| Posted 3/17/2010 at 2:29 PM by PeaceJam Bot | |
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 Literacy for Haiti
Project Created: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Project Leader: jmaurer
Location: Fulton, United States
Project Goal: To provide tools to promote literacy in the country of Haiti.
Project Cause: Students in Haitian schools are unable to bring home textbooks and have no access to lending libraries so that they may check out books for leisure reading.
Project Plan: PeaceJammers at the 2010 Heartland PeaceJam Slam partnered with the Haiti Library Foundation and Li Li Li to learn about education and literacy in Haiti.
They then created five different versions of a book about the life of Rigoberta Menchu Tum, the 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate from Guatemala. They designed the cover art, illustrations, and created puppets to go along with their book.
These books will now be translated into both French and Kreyol. The French books will be given to the Haiti Library Foundation to use as a classroom set and in their school library. The Kreyol books will be given to Li, Li, Li! and will be taken to Haiti to be read to children in tent camps created after the Jan. 12 earthquake. The readers, who are Haitians hired by the organization, will also be given the puppets to make the story more lively and colorful to children who lost much during the earthquake.
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| Posted 3/17/2010 at 3:52 PM by Kayla P (EmbersOfAnAlibi) | |
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 Wow, this is awesome! In a way, it is a gift that Haiti was struck by natural disaster. They have received much needed attention and a spotlight has been put on an area that some people didn't even know existed. This project is great because Haiti will continually need aide, which can be provided through this. Sweet! |
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| Posted 3/19/2010 at 1:03 PM by Jasmin M (jmaurer) | |
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 Definitely, Kayla. It is terrible that the earthquake happened, but because of it, we've all come to realize how their situation made it that much more devastating. I hope our service project can do something to help them overall. |
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| Posted 3/19/2010 at 5:22 PM by Dawn E (Dawn) | |
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 Great project! Keep up the wonderful work! |
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| Posted 4/20/2010 at 9:21 AM by Jasmin M (jmaurer) | |
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| Five books were created Saturday about the life of Rigoberta Menchu Tum! There were some really talented artists at this weekend's SLAM. |
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| Posted 4/20/2010 at 9:21 AM by Shelly P (pupillo888) | |
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 The project was GREAT!!! The peacejammers did an outstanding job creating 5 books for the children of Haiti. Now all we have to do is make copies and send them to Li, Li, Li and Haiti Library Foundation. Great job Heartland Peacejammers!! |
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| Posted 5/4/2010 at 2:21 PM by Cassie D (CDavis) | |
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 Yes, the project did turn out splendidly. :) Way to go! |
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| Posted 5/5/2010 at 8:53 AM by Dawn E (Dawn) | |
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| Wow -- how wonderful! So good to hear about your progress, and your successes :) |
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| Posted 5/27/2010 at 10:43 AM by Jasmin M (jmaurer) | |
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| Hey everyone! Li, Li, Li! has been continuing their awesome work while we're still assembling books. Read more about how they've been helping earthquake victims on the Heartland PeaceJam blog! Not only do the children get read to, but the readers are all Haitians themselves who have lived through the earthquake and receive a monthly salary. |
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| Posted 7/26/2010 at 12:03 PM by Cassie D (CDavis) | |
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| The books are done! :) |
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