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HAITI SCHOLARSHIPS
Believing in the power of education.

S tu d ent in f oc u s : D i e une l De s i r

Spring 2015

Thank You!
Thank you to all of the following people
that have donated during this quarter to
keep our students in school:
Brian Johnson*' William Arthur*
Paul Stewart*'

Jim Mahar

James Boulger*' Anonymous

John Bickell*'

Sophie Murdoch*

Karen Nosbusch Alex Armstrong*

Marcella Siegel' Kristi Tyler
On the left: Dieunel with his mom!

United Methodist Women, Calvary

United Methodist Church, Walcott IA
*monthly donor

Please read my little story!

My name is Dieunel Desir. I am 23 years
old. I am Haitian. I am from La Gonave,
Haiti. I am living in Leogane, Haiti, and I
am a tall Haitian boy.
I have three brothers and four sisters, but I
am living with six people in my house. My
fathers name is Dieucel Desir and he has
another wife, so he does not live with me.
My mothers name is Marie-Kettely
Plaisimond. She is a very pretty Haitian
woman and I love her so much. She is very
strong and courageous. I am sure you will
see what I mean when you see her picture.
My family is so nice, adorable, and they like
to help each other.
I am in Rheto in College Salomon
Roosevelt. I will have ocial exam for the
Ministry of Education in June. I wake up at
6 a.m. every morning to go to school at 8
a.m., come back home at 2 p.m. And most
of the time, when my mother does not

have money to pay a moto taxi, it takes me

about 25 minutes to walk to the school.
I am the committee s vice President of
my class. We are planning a very big party
at the beach for this month, May 30th, at
Petit Paradis beach, Grand Goave, Haiti.
We will have people dancing, singing,
telling jokes, eating competition, etcWe
will play soccer since it is my favorite sport.
We will have lots of fun!
You know a little bit who I am. One more
thing that you need to know if you do not
hear from me is that I like to plant and I
will be absolutely an agronomist for sure.
I am telling you I really need your support
and help with the scholarship to finish
Secondary school, then go to College.
HAITISCHOLARSHIP is AWESOME,
you doing the best thing ever: Helping
people in need to go further in life with
EDUCATION.
DONORS, you are very INCREDIBLE.
Thank you so much!!!

From left to
right: Yeye,
Johny
Joseph, and
Darlian with
their moms.

Seeking Sponsors
We are looking for a corporate sponsor
for our first local sta member. A $600
yearly sponsorship will cover Berlynes salary
to coordinate events with our students and
increase communication between donors
and our students! Sponsorship will
include your company advertisement
on our website.
Berlyne also needs a better laptop in order
to keep doing the amazing work shes doing.
If you have a new or gently used laptop we
can send her, please contact us.
If you or someone you know is interested,
please contact us at
contact@haitischolarships.org

Updates and Events

Alexandra Armstrong is working on a
major fundraising event in Orange County,
CA, at the end of Summer. Stay tuned for
details or contact us to see how you can get
involved.
Dont forget to shop through Amazon
Smile anytime you shop on Amazon, and
select Haiti Scholarships to receive 0.05%
of your purchase price. Every dollar helps!

2014 Financial Report: the numbers

Thanks to our amazing donors
and Board of Directors, 2014
has been our most successful
year yet! We doubled our
income from last year (to
$9366.38), and increased the
amount of money we gave in
scholarships (from $3,682 to
$5,089).

Have you seen Dan Pallotas TED

talk on how we think about charity?

5% 2%
3%
4%
0%
4%

If you havent, check it out and see

how we can start changing peoples
perceptions of how nonprofits should
work!
So the next time you're looking at
a charity, don't ask about the rate
of their overhead. Ask about the
scale of their dreams...

You helped provide 20

scholarships in the Spring, and
16 scholarships in the Fall.

82%

Thanks for giving us our most

eective year thus far!
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Scholarships paid
Transfer Fees

Exp. in Haiti
Bank Fees

Paypal Fees
CA State Filing

F a ll i s c om ing !
Spring means Fall is right around the
corner, which means that this
Summer well have to make some
tough decisions for the 2015-2016
school year based on available
funding. Please donate today to
allow us to keep our students
enrolled.

No one can do
everything, but
all of us can do
something.

You can donate online:

www.haitischolarships.org
Or by mail:
Haiti Scholarships
P.O. Box 2096
Laguna Hills, CA 92654
Feel free to contact us:
contact@haitischolarships.org

Check out our new page on our

website with resources for Haitian
students in the United States.

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