CAUSE is participating in a collaborative Haiti relief effort with MHACASA, the wider Mt. Holyoke community, and the 5 Colleges!
Continue to check this site for updates on how you can get involved!
Event: COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER for HAITI
When: Monday, March 8th (International Women's Day)
Time: 6-8pm
Where: The Bangs Community Center in Amherst, MA (70 Boltwood Walk)
Food, Raffles, First-Hand Narratives, Music, Dance & Art
This event is being organized by the Committee for the Dignity of Haiti (CDH), a coalition of primarily student organizations from the University of Massachusetts Amherst founded in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. We will be holding a community fundraiser on March 8th for Haiti at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst, MA. ALL PROCEEDS will benefit the Foundation Honor for Haiti (FONHOH).
Your donation would go towards supporting an exciting project to build a kindergarten through 6th grade school in Lagoun-Plato Santral, a rural area with lush vegetation northeast of Port-au-Prince. The project, now under way, is the initiative of FONHOH, which is an integral member of CDH, and has already acquired the land for the project.
FONHOH is an established grassroots organization that has been working in Haiti since 2005, and has established a US branch in the Amherst area since 2007 to support their work in Haiti. Prior to the earthquake, the organization shipped a substantial quantity of school supplies, school furnishing, books and other materials donated by local institutions such as Staples, the Jones Public Library, and the North Congregational Church. Education is FONHOH’s main area of intervention. Given the fact that 90% of the schools in Haiti were affected as a result of the earthquake, thus leaving 3 million children out of school according to the current statistics, the construction of the school is all the more urgent. Please join us to support FONHOH's mission of building a K-6 school and to demonstrate that indeed, "A New Haiti is Possible."
PAST EVENTS
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Hoops for Haiti - March 2nd, 7:30pm in Kendall
Students took on faculty/staff basketball players in an exciting match that raised over $450 for Partners in Health's continuing Haiti relief work!
IceCapella - Over $1000 raised, thanks to all performers and donors!
The money will be sent to two reputable organizations with links to Mount Holyoke and long-standing work in Haiti:
Partners in Health 'Stand with Haiti' program
Global Fund for Women 'Solidarity with Our Sisters in Haiti' program (GFW is run by Kavita Ramdas, '83)
Please be careful when choosing a relief organization to support, as there have already been a number of scams involving online donation solicitation. For donation advice and a list of vetted charities, click here.