Tag - orphans

CEO takes a "Road Less Traveled"

Vern Cushenbery, CEO of Cush Capital Management LLC, writes about how a recent trip to Haiti was one of the more impactful trips he has ever taken.
In his words…
i Jan ou Ye is Creole (the national language of […]

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New Food Distribution Program for Haiti

Feeding orphan children is not easy, in fact when things like Hurricanes hit it is downright hard. That’s why continuing to improve food distribution in Haiti has been particularly important.
Some facts on Haiti:

80% of the people live off […]

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Cookies Cure Hunger?

Who doesn’t love cookies, but can cookies cure hunger? We love cookies at our offices, we also happen to eat lots of salads at The Global Orphan Project (in part to balance out the cookie consumption). In fact a […]

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1 Million 'Recession Buster' Fundraiser Matches Donations

From retailers to car dealerships, it seems businesses everywhere are offering incentives to drive sales and help consumers stretch their budgets. Now, you can add The Global Orphan Project to the list.
To help you stretch your charitable giving […]

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Kansas Girl, 7, Makes Art for Charity, Builds Orphanges with Profits

Isabelle Redford Sells Her Artwork Through the Global Orphan Project
By ALICE MAGGIN
Watch the VIDEO HERE>>
July 10, 2009
Seven-year-old Isabelle Redford is a long way from grown up, but her art is more than just kid stuff.
“I kind of always drawed […]

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Uganda

By the numbers
Village
Village Components

4 Homes
20 Homes underway
66 Children
Kyotera

Masaka

Kabale
10 Homes Currently Under Construction

Lira
10 Homes Currently Under Construction

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Haiti – Day 7

Day 7 of our Haiti trip was a trek to our first destination, the village of Cherette, Haiti. Cherette is know for its heavy practice of Vodou and most of the area are pretty hard to get to […]

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Haiti – Day 6

Port Salut and Arniquet were the agenda for Day 6 of our “romp around Haiti”. Marsha and I started off early but we had a bit of a haul to our first stop @ Port Salut, which is looks […]

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Haiti – Day 5

Day 5 started with some of the best oatmeal I have ever had, I’m sure the sugar content will not help my aspirations for a triathlon next month but it was enjoyable nonetheless and got the day started off […]

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Haiti – Day 4

Connectivity in Haiti sometimes is a bit hit and miss so the last 2 days posts haven’t quite happened (many apologies).
The C3 group that was 18 is now down to 2 as of day 4, what happened? […]

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