By Jeff Remington | Project Leader
We recently returned from a visit to our project partner schools in Haiti. If there was a word to recap our visit, it would be joy. Joy in the opportunity for health, life, safety, and education, which are not to be taken for granted in Haiti. Joy for the amazing opportunities that technology provides through our project. Joy of collaboration and connectedness between students in the United States and students in Haiti.
The two youth from the United States that came with us on our trip to Haiti served as ambassadors of our Palmyra-Haiti Technology Project. They came with curiosity, excitement and joy and they were met with reciprocal curiosity, excitement and joy from their peers in Haiti. Light colored skin, light hair and braces were curiosities. A love of soccer, technology and learning were commonalities.
As adults, my wife and I were filled with joy watching students from different cultures, backgrounds and languages joyfully interact with each other. It was a genuine validation of the work that this project is accomplishing.
It was a fruitful visit from our project’s productivity standpoint. We met with students and staff at both of our partner schools, Les Bons Samaritains and James Stine College, to discuss and collaborate on our Palmyra-Haiti Technology Project. At Les Bons Samaritains (our elementary school), we conducted training on technical aspects of wiki usage. At James Stine College (our High School), we had trainings on Facebook and GlobalGiving posts along with discussion of current and future technology needs at our two partner schools. We will share those needs with you in a future project report.
We had a deeper joy with these meetings. A joy of accomplishment and of a continued future of accomplishment through your support. Johnson, Yves, Servius, are a few of the incredibly bright and talented student leaders at James Stine College who have benefited from our project. Servius was highlighted in an article by the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette regarding post Haitian earthquake success stories. His featured success was his technology prowess, in part, thanks to your support of our project. Look for other updates and pictures of this joy filled visit in future project reports, but know that your support has, is, and will continue to make a significant impact in the lives of students in Haiti and in the United States.
We thank you for your support of our recent Microsoft, Youth Spark Fund Matching Day! Thanks to the generosity of many, our project received over $1,500 in donations during that campaign.
Please celebrate our project’s success by sharing posts and encouraging others to like our project on Facebook. And thank you, also, for partnering with us to bring joy to the faces of our students in Haiti. Your investment is making a real difference in the lives of these deserving students!
Best wishes for a joy filled holiday and a happy new year.
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