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2015 - VHP in Haiti:  Latest Trip Report

3/16/2015

 
Working Together; Making a Difference
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A VHP group of six returned from Haiti last month.  They spent one day in Port-au-Prince and then headed up to the mountain village of Duchity, approximately a six hour drive.  They had a great trip and it was wonderful to see that the vocational school is going really well.  There are 285 students!  Many of the students enrolled in a trade curriculum are also taking a computer class and/or English class.

One person on this trip works for NOLS and is taking a break for the winter as she is interested to shift her leadership/outdoor education skills into something with a stronger humanitarian focus.


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Kimball heads back to Haiti in April with Tom Tailer.  Tom is a Vermonter who has developed a technique for building with panels of recycled material and thin layers of cement- construction that is inexpensive and strong enough to resist hurricanes and earthquakes.

Tom will begin the research and surveying this April; then the project will start in June when some UVM engineering students go to Duchity to build a workshop using Tom’s techniques.  Kimball will travel with them for orientation, and the students will then continue on with building and teaching for a couple more weeks. 

Volunteers for Peace will be staying in the dormitory at the school June 27- mid-August doing a summer camp with the local kids.


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