Journals - Students Rebuild: Live from Haiti, October 15 and 20, 2010 and February 10, May 3, 2011 - Contemporary Issues Through Videoconferencing

Journals - Students Rebuild: Live from Haiti

Students Rebuild: Live from Haiti Videoconference

In January 2010, an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, devastating the city and surrounding region, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring 300,000 people and leaving over 1,000,000 homeless. Architecture for Humanity, the Bezos Family Foundation and Global Nomads Group partnered to create StudentsRebuild.org (can we link the site here), with a call to action to schools in America and across the globe to take action and be true global citizens.

CITVC answered the call! We participated in four videoconferences during the 2010-2011 school year, and
we have raised $300 for StudentsRebuild.org.

"I couldn't wait to videoconference with the Haiti students each time. They are so hopeful and so polite and so fun!" - Tasnim

Global Nomads Group (GNG) hosted this 4-part videoconference series live from Haiti. CITVC was able to speak to their Haitian peers, whose school was destroyed by an earthquake. CITVC also joined the Students Rebuild Challenge to help the rebuild their schools and lives.
To read more about our fund raising efforts, please see here

Here's our schedule:

Students Rebuild Videoconference	Date	Description
Cultural Introductions	October 15, 2010	CITVC spoke with their Haitian peers about school and community
Emergency Education	October 20, 2010	Haitian students described the earthquake and what happened to their schools
Understanding School Construction	February 10, 2011	This vc was dedicated to the rebuilding process
Haiti Today - The Way Forward	May 3, 2011	Haiti today and the improvements seen and not seen by the Haitian students were discussed

These were helpful sites in our preparation and research:
1) Palais; captures the Haiti National Palace before, during and after the earthquake 2) Be the Change: Students Help Haiti Rebuild 3) Inspired Nation: Architecture For Humanity on Haiti and Rebuilding the World	4) What Haiti needs most, one yer post-quake 5) To read more about our assigned school in Haiti, Ecole Baptiste Bon Berger, Pele, Haiti

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