Posts Tagged ‘haiti’

Shelter Haiti Project at CCU

By Marilyn Newsome
Over 600 volunteers showed up at Coastal Carolina University on  February 26 to pitch in and help build homes for the victims of  Haiti’s recent earthquake. In the aftermath of this devastating quake,  hundreds of thousands of people have been left without shelter,  sleeping in the mud, streets, wherever they can find a [...]

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Helping Haiti Starts at Home

Renowned artist Robert Verrier gives from the heart

By Trudy Bazemore
Having lived all over the world, renowned artist, Robert Verrier was looking for a new place to call home, and upon arriving in Georgetown, S.C., he felt as though he was where he was supposed to be.  After giving much consideration to other parts of the country, Georgetown [...]

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CCU Student From Haiti Awarded Full Scholarship

By Martha Hunn
Pierre Henry Valdema of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a junior computer science major at Coastal Carolina University, has been awarded a full scholarship that will enable him to complete his degree at CCU.
While Valdema’s family and home survived the Jan. 12 earthquake, the collapse of the economy in Haiti has made it impossible for his [...]

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