{"id":2574,"date":"2013-03-24T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T14:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2013-03-22T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:24:39","slug":"changing-haiti-from-the-inside-out-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2013\/03\/changing-haiti-from-the-inside-out-7.html","title":{"rendered":"Changing Haiti from the Inside Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big news from Activist Faith co-founder Dan King and friends from <a href=\"http:\/\/HelpOneNow.org\" target=\"_blank\">HelpOneNow.org<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bibledude.net\/haiti-school.jpg\" alt=\"empowering haiti, education, school, jobs, community, haiti\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<h3>You&#8217;re reading\u00a0about the #Help1Haiti Bloggers Trip.\u00a0Read more:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"here we go... @helponenow haiti bloggers 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/helponenow-haiti-bloggers-2012\/\">here we go&#8230; @helponenow haiti bloggers 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"three reasons to follow the @helponenow haiti bloggers\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/haiti-bloggers\/\">three reasons to follow the @helponenow haiti bloggers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"sometimes it's messy work\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/messy-work\/\">sometimes it&#8217;s messy work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"on the importance of coming back\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/commitment\/\">on the importance of coming back<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"in which God is up to something\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/help-one-now-legacy-project\/\">in which God is up to something<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"together, our stories change things: #powerofwe\" href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/the-power-of-we\/\">together, our stories change things: #powerofwe<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the @helponenow bloggers guide to empowering haiti&#8217;s future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNo education, no future.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>With education, dreams come true!\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I discovered these words scribbled in chalk on a door while visiting a very poor community during a \u00a0recent mission trip. It\u2019s a statement that\u2019s stuck with me as I\u2019ve visited other communities and saw the quality of education (or lack thereof).<\/p>\n<p>One particular community that\u2019s near and dear to my heart is in the P\u00e9tionville-area, just outside of Port-au-Prince. It\u2019s where <a title=\"Gaetan's Story (Trailer) - Help One Now on vimeo.com\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/48480832\" target=\"_blank\">Pastor Gaetan<\/a> runs the Yahve Shamma orphanage\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026and shepherds a local church\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026and runs a small school (now in a tented structure) where the 30 orphans he cares for and another 120 kids in the community come to learn.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a special place. And when I say special, I mean sacred.<\/p>\n<p>You can sense the Spirit of God when you walk these grounds. You can sense the dedication Pastor Gaetan and the teachers in the school have for building up a strong next generation. You can sense the hope for Haiti in the children when they look you in the eye and tell you, \u201cDon\u2019t be sad. It\u2019ll be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When our <a title=\"Help One Now Haiti Bloggers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helponenow.org\/haiti-bloggers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Help One Now Bloggers<\/a> team was recently in Haiti, it didn\u2019t take long for us to realize that if <a title=\"Can Haiti Be Saved? - HelpOneNow.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helponenow.org\/poverty-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Haiti could be saved<\/a>, then it would need to be saved from within. There\u2019s nothing we can do to swoop down and make everything better, nor <em>should<\/em> it be that way.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why our team decided that if we\u2019re going to leave a legacy, then it would need to be in a way that would empower Haiti. Empowering Haiti to transform her own future would be critical to any plan or project that we take on.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we\u2019re building a school.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bibledude.net\/LP-FacebookCover-851x315-C-640x236.jpg\" alt=\"empowering haiti, transform, community, school, education, jobs\" width=\"640\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big project with an even bigger impact. Consider this\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>150 children in the area will have a real school to attend<\/li>\n<li>The parents of the children will have the hope of a better future for their children<\/li>\n<li>12 teachers will have a job<\/li>\n<li>30 builders will have work through this project<\/li>\n<li>Local merchants who sell supplies for the building project will have income<\/li>\n<li>Food vendors will have income generated from builders who can now buy food for their families<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A project like this provides\u00a0instantaneous stimulation for the local economy, and it means that children will get the education they need to possibly move on to college and secure good jobs in the future.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legacy Project\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/52887946?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<p>So here\u2019s the deal. It\u2019s a $100,00 project, and <strong>we can\u2019t do this without you<\/strong>. We\u2019re partnering with <a title=\"PureCharity.com - Powering a Generation of Generosity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purecharity.com?aff=cefd6\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Charity<\/a> to make this happen. And here are a few things you can do to help\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Create and Use Your Personal Giving Fund on PureCharity.com<\/h3>\n<p>This will be the most direct way to help us reach our goal of raising $100,000 to complete this project. Your action steps are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"PureCharity.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purecharity.com?aff=cefd6\" target=\"_blank\">Create a Pure Charity account<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fund your personal giving account<\/li>\n<li>Buy a (virtual) brick for $25 for <a title=\"Legacy Project - HelpOneNow.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helponenow.org\/dan\/\" target=\"_blank\">the current phase of the project<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Install the browser widget and build you personal giving fund for additional donations to the project<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purecharity.com\/invites\/social\" target=\"_blank\">Invite your friends<\/a> to join the Generation of Generosity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Help Us Tell the Story<\/h3>\n<p>This whole project started with a group of storytellers sitting in a place where we were <a title=\"Help One Now Haiti Bloggers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helponenow.org\/haiti-bloggers\/\" target=\"_blank\">moved by the stories that surrounded us<\/a>. Stories can make a big difference, and your story can help \u00a0move the needle in the fight against poverty. Here are some ways that you can get involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share this story, talk about this project and why you think it\u2019s important<\/li>\n<li>Talk about poverty, education, or Haiti in general<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Child Sponsorship in Haiti - HelpOneNow.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helponenow.org\/location\/haiti\/?status=0&amp;gender=0&amp;age=0&amp;s&amp;post_type=kids&amp;submit=Sort\" target=\"_blank\">Sponsor a child in Haiti<\/a> and talk about what it means to you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have questions or need resources to help you tell your story, then let me know. I know people who can make things happen. It\u2019s my goal to help empower you to use your voice to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>And if you write a story pointing people back to this project, then share the link in the Linky Tools widget below. And if you\u2019re super ambitious, then feel free to grab the widget code and embed it on your post(s). I\u2019m expecting that there will be some amazing stories shared while we empower Haiti and transform a community.<\/p>\n<p>For now, I\u2019ll leave you with this\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>~ Nelson Mandela (<a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/VU9_R\" target=\"_blank\">Click to Tweet this quote<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also <a href=\"http:\/\/bibledude.net\/empowering-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news from Activist Faith co-founder Dan King and friends from HelpOneNow.org&#8230; +++ You&#8217;re reading\u00a0about the #Help1Haiti Bloggers Trip.\u00a0Read more: here we go&#8230; @helponenow haiti bloggers 2012 three reasons to follow the @helponenow haiti bloggers sometimes it&#8217;s messy work on the importance of coming back in which God is up to something together, our stories&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-christianity","category-church-in-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Changing Haiti from the Inside Out - Activist Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2013\/03\/changing-haiti-from-the-inside-out-7.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Changing Haiti from the Inside Out - Activist Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Big news from Activist Faith co-founder Dan King and friends from HelpOneNow.org&#8230; 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