international webcast | february 19, 2010
THE CRISIS IN HAITI
YOU Can Help.
what can you do to help?
students around the world respond
Pre-Event Haiti Photo Stories from Students Around the World / 9:50 EST
Welcome | 10:00 AM EST
Student VJs • The Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
Put a Little Love in Your Heart | 10:05 AM EST
Ms. Watson’s First Grade Class • Ponder Elementary School in Ponder, Texas, USA
Students from Ms. Watson’s first grade class will sing and sign “Put a Little Love in
Your Heart.”
The World Food Programme Responds to Haiti’s Crisis | 10:09 AM EST
Graham Bell • The World Food Programme in Rome, Italy
This presentation will give an overview of World Food Programme activities in Haiti since the
earthquake struck on January 12. We will be discussing the ways in which students and
educators can get involved through the campaign "Students Helping Haiti", not only by
raising funds for the emergency food distributions needed by 2 million people in Haiti, but
also by raising awareness about hunger issues in general. Videos of WFP's Haiti operations
will be included in the presentation, as well as an overview of ways you can fight world
hunger online.
Sending LOVE from Taiwan | 10:20 AM EST
National Dali High School • Dali City, Taiwan
Students and teachers of National Dali High School - Taiwan put their heads together
and pooled ideas to help raise awareness and support in response to the crisis in
Haiti. In the midst of winter vacation, students and teachers of NDHS
Videoconference Team voluntarily returned to school and gave all of themselves to
complete the project. Announcements were made on the school website to get the
word out and recruit more volunteers and participation. Inspiring posters, music,
poem, and video have been created. These fabulous works will be presented in a
student-created video as well as live via videoconference so that students and
teachers of National Dali High School can send LOVE from Taiwan!
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The Faces of Haiti’s Earthquake | 10:28 AM EST
Technology High School • Newark, New Jersey, USA
Technology High School students will create and present a PowerPoint called “The faces of Haiti’s earthquake”
which they will narrate during the video conference. This presentation will include photos of the people and the
landscape of Haiti before and after this catastrophic event. Additionally, one student will share an original
song.
Impacting Lives | 10:36 AM EST
Edina Public Schools • Edina, Minnesota, USA
Edina Public Schools has been working with a nonprofit service learning organization called ImpactLives to pack and
ship meals to Haiti. ImpactLives aspires to inspire members of our school and community to use their skills and
talents, their knowledge and resources to make a difference in peoples’ lives. Students have worked to raise money in
order to purchase, pack and ship meals to hungry kids in Haiti. Students have accepted the Meal Pack Challenge and
are packing 285,000 meals at each participating school. Students have extended learning outside the classroom walls
by inviting community members, parents and volunteers to join them in their challenge.
Water and Sanitation Issues in Haiti | 10:44 AM EST
Candice McLeod • Philadelphia Global Water Initiative in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Based on current research, Candice McLeod, chemical engineer and member of PGWI (Philadelphia Global Water
Initiative) will speak about the water supply and sanitation challenges in Haiti. She will address the issue from a
development viewpoint, looking at how improved water and sanitation policy and planning can be the key to
addressing other social and economic challenges facing the people.
Caribbean Music Showcase | 10:55 AM EST
Northern Illinois University’s Steel Drum Band • DeKalb, Illinois, USA
The Northern Illinois University Steelband is directed by Liam Teague (Head of Steelpan Studies) and Clifford Alexis
(composer, arranger, tuner and builder). As the first actively-performing steelband formed in an American university
(1973), the NIU Steelband has performed at Yankee Stadium, at international conferences, and two tours of Taiwan. In
2000 the NIU Steelband placed 2nd in the World Steelband Festival in Trinidad, and in 2002 performed the opening
concert at the Seoul Drum Festival in Korea. They will be performing Bazodee, composed and arranged by Ray
Holman and Heal the World, composed by Michael Jackson, arranged by Liam Teague.
Getting IN STEP | 11:06 AM EST
Mr. Cunningham’s Class • Del Valle High School in Del Valle, Texas, USA
Dal Valle High School will talk about establishing cultural exchange between schools using folk dance and stories to
show culture and ethnic development. Students will perform a Step dance, a form of Native Black dancing that was
brought from Africa to the United States and has since become very popular with the younger generation.
Rehabilitation Issues in Haiti | 11:14 AM EST
Dr. Marilys Randolph • Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Randolph, a native of Haiti and physical therapy professor, is former director of physical therapy at Hampton University
and Howard University. Randolph will discuss the devastating potential for increased disability and the limited
rehabilitation clinics available for the Haitian population.
