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Vodafone World of Difference Winner and EDV Executive Director Andy Chaggar as well as Media and Marketing Director Emma Taylor both blog frequently about their work in Port au Prince. Check out their blogs here.
Our charity recently went through a very sad day – the completion of our marketing coordinator Roberta’s Vodafone World of Difference Placement. Roberta was one of two staff bursaries awarded to EDV by the Vodafone Foundation. Our other staff member, Shaun, helped us develop a grant funding database and apply for private foundation funding.
Both Roberta and Shaun made invaluable...
Eliza Dawson is an American University Student who volunteered with us for seven weeks in Port au Prince, Haiti, in the summer of 2011. We asked her to talk about how her experiences in Haiti helped her.
Last spring I had taken a semester off of college and was living at home with my parents when I realized I had a fantastic opportunity to give back. I had always wanted to volunteer in a third-world...
Cyril Eicher is a 23 year old student at Coventry University studying Disaster Management. He joined EDV in Port au Prince in July 2011. Cyril faced many challenges in Haiti, including a car accident and a serious illness.
We asked him to reflect on the time he spent in Haiti and how it’s affected him in the long-term.
Why did you decide to volunteer in Haiti?...
Mirdza Abele (aka Midge) is a 24 year old student studying Disaster Reconstruction and Development at Coventry University. She joined us in Haiti from June to September 2011. While working with EDV, Midge worked on a small team of volunteers specialising in helping orphanages become more sustainable.
\We asked her to talk about why she chose EDV and how her experiences have...
Taylor Beck is a 21 university student from the US who volunteered with us in Port au Prince, Haiti for six weeks in the summer of 2011. EDV was not her first visit to Haiti, yet it was her trip to EDV which taught her the most and which she feels impacted her most.
Here Taylor recounts a few of her experiences in Haiti, and how her time with EDV in Port au Prince changed her plans in the...
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Three weeks today I’m leaving Haiti and EDV will end its international volunteer operations in country. It will have been 18 months since I first glimpsed the vast tent cities of Port-au-Prince as my plane came into land in the country’s stricken capital. It’s been quite a journey since then with many ups and downs in between.
The past few weeks have been particularly anxiety provoking and our entire crew have been working flat out to complete the projects that are coming...
Although I’m currently still working away in Haiti the clock is now well and truly ticking. As of today EDV’s international volunteers have 49 days left in Haiti!
As I explained last time our construction crews are working flat out to complete our commitments before we leave. However working equally hard are our volunteer English teachers and scholarship team who have the critical task of transitioning our on-going projects to local leadership.
Our...
With the arrival of September we now have 3 months until major EDV operations in Haiti are scheduled to end.
While we’ll continue supporting orphanages, scholarships and English education through our local staff and partners, we’re shutting down our international volunteer operations at the beginning of December and returning to the UK to regroup and refocus on the next stage in EDV’s organisational development.
In the interim however we have a lot left to do, particularly in...
I’ve now been working in Haiti for just over 14 months and I’m also approaching the end of my year as a World of Difference winner.
With so much happening on a day-to-day basis it’s sometimes hard to find time to reflect on the experience as a whole. However, recently I’ve been working on a couple of things that have brought home everything I’ve been involved with in Haiti.
Firstly we’ve recently released our...
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