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Hinche Relief: Bringing Displaced Haitian University Students to the U.S.

On January 12, 2010, a tragic earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians perished in this terrible natural disaster. Thousands of Haitian university studies lost their lives, and all of Haiti’s major universities were completely destroyed.

Now, several months after the earthquake, most experts view Haiti’s greatest problem to be the leadership void. Since so many skilled professionals died on January 12, that a new generation must be trained quickly in order to fill these roles, which are essential to a successful rebuilding effort.

The goal of this website is to publicize an effort to bring six displaced Haitian university students to the U.S., where they can continue their studies for a few years before turning to their homeland as leaders in the recovery process. The project is being led by Danny Yates (a student at the College of William and Mary who was in Haiti during the quake).

Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC (just outside of Charlotte) has accepted six Haitian students, who will begin studies at this small, historically black Christian institution in August, 2010. These six displaced students come from Hinche (a small town just north of Port au Prince). All of the students were in university at the time of the quake, and they each barely escaped Port-au-Prince with their lives.

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Please share our page with your friends, family, and co-workers. Whether you are a citizen of Charlotte, NC, of Richmond, VA, or of Hinche, Haiti, your thoughts, prayers, and contributions are greatly appreciated.