Peace Week and Human Lace | 11:25 AM EST
EB2-3 Paranhos School • Porto, Portugal
A class from EB2-3 Paranhos School will share two special moments of awareness to the Haiti tragedy integrated in
the Peace Week that they have organized. They will talk about the human lace event they created with 130 people.
Rebuilding Haiti: Oxfam’s Earthquake Response | 10:33 AM EST
Oxfam • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger
and injustice. The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 left the city of Port-au-Prince in ruins, and as
many as one million people may now be homeless. Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, cash, and relief
materials to those who have gathered in temporary camps both within the city and in hard-hit outlying areas. Oxfam is
committed to being in Haiti for the long haul and to help it recover from this devastating emergency.
National Youth Leadership Council | 11:44 AM EST
National Youth Leadership Council • St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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United Schools for Haiti | 11:51 AM EST
Externato Ribadouro School • Porto, Portugal
Students from Externato Ribadouro School are developing a national and international solidarity campaign to support
the Haiti victims. They intend to spread the initiative to all Portuguese high schools. The goal is that on April 16th, all
the Portuguese students, duly identified, go out on the street to collect funds to give to the reconstruction of the
country. Students expect to have the support of the Portuguese humanitarian organization AMI and the regional
education administration (with an official statement to all the schools in the country). Students are creating a video to
raise awareness to this “United Schools for Haiti” campaign to all schools and the Portuguese population in general so
that they can join and collaborate in this project.
Using Metal Arts to Help Those in Haiti | 11:56 AM EST
Lower Merion High School • Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Metal Arts students Carmel Yaari and Elsye Swift have begun an effort to raise money for Red Cross earthquake
disaster relief efforts in Haiti. The project entails the fabrication and sale of symbolic pendants. There are four different
pendants, each of which represents one necessity for life; water, food, health/medicine, and shelter. There is a water
droplet, a bowl of food, a health-care (red cross) symbol, and a house. All are fabricated from a different metal; silver,
brass, copper and bronze respectively. The pieces are simple, with some detail added to further accentuate their
representation, so as to speed their production while maintaining artistic character. Other metal-arts students are being
enlisted to participate in the work. The pendants will be sold individually on chords or ribbons, with all proceeds going
to the Red Cross.
Haiti’s Earthquake: A “Big Picture” Introduction to Haiti’s Geology | 12:01 PM EST
Eric Muller • The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California, USA
Haiti is on the island of Hispaniola and is located in a geologically active area of the world. Hispaniola rides atop of the
Caribbean plate, a large slab of crust moving about the surface of the earth. Bounded and acted upon by its
neighboring plates, the North and South American plate, a fault snapped on January 12th with a resulting magnitude 7
earthquake. This relieved some of the area’s stress. So, can this type of earthquake happen again? We’ll look at the
“the big picture” cause of this earthquake and see why it was so devastating to its population.
Change for Haiti | 12:12 PM EST
Holub Middle School • Houston, Texas, USA
Holub Middle School, Alief ISD, Houston, Texas, has approximately 1,000 students representing African, Asian,
Hispanic and Middle Eastern descent. Our campaign, Change for Haiti, provided students, staff and parents the
opportunity to make a difference by donating coins and dollars. Students produced a video shown at lunches along
with personal appeals. Others met parents curbside furthering our reach. Also, local organizations have partnered with
our Global Issues Network Club to develop sustainable projects.
Hamming it Up for Haiti | 12:20 PM EST
Landisville Middle School & Centreville Middle School • Pennsylvania, USA
Middle School French students with the help of teachers have formed a fundraising group called Helping Hands for
Haiti. Their mission is to raise funds as quickly as possible and send the proceeds to Doctors without Borders so
those who are in desperate need of medical care can get the attention and medication that they need. Their first event
will be "Hamming it up for Haiti." Students will have the opportunity to have their picture taken in front of a lovely
backdrop. For a mere $1.00 donation they will be able to get a print of their picture and they will be helping to make
the fundraiser a success! They will be giving the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.
