What we need 

We continue to receive several inquiries per day from individuals who want to help.  Our main goal for this year is to raise money, spread the word about our plans and have everything in place to break ground early next year.  Many of you have volunteered to travel to Haiti, and we will definitely be in touch later this year or early next year as we begin planning construction trips.
Our main need right now (unless you have considerable experience in engineering/design) is to raise money and to spread the word.  We have had a flyer and brochure prepared and we are working on t-shirts.  We would encourage you to be creative and come up with ways to raise money or even just let your friends and family know what we are doing.  We have had a 5th grade student raise more than $2500 in one week, various restaurant fundraisers (where a portion of the proceeds are donated), and many people who have just passed information on to their friends and family.  We are happy to help you with planning your own fundraising events.  We would also appreciate you providing links to our website in your email signatures and on your own website or blog.

Where does the money go

There have been many questions about the use of the large amounts of money that have been donated to various nonprofit organizations doing work in Haiti, and we know people are concerned about where their money is going.  We can guarantee that 100% of your money will go directly to the building of the school.  All of our overhead and other expenses of “doing business” are covered by our organization’s founders.  In this way, your money can have the most impact possible, and go straight to touching the lives of these wonderfully resilient Haitian children.

One more thing

We have also been helping individual students attend school since 2006, and these students will continue to need help going to school.  In addition to donations to our school-building fund, we need donations to help these students stay in school.  We will continue to provide these students with tuition, uniforms, supplies, fees, etc. so they can stay in school.

Or feel free to email this link to your friends or family:
http://bit.ly/cody-edehaiti

LOCAL FIFTH GRADER RAISES FUNDS TO BUILD NEW SCHOOL IN HAITI
KINGWOOD, TEXAS: Cody Black, a fifth grade student at Deerwood Elementary School is spearheading a fund raiser, encouraging his fellow students to help build a new school in Haiti through the Endeavor to Develop Education (http://www.edehaiti.org).

Endeavor to Develop Education is a non-profit organization, established in 2006, dedicated to providing an education to impoverished Haitian children. Endeavor to Develop Education provides students with tuition, books, and uniforms, and will help to rebuild the schools in Haiti.

Students at Deerwood Elementary School will be donating their spare change the week of February 9th. On Friday, February 12th the community is invited to CiCi’s Pizza, 1267 Kingwood Drive, for dinner from 5-9pm. CiCi’s will donate a portion of the proceeds towards the relief effort.

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LINK TO FLYER

English
Hello Brother James. I want you to know that I am alive and my family is okay, too. In the earthquake lots of people lost their lives. My house is damaged, but nothing else happened to us, thanks to God. Right now, most people are sleeping in the streets. My family and I spent three nights sleeping in a field without a tent or anything. It has been very difficult because my wife just gave birth 2 months ago. We had to sleep on the ground with the baby. We are still sleeping outside, but we are better because we are sleeping in the courtyard of the church. None of the children in the program (receiving scholarships) were killed in the earthquake, but some of the schools were destroyed. The situation has become very complicated in Haiti. Everything that used to work is not working anymore. The banks are closed. Many people are very worried because the earth is still shaking, but not as strong as before.

Kreyol
Bonjou frè james / .Mwen vle fè w konnen mwen vivan ak tout fanmi mwen nan trableman tè ki sot fè kote anpil moun pèdi la vi yo an hayiti. Se sèlman kay mwen ki krake ,men nou pa gen anyen gras a Dye. Kounye a se nan la ri majorite moun ap dòmi an hayiti. Mwen te fè 3 jou avèk fanmi mwen ap dòmi nan yon seren san nou pat gen menm yon tant poun kouche .Alò sak kite pi dwòl la Madanm mwen te fèk gen 2 mwa depi lite fè yon ti bebe. Nou te oblije oblije dòmi a tè avèk ti bebe sa a. Kounye a nou toujou ap dòmi deyò ,men kondisyon an miyò kounye a paske se nan lakou legliz la nap dòmi. Pa gen timoun ki mouri nan pwogram lan, men gen kèk lekòl yo ki kraze. Sitiyasyon an vin pi konlike an hayiti . Tout bagay kite konn mache pa fonksyone. Menm bank yo ponkò louvri. Anpil moun toujou sou tansyon pake tè a toujou ap tranble., men pa avèk menm fòs.

I want to first thank God because of the blessing this (my education) was in my life.  It was an answer to my prayers.  Second, I want to thank you for your courage and generosity; without you I would not have finished school.  This is a very important thing in Haiti.  When someone finishes school in Haiti they call you Philosoph, and in the old days, they would hold a big feast and everyone in the neighborhood respected you and came to you for advice.  Nowadays, things have changed but I was very happy to receive the many congratulations from my mom and my friends.

May God bless you and all those who who helped you help me.  I say thank you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  I would also like to wish you a Merry Christmas, you and your family.

Kreyol

Mwen vle remèsye Bondye premyeman paske sa se yon benediksyon li ye nan lavi mwen,se repons a priyè`m yo,dezyèm man mwen vle remèsye ou pou kouraj ou ak jenerozite`w,san ou menm,mwen pa t`ap fini lekol,sa se yon gwo bagay li ye,lè yon moun fini lekol li an ayiti,yo rele ou filozòf,si se nan tan ansyen yo,yo t`ap fè gwo fèt pou mwen,touye bèf ,anpil manje,epi nan bouk la( quartier) tout moun  respekte`w  granmoun kou timoun,epi nenpot desizyon se ou ki pou te pran li   se kote ou pou yo vini anvan.kounyea bagay yo vinn chanje,men malgre sa mwen santi kontan paske mwen jwenn felisitasyon nan men manman`m ak zanmi mwen yo.