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After watching
video of children running to spare
their lives after a mudslide in
Leogane, Jacques William Jean, 12,
begged his parents to let him
participate in the Mattapan Tech
Humanitarian Mission Trip in Haiti.
Two other individuals motivated
by Jacques William’s emotional
statement and dedication also
volunteered to join the group.
The Mattapan Tech
Humanitarian Mission Trip in Haiti
will be held as planned from November
20 to November 30, concluded Karrie
Ann Jean, the executive director of
Mattapan Tech. Despite legitimate
concerns expressed by friends and
family members due to the developing
situation in Haiti worsened by the
flooding of several villages as a
result of Hurricane Tomas; Saturday
night all the members of the
delegation stuck to their promises to
Haiti. Two more individuals have
decided to join the delegation: former
marine officer Steven Cox, 30 and Army
Reserve Sergeant Nicolas Charles, 39.
However, the team
has modified its strategy slightly.
The 18-member mission will stay in Cap
Haitian in the North and Jacmel in the
South West, instead of in
Port-au-Prince. The missionaries will
be dispatched throughout the region of
Artibonite and in the town of Leogane
located in the west, a few miles from
Port-au-Prince.
The delegation
will deliver soap, water bottles,
children’s and women’s clothing,
and organize team building and small
project management workshops to
stimulate capacity building and will
also conduct brain storming sessions
and interviews to make a general
assessment of the situation.
The
group will meet at Tamboo Bistro
restaurant in Brockton MA. On Friday
November 12 at 7pm for their early
Thankgiving dinner and will depart
from Boston on November 20.
Haiti has been
affected by three consecutive major
natural disasters in less than a year,
the January 12th earthquake
that ravaged the capital and
surrounding towns killed nearly
250,000 people and left more that 1
million homeless, a cholera outbreak
that has already killed more than 500
people and most recently Hurricane
Tomas that killed caused mudslides,
flooding and killed at least 10.
To support the
mission send your nonperishable goods,
children’s and women’s clothing,
computer equipment, such as laptops
and financial donations to: Mattapan
Tech, 24 Regis Rd, Mattapan, MA,
02126. or visit the Mattapan/Greater
Boston School of Technology at www.mattapantech.org
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