慈善组织聚焦海地

Haiti and GMercyU United in Spirit and Story

慈善组织聚焦海地 is a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. Its members are led to service and solidarity with people who are materially poor, especially those living in Haiti. They partner with the Haitian people to meet their unmet needs and we collaborate with like-minded organizations.

自2018年以来, the GMercyU community has embraced the efforts of this ministry by seeking opportunities to support on-ground efforts through service, 奖学金, 教育, 和筹款.

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服务项目

GMercyU first eng年龄d with 慈善组织聚焦海地 (MFOH) in 2018 when a team of 教师, 工作人员, and student delegates visited Gros Morne, Haiti to learn about the various programs offered by MFOH. With an initial hope to eng年龄 with our Haitian partners through travel to Gros Morne, since then political unrest in Haiti and the global pandemic challenged us to explore creative ways to collaborate with our international partners from home.

2024年竞选

This year, MFOH will bring Haiti to GMercyU with an on-campus water-collecting cistern. Help us reach our fundraising goal to ensure success!

捐款

To help our community better understand the work in Haiti and the importance of water in their communities, we will collaborate with 慈善组织聚焦海地 and the engineer who guides the building of cisterns to build a cistern on campus.

It will collect rain water to be used to irrigate the Campus Learning Garden located near Valie Genuardi Hall. 学生s will have the opportunity to assist in the building of the cistern, and its presence will serve as a reminder of our connection to the ongoing work in Haiti.

我们邀请教师, 工作人员, and students to consider supporting this collaboration with the Sisters of Mercy and 慈善组织聚焦海地. 我们欢迎办公室, 部门, 类, 团队, and organizations to join with friends and colleagues to collects funds to support the building of our campus cistern. Then, participate in the building of the cistern this fall.

筹款活动 began February 1, 2024 and continues through the Fall 2024 semester.

过去的项目

2023
The 格温内斯仁慈大学 community was thrilled to present a $1,277 donation to build one cistern allows the people of Gros Morne, 海地收1元,000-1,500加仑雨水. Rainwater harvesting provides clean water to the community for drinking and for gardens, 并有助于控制土壤侵蚀. 没有蓄水池, water collection usually falls to women and children who must walk one to two hours to collect river water and carry it back uphill to their homes.

2022
GMercyU was excited to present a $3,600 donation to benefit the Lekól Jesi-Mari (Jesus & 玛丽小学). Our community held a fundraising campaign that eng年龄d students, 工作人员, 教师, who were humbled to learn about the efforts and community work provided by the school.

2021
社会工作, 职业治疗, and Public 健康教师 members at GMercyU partnered with 慈善组织聚焦海地 in 2021 to conduct a secondary data analysis of the Chemin Lavi Miyo (CLM) program, also known as Pathway to a Better Life. The research project seeks to understand the factors that contribute to sustained outcomes for CLM graduates in the two years following graduation from the program. Anticipated results are expected in Spring 2022 and the team looks forward to engaging GMercyU students with our partners at CLM in responding to the findings of the study. 在这里了解更多信息: Chemin Lavi Miyò Leads a Woman Out of Ultra-Poverty

Here are a few more examples of our innovative community-eng年龄d learning projects from the past several years:

GMercyU 慈善组织聚焦海地 Team

Cindy Casey, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Information Science
Tatiana Diaz, Assistant Vice President of DEI
James Gallo, Vice President for 任务 Integration
Mindy MacRone-Wojton, Assistant Professor, Occupational Science & 职业治疗
Thomas Mernar, Associate Professor and Director, 职业治疗
Janice Nuss, Assistant Professor & Director of Field Education, 社会工作
Mary Jo Pierantozzi, Assistant Professor, Education
Betsy Stone Plummer, Director of 服务 and 凯瑟琳的橱柜
Jill Winnington, Assistant Dean and Business Program Director
Sharla Willis, Program Director, Public 健康