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BAKERY: (Update:
August 25th, 2011)
On the 18th of August our new bakery opened
and is selling bread to the local villagers. The
building and its New oven are one of a kind in
the area. The bakery is run by a cooperative of
people from La Petit Savanne and the orphanage.
The surrounding villages are quite please in having
the new Bakery as they will not require to walk
3 kilometers to buy bread.
We have spent over $8000 US dollars, including
the oven and its supply of baking items for start-up
of producing bread and other items.
Our villagers (La petit Savanne ) now have a
ready supply of bread at a great price. The monies
that the Bakery will generate will be put in other
projects. The Bakery will also generate jobs for
our villagers.
I spoke with Pierre and Pastor Enoch throughout
the building of the bakery. Both have been very
helpful in the building phase of the bakery.
You can VIEW PHOTOS
on the completion of the bakery HERE.
Thanks to all who donated their money and time
on this project. Your generosity enabled us to
build a much needed bakery that was destroyed
by the earthquake.
Roland Lafrance
Future Projects
Our education project is ongoing and we are working
very closely with the French school division in
Saskatchewan. John and I have attended many meetings
and this project will take some time to fulfill,
as bringing students from Haiti is a slow process.
We will keep you up to dated on this project.
We also have a ‘shoe box’ project
that we have started with the kids of the village
and orphanage. This project will identify many
young kids through photo and name; which will
be given to Regina kids so they can send them
special items which will be contained in the shoe
box. Items like crayons, pens and pencils, photos,
small toys, soap, tooth brush etc….. Pastor
Enoch and Pierre will start taking individual
photos of the kids, so we can possibly have the
shoe box sent around Christmas holidays of this
year.
We will need some volunteers to work on this
project.
Western Canada Relief Fund
for Haiti Group LATEST PROJECTS: (Update:
November 2010)
September 2010
In September Roland had an opportunity to meet
with the Governor General, and special envoy to
Haiti for the United Nations, Michael Jean at
government house in Regina. The GG was very interested
in the work we are doing in Haiti. We are looking
forward to working with Mme. Jean in her new role
as a special Envoy to Haiti.
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Current Projects
Our projects include the following:
- The building of a new larger washroom facility
for La Petite Savanne village. This project
was completed by local villagers.
- The repairs of earthquake damaged houses
both in Mount-Rouge and La petite Savanne. This
project is ongoing and local villagers from
both of our villages are repairing walls and
roof to keep the rain out.
- The (ongoing) repairs of the main road leading
up to La Petite Savanne village, which is subject
to yearly flooding. This road is essential for
large vehicles to bring supplies to La Petite
Savanne.
WCRFH has been financing the cost for these
house repairs and paying local village workers
to rebuild the road to La Petite Savanne.
On all of our projects we have local villagers
complete the work on our projects.
All of the funds
have been directed to the buying of building materials
and paying locals on these projects.
WCRFH has been in Contact with Pastor
Enoch who is the person in charge of the
Good Samaritan orphanage. This orphanage
is very close to La Petite
Savanne and many of the children are from
the surrounding villages, including La Petite
Savanne. We have previously discussed the possibility
of re-building the local Bakery, which was
knocked down by the earthquake. This bakery was
operated by the Orphanage.
We were also a median for our communities in
terms of bringing them temporary housing from
larger organizations in time for the rains.
A cost assessment is currently being completed
by our leader ( Pierre) from La petite Savanne,
to determine the amount required to rebuild the
bakery. This will require new funds from future
fund raising events.
Recent
Photos: (click
to view larger versions)
RECENT LOCALLY
Western Canada Relief Fund
for Haiti Seeks to Assist Haitian Students in
Coming to Saskatchewan for Education (Update:
November 2010)
WCRFH is involved with a number
of other non-profit groups in Regina, to bring
Haitian students to Saskatchewan in order to assist
them in their education. Students from the villages
and orphanage 16 to22 years old will be able to
participate in this program. The project is in
its initial stage, and a great deal of work needs
to be completed before we can bring students to
Saskatchewan. We will Keep you inform on the progress
of this project.
Executive Meeting Held Recently
(Update: November 2010)
A Fall meeting of our executive
was held to discuss our current projects and other
new initiatives for the up-coming year. In attendance
were: John Bower, Bradley Lafrance, Kathleen Rispler,
Carlos Petit-homme, Jean Morisset, Roland Lafrance
Western Canada Relief Fund
for Haiti Group Returns Recently from Haiti Trip
Our group recently made a trip
to Haiti to once again assist in the relief efforts.
