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*Ti moun Annou li!. Reach Out and Read Goes to Haiti *Children, Let’s Read!. The Need. One of poorest countries in the World 55% of adults not literate (UNESCO) Highest Rate of Infant, under-5 and maternal mortality in Western Hemisphere (UNICEF)
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*Ti moun Annou li! Reach Out and Read Goes to Haiti *Children, Let’s Read!
The Need • One of poorest countries in the World • 55% of adults not literate (UNESCO) • Highest Rate of Infant, under-5 and maternal mortality in Western Hemisphere (UNICEF) • Only a little over half of primary school-age children are enrolled in school. Less than 2 per cent of children finish secondary school. • On-going emotional toll on Haitian children after earthquake
The Opportunity • In his inaugural speech, President Michel Martelly proposed providing free education for all children. And former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, when he returned to Haiti recently, said that he hoped to make education the main focus of his efforts. (Huffington—28 July 2011) • Ground swell of healthcare and other professionals around the world poised to bring help and healing to children of Haiti using books after 2010 earthquake
The Mission • Tí Moun Annou Lí!’s primary goal is to increase the quality and quantity of books available to the children of Haiti by partnering with healthcare professionals to be key messengers of the importance of reading aloud. The program also works to identify, write and publish culturally and linguistically appropriate books for Haitian children. In addition to spreading the powerful but simple message that reading aloud has long-lasting benefits for young children’s development, healthcare professionals have first-hand experience in witnessing the profound impact that books can have on healing, both physically and emotionally.
The Facilitators • Bronwen Anders: community pediatrician UCSD, San Diego. Experience with ROR in multicultural settings in San Diego and American Indian clinics, and Northern Mexico. On the Exec Board of Section on International Child Health AAP, and involved with volunteer coordination of pediatricians in Haiti.
The Facilitators • Nicole Prudent: Native Haitian behavioral pediatrician working with Barry Zuckerman and with extensive experience in Haitian-American population in Boston. • Danielle Laraque: President of PAS, longtime advocate for Haiti’s children. She is Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Mt Sinai; active in ROR NY and working with the Haitian Pediatric Society to create a better vision for Haiti’s children post-earthquake.
The Facilitators • Edwidge Dandicat: Beloved author of novels, shorts-stories and non-fiction books about Haiti, her birthplace. Widely read by Haitians, the Haitian Diaspora and Americans wanting to learn more about Haiti. Her husband Fedo Boyer, has published 2 picture books in Creole and has delivered them to Pau P for our circulation. He has also translated the ROR bookmarks. • Denize Lauture is a Haitian writer of beautiful children’s books. Dr Laracque and her husband are helping to disseminate his books in English and to get them translated and published in Creole.
The Facilitators • Dr. Barry Zuckerman is a well-known developmental pediatrician, one of the founders of ROR and a supporter of this group since its inception • Dr. Robert Needleman: another founder of ROR and a developmental pediatrician with experience using books in times of disaster. • Jackie Miller and Brian Gallagher from ROR headquarters in Boston.
The Facilitators • Jacqueline Gauthier is current president of Haitian Pediatric Society and trainer of residents for program at two teaching hospitals in Pau P • Jacqui Labrom is a longtime supporter of Haitian arts, Haitian enterprises (her travel service has taken Americans to many Haitian restaurants, resorts and enterprises in Haiti,) keeping her services up after the earthquake. She has personally housed and fed many volunteer groups, hosts gatherings in the PauP library and is a key connector for travellers for this project
The Facilitators • Michaelle Auguste is an educator living in PauP who is a keen and has already helped immensely to identify the mechanics of dealing with post earthquake PauP. She has links with the Haitian Psychologist Association. • Leora Mogilner is a pediatrician at Sinai with Danielle Laracque, on the NY board of ROR and very interested in seeing this project succeed. • Daniel Severe is a psychologist, working with Dr. Jacqueline Gauthier at Hopital St Damien in the HIV clinic committed to helping with the mechanics of circulating the books.
The Facilitators • Lisa Lord is an educator with a long experience of helping Haitian nationals and teachers to develop Creole books locally with local artists. She knows about the value of story telling for healing for comfort and healing and has books available on their website. • Leslie Gerson works for the US State Dept. and lived many years in Haiti with late husband advocating for the Haitian people. She has long mentored Haitian artist Carlo Valtrain and has been interested in helping to produce more culturally relevant books about Haiti, illustrated by Haitian artists.
The Facilitators • Ellen LeBow is an artist and illustrator who has been working on the island of Laganov for 13 years with an economic stability program for Haitian woman artists. • Dr. Jane Hale is a French and Literature professor from Brandeis who has worked for many years promoting literacy in Haitian communities in New England. She has been instrumental in sustaining the ROR equivalent program in Lesotho with the Baylor AIDs program, including publishing the first books in Sesotho.
The Facilitators • Marylou Shevsky is a health educator who has worked with her pediatrican husband in WA for many years putting together nicely culturally appropriate books for Headstart. • Fritzie Honore is a MCH Haitian nurse who works with Nicole Prudent and is just back from Haiti where she has explored the mechanics of spreading our program to other sites • Genevieve Dagobert: Haitian born early childhood educator currently working with the IRC, founder of Le Petit Monde de Ginou, dedicated to the tenets of ROR and hoping to implement the program in her current work sites.
The Facilitators • Jocelyn Trouillot: educator and founder of Universite Caraibe, writer, publisher of many Kreyol books available to our program in Haiti. • Dr. Genevieve Poitevien: Dean of Quisuqueya University (UniQ) with programs throughout the city to promote literacy • Darlene Alexis: Dean of education at Quisqueya University, supporter of our mission since we have begun talking.
The Facilitators • Tara Millbrand: coordinator of ROR San Diego, committed to helping to get us off the ground administratively until we can secure a halftime administrative coordinator • Dr. Perri Klass, Medical administrator of ROR, one of the founders and primary pediatrician champion of the program, supportive of helping us to consolidate our efforts. • Janet Crow: Pediatrician @ UCSD, longtime ROR supporter with an interest in Francophone literature. Coordinating ordering of French-language books from Scholastic Canada
The Facilitators • Traci Williams, Bruce McCintosh, Alisa Nicholas, Sean Palfrey, Elisabeth Montgomery are pediatricians who have (or will) volunteer in Haiti and are kindly taking books and the message of ROR down with them. We hope they will be able to remain advocates of the program and to promote its activities in their AAP chapters.
The Locations • Les Petits Freres et Soeurs—HIV clinic run by Jaqueline Gautier • Hopital de la Communaute Haitienne-teaching hospital • HUEH (University Hospital) Resident Clinic • Diquini Hospital • Hopital de la Paix All sites are in Port au Prince
The Challenges • Coordination of program with local pediatricians and other healthcare workers making it self-sufficient from outside • Locating and/or publishing children’s books in French/Creole in Haiti to diminish cost of books and stimulate local authors/artists along with the local economy • On-going training for students, residents and community healthcare workers
The Challenges • On-going training for students, residents and community healthcare workers (currently using ROR training that needs to be translated into French) • Communication to people in the US and other countries who have interest in Haiti and would like to provide financial support until program can become self-supportive
