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| Florida State University's RSO
Dare To Love: Project Haiti is interviewed for Aaron Lindhorst's documentary. |
“Dare to Love: Project Haiti” is a
movement by college students at Florida State University who stand to
eradicate
poverty by implementing innovative and sustainable solutions in rural
Haiti.
Summer
break 2010, we aim to travel northwest again, to rural
* Construction of a
school building
* Introduction of an in-ground cistern and the assembly of a
windmill for the transportation
of water to different areas of
Ti-River.
* Installation of a solar powered light, affording
students a place
where
they can read and study after dark.
We anticipate
traveling to the same area during the spring of 2010 to offer
continued
assistance
with sustainable
development to
the local populations in
this poverty stricken area.
Why
Statistics (UNICEF and World Bank):
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86% of Rural Haiti does not have adequate sanitation facilities
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Only one in five children have the opportunity to attend primary
school.
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Half the rural population has no "improved" drinking water source
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More than half of the population (53.9%) survives on less than
$1.00 US a day.
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In 2000, 4% of Haiti was forest area; in 2004, 3.8% was forest
area.
The percent
of forest land continues to decline.
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Only 0.4% of the land is nationally protected
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78% of the Haitian people are living in poverty --according to
Haiti standards (which are much lower than US standards)
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