They just returned with great news on some
new projects that we have become part of. We
are on the process of assistance in building home,
road to two small communities in Grand Goave.
Our group hired about 30 Haitians to assist
with the home building and fixing phase.
Look for many new photos from
our time in Haiti as well as updates as to the
progress of our efforts. We take this opportunity
to extend our thanks to all those members of our
team that joined us and those that helped to make
it happen with their generous efforts and support.
1ST FUNDRAISING GALA FOR HAITI
- HELD MAY 12, 2010 at Alfredo's on Eastgate
Western Canada Relief for Haiti
are proud of the success of the 1st
Fundraising Gala for Haiti, held May
12, 2010 at Alfredo's
on Eastgate, here in Regina. Everyone was
extremely excited with the event and it was a
blast. Many special
sponsors contributed to the success of the
event. The food was delicious, and the Live
& Silent Auction helped raise much needed
money.
Available for purchase were
limited reproductions and limited artist proofs
of the latest work of art from well known Saskatchewan
Painter YVONNE KYDD. As many of you may be aware,
she has been commissioned to paint a Métis
scene for the Year of the Métis. The picture
is titled THE CAMP. The large painting will be
displayed throughout Regina and Saskatoon during
the next few months.
Limited
reproductions are now available at a cost
of $125 each and
$250 each for
limited artist proofs (25 available). Reproduction
size: 16”x24”. Total reproductions
are 400. All reproductions will be delivered sometime
this September.
For purchase of Proofs Contact
us at 1 - 306 - 541 -
8994
All proceeds are going to fund families in Haiti.
Home
from Haiti with mixed feelings CBC
News: Thursday, March 17, 2010
A Saskatchewan
contingent of a group that has been helping with
the relief effort in Haiti returned home Tuesday
night. Members of Western Canada Relief
for Haiti spent the past few weeks in the country,
which was hit by a devastating earthquake in January.
They provided volunteer support in a number of
communities, working in orphanages and helping
to set up medical clinics. Complete
Story
Regina
delegation back from Haiti Sarah
Richter: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A delegation of Regina residents
returned from Haiti Tuesday after spending several
weeks helping with the earthquake relief effort.
Those that returned last night were members of
the Western Canadian Relief for Haiti group. They
were greeted at the Regina International Airport
by family and friends. FULL
STORY
Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
and SaskTel send medical supplies to Haiti By
TIM SWITZER, Leader-Post
Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
and SaskTel send medical supplies to Haiti. As
Mark Leier helped load medical supplies into a
shipping container destined for Haiti on Friday,
he knew just how much they were needed. Leier's
fiancee, Yasmine Joseph, now lives in Montreal,
but is originally from the island nation and lost
family members in the devastating earthquake that
hit on Jan. 12. Joseph's son David, a Concordia
University student, recently returned from Haiti,
where he aided those left injured and homeless.
FULL
STORY
Prominent
Haitians devise long-term survival plan
Biting on his lower lip, Marcelus Villefranche
shifts his gaze from the elegant National Palace,
which now resembles a collapsed angel food cake,
to the endless sea of tents that occupy the once-serene
Champ de Mars park. FULL
STORY
GOVERNMENT
APPLAUDS SASKATCHEWAN VOLUNTEERS HEADING TO HAITI
FOR LONG-TERM RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS
- News Release - February 17, 2010
Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister
D. F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert today is applauding the
efforts of "Western Canada Relief for Haiti",
a group traveling to Haiti to provide long-term
solutions for smaller communities. While the government
is not funding the effort, there is a special
tie, as it is a group led by Roland LaFrance,
Chief of Staff to First Nations and Métis
Relations Minister Bill Hutchinson. Full
Story
Sask.
inmates and corrections staff raise money for
Haiti By ANGELA HALL, Leader-Post February
17, 2010 5:27 PM
REGINA — Even Saskatchewan inmates are pitching
in to help Haitians recover from a devastating
earthquake, says Corrections Minister Yogi Huyghebaert.
As corrections staff held bake sales, book sales,
silent auctions and bottle drives to raise funds
over the past month for Haiti relief, some inmates
also amassed a contribution by donating wages
from work assignments or giving cash from their
trust accounts. Full
Story
CNN
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CNN
By Jim Kavanagh, CNN (CNN) -- Alain Bonny knows
his mother survived the earthquake in Haiti, but
he doesn't know where she is
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Is
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The previous week, the Palestine Telegraph accused
the Israeli medical teams doing humanitarian work
in Haiti of harvesting
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