2011 ROOTS RIDE FOR HAITI
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Marian's Roots Ride for Haiti 2011
Help Gran Sous residents develop a construction business to build housing and infrastructure
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Marian's Roots Ride for Haiti 2011
Help Gran Sous residents develop a construction business to build housing and infrastructure
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Marian's Roots Ride for Haiti 2011
Help Gran Sous residents develop a construction business to build housing and infrastructure
Gran Sous is an impoverished community on the island of La Gonave. The population is mostly engaged in subsistence farming, and the number of people formally employed is very low - estimated to be 15%.
There is a serious lack of infrastructure and of adequate housing on the island. Almost all of the construction-related businesses in Haiti are located on the mainland, making the costs to build on La Gonave high.
The 2011 Roots Ride aims to raise $20,000. This will provide the community with the capital needed to buy a concrete block-making machine that will be part of a community-managed business initiative.
This will make it more affordable for residents to build homes and private businesses. It will stimulate the local economy by providing the government with the opportunity to purchase road-paving materials locally. And furthermore, the project will create employment opportunities for area residents.
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What?
Monies raised will fund the purchasing of the concrete block-making machine, a cobblestone casting form, four reinforced wheelbarrows, and the transportation costs of getting these materials from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to La Gonave, Haiti.
Any additional monies raised will go towards the cost of building a protective wall and small office to house the business.
Why?
This initiative will not only create jobs in an area with very high unemployment, but also establish a sustainable community-owned business in rural Haiti.
The machine comes with molds that produce three different types of building blocks and a single type of cobblestone. It is capable of producing approximately 1,500 blocks a day, which can bring in the equivalent to US$945 a day (at 63 cents per block), The profits made from the business will go into a community fund that will be used to maintain past projects and carry out new ones.
How?
Roots of Development’s local field partner, APDAG, will create an all-volunteer committee, that will be responsible for ensuring the overall health of the business.
Each day blocks will be made by a set of employees that will mix concrete, pour it into the block molds, and place them in the sun to dry. Inside the office there will be a set of employees that take customer’s orders and another set of employees that accept payment for the orders. And then, yet another set of employees that are responsible for getting customers the blocks shown on a purchase receipt. A manager will be in charge of these employees as well as responsible for making sure that the total order forms, receipts, cash, and blocks sold all match up. There will also be a director that is responsible for overseeing all the aspects of the business. The director will be hired (and supervised) by a committee of unpaid APDAG members.
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2011 ROOTS RIDE FOR HAITI BLOG
MEET THE CP
About Me: Hello family and friends, it is that time of year when I ask you to please support my walk for Haiti. You know how important Roots of Development is to me as it has become my passion. When I travel to Gran Sous and see the motivation of these kind, generous people it makes me want to work that much harder upon return. I know our economy is tight right now but I want to remind you that even the smallest of donation goes a long way there. Please help me reach my goal so we can help others create jobs and move forward.
FUNDRAISING COMPLETED!
- Proposal
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- Fundraising
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- Construction
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- Completion
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- Evaluation
Lives Impacted: 62
COUNTRY: Haiti
STATE: The island of La Gonave
COMMUNITY: Gran Sous
FIELD PARTNER: Roots of Development
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OUR PROJECT DONORS
claudia n.
willington, ct
Linda M.
Dayville, CT
Jacoba v.
Farmington, CT
Heather B.
Willington, CT
elisabeth g.
Sacramento, CA
PROJECT NEWS FEED
2011 Roots Ride for Haiti completed! - 7 months ago visit the project
claudia n. donated to 2011 Roots Ride for Haiti! - 8 months ago visit the project
Linda M. donated to 2011 Roots Ride for Haiti! - 8 months ago visit the project
Jacoba v. donated to 2011 Roots Ride for Haiti! - 8 months ago visit the project
Heather B. donated to 2011 Roots Ride for Haiti! - 8 months ago visit the project
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