Red Cross will benefit from all of this,”

Interviewer: “What difference do you think you made in someone’s life?”

Miss Janvier: “I think I made a big difference in someone’s life.

Interviewer: “Who gave you the idea?”

Miss Janvier: “No one gave me the idea to help, Haiti.The reason for helping is if I needed help I would want someone to help me.

Miss Small, the 4th grade teacher, also took part in this event. Miss Small is JAMAICAN. She worked on cooking fried plantains for the Haitian meal fundraiser.

Interviewer: “What do you think about the event?”

Miss Small: “I think the event is a thoughtful gesture. It shows that people do care.”

Interviewer: “What have you been doing to help?”

Miss Small: “My fourth grade students and I have embarked upon a ‘Can and Water’ Drive.

Interviewer: “How do you feel about the earthquake?”

Miss Small: “My heart sunk to the ground. I was so shocked.

Interviewer:How do you feel knowing in your self that you helped to save a life by raising money?

Miss Small:I feel really good in my self knowing I made a big difference in someone’s life.

Interview:I’m sure you did,and I’m sure people in Haiti will be happy for everything you have done.

Thank you all from all around world for helping Haiti.Don’t think you have not save a life, because you have.This is also a time we the world can all come together as one work on one project and that’s to help Haiti one’s again thank you all.   )

Bake Sale At the Best

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On Jan,29th local 5th grade Conerstone Learning Community class teamed up with 4th and 8th grade to put on” Haitian Food for Haitian Lives”, to raise money for Haiti. They served everyday food that Haitians would eat.

 There  was also a bake sale to follow the meal. Everyone brought in  cookies or some baked good, for the bake sale, even people from other grades who just wanted to help. They made posters to advertise for the bake sale.

5th grader Augie quotes “It was a phenomenon”. Another says “it was the longest line I have ever seen  ever seen”.

The line of the bake sale had about 75 people in it. They sold cookies,cupcakes, things called 5 Bars,and etc. In total they made $1200.75, 100% of that is going to Haiti.

Our Fundraiser, “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives” Review

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Our class (with the co-op of 4th and 8th grades too) performed a great deed on Jan.29th, 2010.

We raised a a fundraiser we did, “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives,” raised $1300+, 100% of which will go to DWB (Doctors Without Boarders) and/or RC (Red Cross).

Thank You, if you attended, if not, well, it wasn’t exactly on national news.

But…

Now it is!

Check it at:

http://www.convergemag.com/workforce/US-Students-Support-Haitian-Residents-After-Earthquake.html

But we couldn’t have done it without 4th and 8th Grades!

Thanks you guys!