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Haiti Earthquake - EWB Update

January 31, 2010

In the wake of the earthquakes, we reached out to our friends to help the community of Les Anglais prepare for potential food shortages resulting from an influx of people from Port-au-Prince and a reduction in the flow of goods to the community. The response was overwhelming!  In only one week, we raised more than $6,500, which has been sent to our our partners in the community who are coordinating relief.

Today our Les Anglais Project Manager, Carolyn Shapiro, had a chance to talk to Etienne Francois who is coordinating the use of donated money in Les Anglais.  The news is quite encouraging!  Read more here.

It continues to remain uncertain how long it will be before our team can make it back to Les Anglais to continue the water treatment phase of our program.  The team is currently using this "down time" to catch up on scope elements that had not been prioritized before and to evaluate potential scope expansions including a sanitation project.  

We will continue to provide updates, and we encourage you to keep Haiti in your thoughts and in your discussions.  For real recovery to occur, there needs to be a sustained focus on Haiti after the immediate crisis has passed.

Aaron Poresky
Past President

EWB-OSU Hosts Benefit Dinner in Portland, February 13th

Celebrate Valentine’s Day one day early with EWB-OSU!

EWB-OSU is hosting its first ever ‘Kenya Love’- Benefit Banquet Dinner, February 13th at the Multnomah Arts Center in Portland. All proceeds will go towards bringing clean water to the 400 villagers of  Lela, Kenya.

RSVP now to Kenya [at] EWB-OSU [dot] org.  The event starts at 6pm and costs $75 per person or $100 per couple.

For more information about the project, view the Kenya project’s webpage.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95344
or by phone: (503) 608-0292

 For more info, check it out on Facebook

Invitation

 

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December 2009 Newsletter Published

Click here to view the latest EWB Portland newsletter.

EWB Portland publishes two to three newsletters per year to keep members, sponsors, and friends up-to-date on our activities.  Enjoy the read!

Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone you think would be interested.  An emailable link is:  www.ewbportland.org/newsletter


 

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