It was hard to resist the feelings of hopelessness that crept in as we drove around Haiti, but the people and mission of Grace Intl was inspiring. Their vision is to bring opportunity to the Haitian’s and in doing that empower the people. One of the ways they are trying to do this is by building communities, not just homes. In the tent village that Grace runs, we saw that they were applying expectations to the people who lived there and enforcing strict consequences. It seems simple, but I think this is a huge value to the Haitian people.
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| Part of the tent village at Grace |
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| Soccer game in Grace village |
Our mission was to provide Grace with a master plan for a new community. We achieved that, but could not give as much detail as will be needed in the future for this site. EMI has worked with Grace for several years. It is very likely that this partnership will continue and we will be involved in helping them realize this long-term vision for the community at Lafiteau.
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| Our EMI team |
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| The beautiful planning work or Dan Ford. |
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| Our presentation at the end of the week to Grace |
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