Month: January 2015

Haiti One on One provides an opportunity to experience the joy of giving to those whose needs are great. Interested persons donate $700 and Haiti One on One will match the amount and construct a small home for $1,400. Donors are able to help a family secure a home and often times able to provide food, clothes and furniture. It’s a great way to feel good about oneself. Haiti One on One projects have also included building a waterline to a village of 7,000 people, providing fresh drinking water.

Tek4Kids’ initial connection with Haiti One on One was through Joe Desrochers, aTek4Kids board member. Haiti One on One and Tek4Kids regularly collaborate on construction projects with our partnered schools. Some of these projects have included installing drinking fountains and restrooms in schools. On a regular basis, we share information on how to improve and support the education needs of students and the community of Jeremie.

Contact: joseph.e.desrochers@gmail.com

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Pro-Haiti is a non-profit organization established in 1993, in partnership with Haiti. Many of the founders are from tech companies such as IBM and HP. The organization supports ideological and material development projects in Haiti, which are an effective aid for self-help to the population especially in rural areas for social and economic issues. Projects must be coordinated with a Haitian company.

Target group: Young people

Focus of funding: Vocational training in mechanics, electrical engineering, automotive engineering, set up of workshops for cooperatives for graduates.

Regions: Jeremie (Grand ‘Anse region), Leogane (Port au Prince region.)

Pro-Haiti and Tek4Kids are connected through mutual sharing of information centered around technology needs of students in Jeremie, Haiti and how to create a more robust learning environment for students.

Click here to visit their website: http://www.pro-haiti.de

All images in this post are owned by Pro-Haiti.

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(SES) is the Foundation of German Industry for International Cooperation (Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit). It is a non-profit organization.

SES offers interested retirees the opportunity to pass on their skills and knowledge to others, both within Germany and abroad. They work in a voluntary capacity as Senior Experts, helping to train both specialist workers and management staff. They help others to help themselves – an important contribution towards safeguarding a small slice of the future. It is a system that benefits all parties.

Senior Experts generally work in small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as with providers of vocational training and health care services, but it is also employed by such organizations and institutions as the German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ). The duration of these honorary assignments ranges usually from three to six weeks; the maximum duration is six months. A Senior Expert can be requested for follow-up assignments to ensure the sustainability of his or her work.

At the beginning of 2017, more than 12,000 highly motivated professionals from different segments of trade and industry were registered at SES.

The motto of SES is: Future needs experience!

SES and Tek4Kids have collaborated on building projects at St. Therese Montessori School in Jeremie, Haiti. The most recent project included building a computer room for students and teachers.

Click here to visit website: http://lang.ses-bonn.de/en/clients/how-and-where-do-we-help.html

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