Update: A group of university students have raised hundreds of dollars for Haiti relief by selling fair trade coffee on the campus of St. Thomas University. We also raised money from a screening of Aristide and the Endless Revolution last night. We will send our money to Partners in Health.
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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and thousands are feared dead from the 7.0 earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.
Haiti Action Fredericton, the Fredericton Peace Coalition, the NB Public Interest Research Group and Cinema Politica Fredericton present:
ARISTIDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION
WHEN: 5:30pm, Tuesday, Jan 19
WHERE: James Dunn Hall, Room G1, St. Thomas University
Funds raised from the film will go to Zanmi Lasante/ Partners in Health. The Zanmi Lasante medical center is located in the Central Plateau of Haiti and delivers health care through a network of clinics in that region of the country. It also trains Haitians as doctors and health professionals. The health center survived the earthquake and is moving to deliver aid to the disaster zone. For more info: http://www.pih.org/home.html
You can also listen to today’s Democracy Now (http://www.democracynow.org) for more information on how to give, as well as historical analysis and news from the ground following the earthquake.
Contact: info[at]frederictonpeace[dot]org
