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Sarah Brownell is fundraising
Help "Lick" Hunger for Students in Borgne, Haiti
Haitians continue to struggle with double-digit inflation, insecurity, gangs blocking roads and commerce, fear of kidnapping, and gas shortages. We are raising money to feed the students sponsored by the Fondasyon Dauphin, an educational foundation in Borgne, Haiti to make sure they will be nourished next school year while they study. Friends of Borgne believes that education is the key to developing civic leadership, furthering democracy, and providing stability for kids despite the chaos.

Yesterday (7/12), the Friends of Borgne board approved sending funds to prepare for the next school year. We sent for purchases of backpacks, books, school shoes and uniforms for 50 children from the families most in need in Borgne whom we sponsor to go to school. Unfortunately, this transfer will drain our account, so now we need to raise money to pay school tuition in August and provide lunches for these students during the school year so that they can excel.

Thanks to the generosity of Dipper Dan Ice Cream Shop in Honeoye Falls, a portion of ice cream purchases on July 31st will go to pay school fees and provide lunches. Other loca HFl businesses and individuals have also agreed to match what we raise. The Pet Parade leaving from the First Presbyterian Church of Honeoye Falls at 1:45pm will culminate at Dipper Dan, Mayor Rick Milne will speak, and Don Griffin and Friends band will entertain!

However, if you are not able to join us in person, you can still support education in Borgne with this GoFundMe!

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Sarah Brownell is fundraising
Music is Life: Bring joy in dark times to Haiti
Please help the Fondation Dauphin Marching Band in Borgne, Haiti raise $2500 and celebrate 10 years of success while they continue to create joy in dark times.

10 years ago in February, the instruments donated by folks in Rochester and Honeoye Falls, NY and through the group Hungry for Music arrived in Borgne and were blessed in a ceremony at the church. The next week, the children started to learn to play them. By May they were marching in the street with their instruments to accompany me with joyful noises as I arrived to visit, leading me from the tap tap station to the Fondation Dauphin building in a festive parade. The band has since touched hundreds of children with the joy of learning to play an instrument and creating beautiful music together. They now play festivals, funerals, and weddings, sometimes for pay. They have won “battle of the bands” competitions and have purchased their own uniforms with their earnings multiple times. The older students now teach the younger ones, and three talented band members are enrolled in a music teacher training program.

The last few years in Haiti have been hard, and 2022 was exceedingly so. COVID19 closures and disruptions of the economy, political turmoil, the assassination of the President, the growing power of gangs, gas prices over $40/gallon, a political stalemate, kidnappings and violence, and thousands filling the streets to protest corruption, prices and government dysfunction have kept children from having normal lives. There has not been a full school year since 2018-2019. This year, school has been closed since September until now due to insecurity, leaving children with little to do. At the moment there is a little bit of a reprieve, a pause in violence, and schools have tentatively opened despite many, many challenges.

As their 10 year mark approaches, the band has proposed a town-wide celebration for children. They are planning a parade (with marching bands of course!), a soccer tournament, church services with children’s choir and liturgical dancing, a beach party for band members (there are currently 75 of them) along with Scouts and the children of the Foundation Dauphin, and replacement uniforms. This week-long series of celebratory events will involve hundreds of children who are already participating in practice sessions for band, majorettes, choir, liturgical dance, soccer, street theater and more.

We need $2500 to pull this off. Can you help?

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Solidarity Zanmitaj is fundraising
COVID19 Prep campaign for Friends of Borgne
Please help us help Borgne, Haiti prepare for COVID19!

The medical system in Haiti is not equipped to provide ICU care with ventilation, so it is imperative that we reduce the spread of the virus. Haitians are ready to step up to this difficult challenge, but funding is needed to support them.

The Foundation Dauphin in Borgne has a sewing training program which is ready to sew masks for the hospital and the larger community. The Scouts are prepared to set up hand washing stations in the markets and provide community education by megaphone out in the hills where many do not have access to news or information. The hospital is in the process of establishing a field hospital next door to handle an influx of patients.

Friends of Borgne is raising money to support these community requests and also to provide additional food to the families of our students as they maintain social distancing. Food supplies were already short in Haiti due to the ongoing political crisis and last fall's blockade. Hunger is up 15% this year. People do not have stores of food or money or social safety nets to get them through, and now they are not supposed to work.

Please help in anyway you can--prayers, ideas, donations of any amount. As a global community of talented and committed people helping one another, we will get through this. May you all stay healthy and well!
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About Friends of Borgne Inc

PO Box 486Honeoye Falls, NY 14472

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Human services

Established

2014

Tax ID

26-4102724

NTEE code

International Relief

Friends of Borgne Inc is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 26-4102724. Donations are tax-deductible. Select content is provided by GuideStar.

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