From Zafen … HAITIANS ARE THIRSTY FOR CLEAN WATER! Your donation can give families in Cayes-Jacmel a ceramic clean water filter certified as the best way to purify water if it isn’t boiled. This project will provide safe drinking water to as many rural families as possible. It’s one of the most important projects ever posted on [...]
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‘Mom and Pop’ Philanthropists Sustain Haitian Hopes
These “mom and pop” philanthropists are proving that micro-aid philanthropy can make a difference in people lives. It is a style of philanthropy called micro aid – Reginald Amide, a student from St. John’s University in New York City, helped to organize a Haiti relief dinner last month with the university’s Haitian student organization. The dinner’s proceeds were [...]
Zafen receives $30,000 challenge grant!
Double your money! Hurry, get online today! The scholarships are going very fast! Zafen has just announced a dollar for dollar match for 2 schools run by the CMs in Thomazeau, Haiti. In order to grant access to and enhance the quality of education, each donation will be matched by the International Vincentian Family, which will [...]
How can you celebrate the first anniversary of Zafen?
Some people in Chicago will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of Zafèn by enjoying a wonderful tasting of chocolate, wine and cheese, a silent auction and more! Even if you can’t trek to Chicago you can celebrate by making an extra donation or running your own silent auction. If you are unable to attend [...]
Using games to combat poverty in Haiti
A different kind of systemic change project? Many people have heard of the games FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Zynga Poker. What many people, gamers and nongamers, might not know is that Zynga gamers have raised nearly $3 million for Haiti since October 2009. But as the graphic shows the folks at Zynga are using the funds [...]
Great news from Zafen! Getting it done!
“MercyCorps is lending 50% of the outstanding loan amounts to all Zafen projects currently on the site, up to 15,000 dollars. Their generosity is made possible thanks to support from Western Union, and because no current loan requests exceed $30,000, each loan will be significantly closer to fully funded.” With this significant boost we can [...]
When does change begin in Haiti?
“Until people affected by hardship can put their own efforts behind their recovery, change never really begins. ” So writes a Zafèn lender the anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. From a Zafèn press release… As the world’s attention returns to Haiti to mark a solemn anniversary, Zafèn lender Désirée H. Young of Louisiana knows [...]
Zafen among top 4 Haiti Microfinance leaders in Huffington Post
Microfinance – Huffington
1. Fédération des Caisses (national)
2. Fonkoze (national)(story)
3. Konsèy Nasyonal Finansman Popilè (national)
4. Zafèn (national)(story)
Sr. Lila Cochla, D.C. writes from Haiti
Asking our prayers she writes, “In the Alma Mater Hospital, in the north of the country, we had five deaths among our patients yesterday [November 9] and two more today [November 10]. About 60 people are saved daily thanks to the Daughters of Charity. Actually, for three weeks the Company has been the only source [...]
Daughters of Charity in Haiti awarded Van Thuân Prize
(Zenit.org).- The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul were among the victims of the Jan. 12 earthquake that struck Haiti, yet they were also among the first aid workers. For this reason, as well as the continuing work they have been doing in that country over the past 30 years, the communities in [...]
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