Starfish in Haiti ~ Starthrower Foundation
Starthrower Foundation director, Sharon Gaskell, took these pictures of our Starfish -- Haitian youths in Cap-Haitien. Some of these young people are receiving Foundation assistance, but others are still waiting. Please help us help them.
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Casimyr :: Casimyr, reading a French version of a Harry Potter book, at Lakay Fondasyon, our 'home' in Cap-Haitien.
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Marcellus, 18 :: Marcellus comes to Lakay Fondasyon to eat every day, and always falls asleep, exhausted. He needs shoes; the white sandals are borrowed from a cousin.
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Gaby and Lusnot :: Brothers, age 17 and 20, doing homework and studying for exams at Lakay Fondasyon.
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Dieugrand :: Dieugrand 'test-driving' the new machin-a-koud -- the sewing machine.
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Rose and Yomene :: students share a French crossword puzzle. Most Haitians speak Creole, one of Haiti's two official languages;French is the other.
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Constance P., 17, 2nd year high school Sen Rafayel, father dead, mother ill, 7 younger siblings (they do not eat daily), Starthrower paid for the year so he can write exams.
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Yvon A., 26, brother of Rosenie, has a sponsor and is now apprenticing as an intercity bus driver.
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If you would like to help these young people, you may use the Paypal button to donate ::
Or contact us by mail or by email form.
Working together, we *can* make a difference!
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Taking inspiration from Loren Eisley's poem, help us turn these 'Starfish' into 'Starthrowers'. Given the chance for an education, and at least one meal a day, they can become tomorrow's professionals and skilled workers.
Erzilia W., 19 :: Erzilia's parents are deceased, and she needs help to care for her 6 younger siblings. She wants to finish high school; she has 3 years to go.
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Auguste A. and Erzilia studying at Lakay Fondasyon.
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Modeline J. :: Modeline's parents are deceased; she has no siblings. She is in her third year of high school. Starthrowers paid for her to write exams at Christmas.
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Kesner C.,17 :: Kesner's parents are deceased; his brother Djempson died last July 2005, at age 6. His two other brothers and one sister would all like to be able to attend school.
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Gaby D., 17, and Lusnot D., 20 :: These brothers are both in their third year of high school. Their sister was sending them to school; she died, at age 26, in October 2005.
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Julia D. :: Julia (center), Gaby and Lusnot studying at Lakay Fondasyon.
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Dieumane B., 16, 4th year high school, needs $290 outstanding tuition paid to write exams; lives in Cap-Haitien with cousin who has 6 children; father (who paid her school costs) died November 2005; mother, who is ill, lives in Sen Rafayel.
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