Our sister parish, St. Genevieve in Zoranje, Haiti, is expanding the grade span of the school that serves the children of the parish.  One of the major challenges connected with this effort is the acquisition of equipment for the new classrooms.

 

A related effort, therefore, is being made here to find and ship to Haiti educational equipment such as desks, chairs, blackboards and even computers that are available in CT schools due to reduced student enrollments.  These pieces of equipment would be very useful for the children and staff at St. Genevieve.

 

The major challenge connected to this effort is establishing a system for shipping the equipment to Haiti.  It would be very helpful, therefore, if there are any parishioners who have some connection to businesses that ship equipment to other countries and if those parishioners would be willing to provide some useful information and advice as to how to ship equipment to Haiti. 

 

This effort is being coordinated here by Joe Cirasuolo who can be reached at [email protected] or 203-494-7909.  Joe would appreciate it, if anyone who can provide useful information would contact him.

 

Thank you for any help you can provide.

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