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HAITI - SEEKING FUNDS FOR A NEW FISHING VILLAGE

FATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE

Seeking Funds

for

St. Mary's Fishing Village

LOCATED in LATORRE south of POINTE A RAQUETTES on the

Island of LaGONAVE, HAITI

Even before the January 2010 earthquake, most in Haiti lived in abject poverty!!!

Now, for many, their situation may be worse!!

Recovery, despite the interest of so many, remains slow, painful and - yes, expensive!

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It can be done almost immediately, easily and economically!!!

But we found something!

And it will make a dramatic, fundamental and permanent difference

in the lives of at least a few beneficiaries!!!

HERE'S THE STORY:

God splashed Haiti in the middle of the Caribbean Sea! The Caribbean Sea teems with large fish! They say all you need to do to catch them is to show up!!!

But did you know that the great majority of the population of the country rarely has fish to eat !?!

You see: the poor have no equipment to fish beyond the reefs! They must settle for the smaller fish!!!

Bottom line: many suffer from malnutrition! We have a simple , direct way to help some of them!

WE CAN ! WE MUST !

Please make our effort: your effort !

Father Chuck's Challenge invites you to join us - with Food for the Poor - in one of Haiti's seaside villages - to organize crews for deep sea fishing - i. e. to establish a "Fishermen's Cooperative"!!!

Carefully selected fisherman would be trained, fully equipped legally organized and held responsible to each other and to their community !!!

Father Chuck's Challenge plans to fund that effort.

Already, starting before the earthquake, Food for the Poor has been successful, under the strong, remarkable leadership of Bernard Chauvet, in establishing over thirty such "fishing villages" in Haiti. Included in Father Pfeffer's Fishing Village at Bossan, near Leogane, some five miles from the epicenter of the great earthquake.

At Bossan, Father Chuck's Challenge really developed a new village there (see article that follows). As part of that effort, we provided everything needed for deep sea fishing.

Here our proposal involves only the funding of all the equipment to a pre-existing poor community near the sea. Food for the Poor provides all supervision, training, purchasing, etc. The envisioned result: a new start: more available food, some employment and business opportunities. Here, then, is or detailed, preliminary proposal for funding of a St. Mary's Fishing Village. In 2012, Food for the Poor plans eight new fishing villages. Ours will be located in LATORRE, south of POINTE a RAQUETTES on the ISLAND of LaGONAVE,HAITI.

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St. Mary's Fishing Village

35 miles N.W. of Port au Prince

in the village of Latorre just south of Point A Raquettes

on the Island of Gonave, Haiti

“to feed the hungry”…permanently

BUDGETED ITEM

OUR COST SPECIAL INTEREST

1. Four 22.5 ft Fiberglass Boats $23,000 $5,750 ea*

2. Four 25 HP Motors 12,000 3,000 ea* 3. Four sets Fishing Tackle:

circle hooks, lines, sinkers, etc. 2,800 700 ea 4. Four sets Safety Gear:

life jackets, first aid, flares 3,000 750 ea 5. Four hand held Radios 200 50 ea 6. Four GPS Systems 1,000 250 ea

7. Four 100 Quart Coolers 200 50 ea

8. Equipment/Storage Shed 5,500* 9. Sanitation Unit (toilet, shower) 1,350* 10. Two Solar-Panel Powered Street Light 6,000 3,000 ea*

11. Miscellany: Training, supervision, contingency, etc. 9,950 $65,000

* Donors may name/label items which they fund fully! First come, first served.

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Tax deductible donations for St. Mary's Fishing Village

with notation "HAITI sc80754" may be sent to:

Father Chuck's Challenge

Rev. Msgr. Francis X. Schmidt

110 Nester Drive Norristown, PA 19403-2522

online - go to Food for the Poor - put in our Source Code - sc80754

Thank You

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HAITI - SEEKING FUNDS FOR A NEW FISHING VILLAGE

BUDGETED ITEM

OUR COST SPECIAL INTEREST