Helping Haiti - Kids are Global Citizens
The crisis in Haiti is overwhelming in scale. We are all concerned about it. Even children feel the pain of those suffering. In the face of that anguish, we all want to do something to help.
We have created an opportunity within our residency program at Trickster, to encourage school children to get involved in the reconstruction process in Haiti. By choosing "Kids are Global Citizens" as a residency theme, schools can provide a concrete way to both help the situation in Haiti, develop compassion and help their students gain a sense of belonging to the larger world around them.
On Jan. 24, our Producing Director, David Chantler had an opportunity to meet with Michaelle Jean, the Governor General, who of course was born in Haiti. They talked about this program and the Governor General has offered the help of her office. We'll be discussing the ways in which they can assist us in making our project meaningful and successful.
We are thinking that the project will involve classes contacting NGO's to learn about their work in Haiti, possibly supporting that work in whatever way they can, and then creating a show about the work and their increased understanding of being a responsible citizen of the world.
We hope that with the help of the Governor General's office, we will be able to create the links to the NGO's. These would likely range from the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Haitian Health Foundation, Healing Hands for Haiti ,Flying Doctors, C.A.R.E., Habitat For Humanity, Food for the Poor to name just a few. We also hope to be able to connect Canadian schools with schools in Haiti.
Do you want your school to be part of this Project?
You can participate in a number of ways.
1. Make use of the links that we provide, in order to support the NGO of your choice in the reconstruction of Haiti.
We hope to have this support structure up and running by the end of March.
2. Link your school to a school in Haiti. We'll help you find a suitable school and make the contact.
2. Make your Trickster residency theme: Helping Haiti - Kids are Global Citizens. We'll help you connect to the NGO's, document your participation on our web site, and help you create a Trickster Residency show based on this theme. We'll support you in a number of ways to show you care through the medium of the Arts.
New Ideas?
We are just getting this idea started. If you see another way that we can assist schools to create art, help Haiti and develop compassion and a global spirit - give us a call.
You can call - David - at 288-9393, or reach him by email.
