Support Dan and Teresa's Work in Petit Trou, Haiti
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Locally HaitiSupport St. Paul's new K-6th school building and student gardens program.
$22,075
raised by 15 people
$30,000 goal
Dan and I are amazingly grateful to leave this January for five months in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti. As you know, I have been a part of the Colorado Haiti Project for the last ten years. This spring, I will be taking a simpler but more profound role, that of tutor. Dan will be retiring from his 35 year career as a telecom engineer and moving into the role of math tutor. We are so excited to be able to pivot and spend time working with children. It is a dream for both of us. Dan will be spending his afternoons with the kids teaching fractions, geometry and whatever else comes his way. I will be heavily involved in supporting the agronomist on campus with experimental work for the students in the school garden. A class on erosion led by Agronom Raphael will be followed up by an experiment on erosion that I put together. We will both be teaching English to interested teachers and other professionals and helping to start a chess club (Don't laugh, we are learning!) It should be an interesting, enriching five months and I'm sure Dan and I will learn lots more than any of the kids we will help tutor but we will do our best!
The backdrop for our tutoring and community time is St. Paul's School. Every day over 300 of students attend St. Paul's to learn, play and connect. The school is a vibrant hub of the larger, geographically-dispersed community. If not in the classroom, kids are singing, playing soccer, working in the garden. AND while we are there, the school will be going through a major renovation. The need is urgent to create a safe learning space for the children and teachers. Dan are I are going to help as much as we can during this time, not with engineering and building but by supporting of the teachers and engaging with the kids. And if you’d like to help, we have started this MightyCause fund drive. The funds will be 100% directed to the school rebuild costs. Your donation is tax deductible and can be made through MightyCause or directly to coloradohaitiproject.org (Just designate- Teresa's MightyCause fundraiser!)
Join us on the journey. If you can help financially, that is wonderful. If you can send us your spirit and love, that is equally as wonderful. And please write us, read our blog, or come and visit!
Much love and gratitude to all of you for being part of our lives.
Teresa and Dan