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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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