Global Nomads “Students Rebuild” $500,000 Challenge Grant to Rebuild Haiti Schools | 12:28 PM EST
Global Nomads Group • New York, New York, USA
In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Architecture for Humanity, the Bezos Family Foundation and Global
Nomads Group (GNG) have partnered to create "Students Rebuild," a $500,000 matching challenge grant that invites
students around the globe to rebuild better, safer schools in Haiti. Also join GNG as we conduct programs LIVE from
the ground in Haiti into your classrooms in March! For more information, please see: http://www.gng.org/programs/
spring2010/Haiti-Challenge-Grant.html
Youth Poetry MashUp | 12:34 PM EST
MYX: Multicultural Youth Exchange • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Youth from the Philadelphia area will share original poetry that shares personal reactions to the crisis, connections with
the Haitian Community, hope for Haitian youth and how this crisis helps them reflect on their own lives.
Be sure to check out our student bloggers LIVE blogs during the program (and add your
comments) at http://studentshelpinghaiti.blogspot.com!
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Teen Leaders Take On Fundraising | 12:45 PM EST
Mansfield High School • Mansfield, Texas, USA
Student Representatives from the Teen Leadership II class and participating student groups (StuCo and Key Club) will
talk briefly about their school project fundraisers (H.A.I.T.I.: Helping All Individuals Through Impossibilities, Heels for
Haiti, and LET’S HELP HAITI) and share their flyers, handouts, poetry, rap and use of costume (see high heels flyer
attached) to encourage others to help the people of Haiti who have lost everything in this tragic event. It is their hope
that their projects will inspire other students to donate and give. They also hope to gain knowledge from other students
and schools around the world about the way they handle such events and tragedies. Mansfield Tigers (mascot for
MHS) believe strongly that together students can make a difference. What better way to effect change than by reaching
around the globe via videoconference to share and help each other make the world a better place!
Grassroots Partnerships to Aid Those in Need | 12:53 PM EST
Aldo Magazenni • Traveling Mercies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aldo Magazenni is leaving on Feb. 7th to help the earthquake victims. He is traveling with donations, thoughts and the
good intentions of his community in the USA, and also from the communities his organization, Traveling Mercies, works
with in Afghanistan, Kenya, Mexico and Italy. In Haiti, he is working with local ministry and other small NGO's to deliver
immediate humanitarian aid such as food, water, and medical supplies, directly into the hands of suffering communities. Aldo will share his experiences as he looks for opportunities to improve or install water programs, choose a location to
build a school, and assess the needs fro supplies such as clothing, medical, and others that can be shipped after his
return.
Southern Lehigh Middle School’s Haitian Relief Webpage | 1:04 PM EST
DESIGN 21 Class • Southern Lehigh Middle School in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
DESIGN 21 students will present the web page they have designed in regards to the Haitian situation for our district’s
web page. The web page will include background information about Haiti, a page about where and how to donate, a
page about what our schools have done within our district in regards to the Haitian disaster, and hopefully a direct link
for community members to continue to make donations to the American Red Cross. The students are part of a class
called D.E.S.I.G.N.21, where they are expected to create a multimedia project based on a student-identified problem
within the world that would solve the problem and/or promote awareness.
Haiti: How Can I Help? | 1:21 PM EST
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania has created a series of online briefs to
provide up-to-date information about smart philanthropic ways to help Haiti’s earthquake victims. The devastation in
Haiti has been matched with an outpouring of generosity and technology has made donating easier and faster, but it
may be difficult to understand how charitable giving can have a long-lasting impact, both now and for the longer-term.
It also may be a challenge to identify organizations that are well positioned to help with immediate needs, such as food,
water, shelter and medical assistance. We are working to make sure those dollars and good intentions actually result in
impact.
Closing Remarks | 1:32 PM EST
Student VJs • The Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA
Doing something to help Haiti? Tell us about it via Twitter!
Help us get the word out and tell us what you’re doing to help Haiti via Twitter®. All you need is a twitter account and
a computer with an internet connection! You can get an account at www.twitter.com. Sign on to your account during
the webcast, follow magpik20, and tweet what you’re going to do to help - - just make sure you end your tweet
with #kidshelphaiti. We will randomly select tweeters to receive some fantastic giveaways from our sponsors. The
more you tweet, the better your chances are of being selected for a giveaway!
Have pictures of your students helping Haiti or participating in the webcast?
We’ve created an album on Google’s Picasa called “Kids Help Haiti.” You can view the album at http://
picasaweb.google.com/magpik20/KidsHelpHaiti#. If you have photos to contribute (and we’d love to have them!),
please email [email protected] and asked to be added as an album contributor. You’ll then be able to email your
photos to the online, public album. Won’t it be cool to see all of the images emerge on the album map and see what
students everywhere are doing to help?
Images from the Associated Press, National Dali High School, www.oxfamamerica.org, and www.wfp.org,