By Thomas Stein | President
Good Afternoon.
As the academic school years wraps up our team of engineers from the U of Portland are preparing for graduation on May 1st. But before they move on they will present their findings from their work with BonZeb to the Shiley School of Engineering and also present us with fabication plans for the kiln, which will allow us to build the kilns in Haiti, thus creating more jobs. Their presentation will be held of the Unversity on Friday, April 15th.
Our new team of 6 students is already in place and they are undertaking a redesign of the original kiln in hopes of making more effiecient and also enable us to shorten the processing cycle, which will increase production and lower the cost further to the end user.
We are also excited about our H.E.A.R. (Haitian Eductional Aid and Resources) program and the strides it is making in offering continuing education to Haitains. H.E.A.R. is happy to announce another full tuition scholarship has been awarded to Marie-Michelle, a young Haitian teacher who will be starting her M.A. in Teaching at Concordia University in Portland in the Fall. She comes from a poor family in the Port au Prince area of Haiti and hopes to be able to open a school for under-privileged children when she returns home. There is one more scholarship awaiting approval at this time for the MBA program. James, will hopefully start in January of 2017. These scholarships cover tuition only, so we are trying to raise the "fill the gap" fees for room and board, insurance, etc.
On the farm in Haiti we are greatful that the rainy season is back and the land is getting the needed water. The fields are coming alive and the growth is very good according to our agronomist James and Fanfan.
As always your generous donations are needed for the continued growth and support of these efforts. Share our story with friends, coworkers and family. The more people who know, the better.
Thank you again for what you have done in the past. We look forward to sharing more in the future.
Tom
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