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Haiti through Our Eyes - Girls United

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Project Acknowledgements<br />

ank you to the many people who made this project possible, on<br />

behalf of <strong>Girls</strong> <strong>United</strong>: <strong>Haiti</strong> rough <strong>Our</strong> <strong>Eyes</strong><br />

On-site Volunteer Facilitators<br />

Kathryn Janene Adams — Psychology/Writing<br />

Holiday Reinhorn — Writing<br />

John Paul ornton — Visual Art<br />

Nadia Todres — Photography<br />

Valerie Velazquez — Research and Community<br />

Initiated Development<br />

Rainn Wilson — Drama and Improvisation<br />

<strong>Girls</strong> <strong>United</strong> On-site Interpreters/Teaching Apprentices<br />

Christine Megan Dosson<br />

Masha Mauricette<br />

Marie Constante (Fabienne) Merville<br />

Abigail Pierre<br />

Gerardine Prévot<br />

e girls interacted with<br />

team members Holiday<br />

Reinhorn, Deanne<br />

LaRue, Rainn Wilson,<br />

Valerie Velazquez,<br />

Kathryn Adams, Nadia<br />

Todres and John Paul<br />

ornton (le to right).<br />

Host Organizations in <strong>Haiti</strong><br />

J/P <strong>Haiti</strong>an Relief Organization (J/P HRO)<br />

YWCA Petionville<br />

<strong>Haiti</strong>an Adolescent <strong>Girls</strong> Network (HAGN)<br />

Special Host Services<br />

Melissa Coupaurd (YWCA) and Tenzin Manell (J/P HRO)<br />

Organizations Linking Global Sisters in US<br />

Traveling Postcards<br />

Meridian Youth Volunteers<br />

Positive <strong>Girls</strong> Movement<br />

Full-Circle Learning Academy Los Angeles<br />

Full-Circle Learning at Rancho Sespe<br />

<strong>United</strong> Nations Foundation Representative<br />

Kaitlin urman Barry<br />

Table of Contents<br />

7 Introduction<br />

9 A Day in the Life, Kathryn Adams<br />

11 Rèussite [Success], Doxa Stephanie<br />

12 Kòmansman 2010 [e Beginning of<br />

2010], Lèandre Julande<br />

15 Reections from Nadia Todres<br />

16 Hey Manman [Hey, Mom], Dorval<br />

Franchise<br />

20 Ayiti Pale [<strong>Haiti</strong> Speaks], Alerte Venia<br />

22 Reections from John Paul ornton<br />

23 Mwen Soti nan les Gens [I am From the<br />

People], Jaques Edwine<br />

24 Avan tè [Before], Similion Jenni<br />

26 Mwen Se [I am], Jean Louis Chantal<br />

28 Mwen Soti [Where I Come From],<br />

Djenika<br />

30 Nan Kay La [e House Has], Charlotin<br />

Fabienne<br />

33 Lakay [Home is Home], Fequiere Edline<br />

36 Reections from Kathryn Adams<br />

38 Je Suis [I am], Jean Fernande<br />

41 Flè Glenda Alerte Venia [My Friend<br />

Glenda is a Flower], Alerte Venia<br />

43 Caricia, Po Flè Mwen [Caricia, My<br />

Flower Pot], Saint Surin Rosena<br />

46 Sa ‘m Santi [What I Feel], Hyacinthe<br />

Phenide<br />

48 Mwen Santi m Byen [I Feel Good], Pierre<br />

Bernade<br />

50 Reections from Valerie Velazquez<br />

53 M’ Remesi Bon Dye [ank the Lord],<br />

Alexis Mona<br />

55 Silence Absolue [Absolute Silence], Pierre<br />

Bernade<br />

56 Bwa [Tree], Gealda Bozil<br />

56 Respirasyon [Breath], Jean Caricia<br />

4 I GIRLS UNITE D: HAITI THR OUGH OU R EYE S A PRO J E CT O F FULL-C IRCLE LEARNING , THE ME RIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATIO N AND THE UNITE D N ATIO NS F OUNDATIO N I 5<br />

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