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Vassar-Haiti Project Update (Aired on October 26 and 27, 2016)\nIn response to the September 11, 2001, attack Andrew Meade, director of\ninternational students at Vassar College, and his wife Lila wanted to start a\nproject that would do good in the world. Both had family ties to Haiti, the poorest\nnation in the Western Hemisphere, so that is where their impulse took them. For\nfifteen years, the Vassar-Haiti project the started and still direct has improved the\nlives of Haitians in the remote village of Chermaitre, starting with building and\nstaffing a school. Today Chermaitre and the surrounding area is also served by a clinic that is part of the project. Vassar junior Clairiola Etienne, who is the director of the health initiative, and Lila Meade are the guests on RadioRotary for this program. The Vassar-Haiti project is now working to provide clean water for Chermaitre thanks to a global grant of $55,000 from The Rotary Foundation,\nsponsored locally by the Poughkeepsie-Arlington and Pe\n\n--- \n\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiorotary/support