Konbit for Port-à-Piment
October 23, 2008
Dear citizens and friends of Port-à-Piment,
We are pleased to inform you that we are in receipt of the official Clean-up project budget from the Mayor’s Office in Port-à-Piment. {Please see attached}. Meanwhile, our fund raising effort continues. As of date we have collected $4175.00 of which checks amounting to $2900.00 have already been deposited at the BNC [Banque Nationale de Credit] in Haiti under the GIPPN account. The remaining checks will be mailed to GIPPN for deposit on Thursday.
We have been advised by our representative, Mr. Edwin Emile, that the Mayor’s office has confirmed November 3rd as the opening date for the cleanup work. Therefore, GIPPN will be authorized to transfer the required funds to the Mayor on October 30th, 2008.
As mentioned in our last update, we were on the local radio on Saturday October 11th, 2008 to inform our brothers and sisters in Port-à-Piment about our initiative. We took the opportunity to tell them about you and the sacrifices being made to respond to our call. We also thanked the Mayor’s Office for their diligence and cooperation.
As evidenced by the budget figures [see attached], the amount collected will be well over the amount projected to do the job. We know that the town has suffered numerous losses and requests for help are pouring in. With this in mind, we have asked the Mayor’s Office and some others interested individuals to forward their ideas and proposals. Meanwhile, the funds will stay on deposit at GIPPN until further notice and automatically be considered as an Emergency Fund. Please be assured that you will be notified on any decision taken by Konbit for Port-à-Piment.
We are moving closer to our goal. We will continue to keep you informed of our actions.
Thank you.
Frantz J Jean [fj]
potapiman@yahoo.com