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From: june levinsohn <[email protected]> [Add to Address Book] To: Melinda Miles <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Haitian National Coalition for the Environment Date: Feb 27, 2008 1:49 PM So where R we with this ???? june ----- Original Message ----- From: Melinda Miles To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: Haitian National Coalition for the Environment KOWALISYON NASYONAL POU ANVIWONMAN AYISYEN Haitian National Coalition for the Environment Dear June, (Vezyon Kreyòl anba) This past summer marked a turning point for Haiti’s environment. On July 2-4, 2007, sixty representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations, grassroots groups, the Haitian government and other key stakeholders for Haiti’s environment created the Kowalisyon Nasyonal pou Anviwonman Ayisyen (KNAA), or Haitian National Coalition for the Environment. The Coalition brings together the many groups, organizations and institutions devoted to restoring Haiti’s natural environment, uniting them around key goals and strengthening their impact through exchange, coordination and collaboration. The Haitian National Coalition for the Environment works on a national, grassroots level to attack the root causes of environmental degradation by promoting exchange and solidarity to help: * Undertake massive, intensive reforestation, * Combat the misery of poverty, and * Research and promote alternative energy. Will your organization become a formal member of the Coalition? Each organization that decides to participate in the coalition will designate one representative. In this way, all the members of the coalition will be equal. In order to participate in the Coalition you must meet one simple condition: all member organizations must be committed to working to protect, rehabilitate and/or renew Haiti’s environment. If your group is serious about the environment and you are willing to work for greater collaboration with other Haitian and international groups, please complete the attached questionnaire and join us today! As a member of the Coalition: * Your organization will be listed in the national directory of organizations featured on the Coalition’s website (www.haitienvironment.org), and you will receive a copy of the directory. * You can send a representative to participate in departmental meetings. * You can send one representative to the annual national meeting to participate in decision-making for the Coalition. * You will receive monthly reports about what is happening in the country, and you can contribute news to include in the monthly reports. * You will have access to all the resources on the coalition’s website and can feature your own work and resources there. We are anxious to begin the work of building a national directory of organizations working on the environment, assembling available resources on the website, and promoting the Coalition throughout Haiti. We need your completed questionnaire to build the directory and begin creating an online resource that includes best practices for Haiti’s environment. With your help we can become a unified voice for Haiti’s environment, representing organizations both large and small, both grassroots-based and international. By putting our heads together to create a platform we can make our voices heard by the Haitian government and the international community, and we can change the future of Haiti’s environment. We are already planning big things for 2008, including a national tally of trees planted during the year, but we need your input to make an action plan that can have immediate impact. We can let the world know that we are serious about saving the soil, water, and air for future generations of Haitians with national events on June 5, 2008, International Environment Day. What kind of events would you participate in? What goals do you already have for 2008? Help us fill the calendar with local and regional events, training programs and exchanges. Become a member of the Coalition as soon as possible so we can stand together for Haiti’s environment. If you have any questions, please contact Melinda Miles, [email protected] or any member of the coordinating committee (listed below). Our website is still under construction, but visit us at www.haitienvironment.org. The Creole version will be up soon! Working with you to make Haiti greener, The Coordinating Committee of the KNAA Melinda Miles, Konbit Pou Ayiti/KONPAY, [email protected], (509) 849-8759 Cantave Jean-Baptiste, World Neighbors Haiti, [email protected], (509) 558-8902 Agronomist Isaac Cherestal, CAPAS, [email protected], (509) 755-5051 Elizabeth Sipple, AMURT, [email protected], (509) 668-1170 Pè Frantz Cole, Episcopal Church, Office for Social Development, [email protected], (509) 445-236 Gabrielle Vincent, Sonje Ayiti, [email protected], (509) 929-3425 Joe Duplan, Konbit Pou Ayiti/KONPAY, [email protected], (509) 650-9843 KOWALISYON NASYONAL POU ANVIWONMAN AYISYEN Haitian National Coalition for the Environment Chè June, Pandan ete ki fek pase a nou te wè yon chanjman nan mouvman pou anviwonman Ayisyen. Swazan reprezantan pou kek òganizasyon non-gouvènmantal nasyonal avek entènasyonal, gwoup de baz, gouvènman Ayisyen, avek lòt moun ki enterese nan anviwonman Ayisyen te rankontre 2-4 Jiye 2007 epi yo te etabli Kowalisyon Nasyonal pou Anviwonman Ayisyen (KNAA). Kowalisyon an mete plezyè gwoup, òganizasyon avek enstitisyon ki travay pou anviwonman ansamn kote tou yo ini sou bi ki pi enpòtan yo, epi tou pou ranfòse enpak yo a trave echanj, koòdinasyon epi kolaborasyon. Kowalisyon Nasyonal pou Anviwonman Ayisyen pral travay nasyonalman epi sou nivo baz pou rache rasinn degradasyon anviwonmantal epi fè pwomosyon dechanj ak solidarite pou ede: * Antame nan yon rebwazman ki masiv avek entensiv, * Konbat mizè de povrete, epi * Rechèch avek fè pwomosyon pou enèji altènativ. Eske òganizasyon ou an pral vin manm nan Kowalisyon an? Chak òganizasyon ki deside pou patisipe nan koalisyon an pral dezigne yon reprezantan. Nan sans sa, tout òganizasyon ki patisipe pral egal, si se yon ti gwoup de baz ou byen yon gwo institisyon. Si ou vle patisipe nan Kowalisyon ou dwe genyen yon sèl kritè: tout òganizasyon ki manm dwe bay komitman pou travay pou pwoteje, reyabilite, ou byen renouvle anviwonman Ayisyen. Si gwoup ou a serye sou kesyon anviwonman an epi ou vle travay pou kolabore ansanm avek lòt gwoup Ayisyen oubyen entènasyonal, sivouple ranpli kesyonè ki mare la jodiya! Kòm manm ou pral jwenn kek benefis: · Ou pral enkli nan lis òganizasyon nasyonal, epi ou pral resevwa yon kopi lis sa. · Ou kapab voye yon reprezantan pou patisipe nan reyinyon depatmantal. · Ou kapab deziye yon reprezantan pou patisipe nan reyinyon nasyonal kote ou kapab patisipe nan pwosesis pou fè desizyon nan Kowalisyon sa a. · Ou pral resevwa yon rapò chak mwa sou sa k ap fet nan tout peyi a, epi ou kapab voye àtik pou enkli nan rapò sa. · Ou kapab itilize tout resous ki disponib sou sit entènet koalisyon an (li poko fini epi vèsyon Kreyòl la pral pare talè: www.haitienvironment.org). Nou kontan pou nou komanse travay pou nou kreye yon lis òganizasyon k ap travay nan domen anviwonman, pou mete tout resous disponib sou sit nou, epi pou fè pwomosyon pou KNAA nan tout kwen peyi d’Ayiti. Nou bezwen ou ranpli kesyonè a pou nou kapab mete lis òganizasyon sou pye epi pou komanse kreye yon resous sou sit entènet ki enkli meyè pratik pou anviwonman Ayisyen. Avek sipò ou, KNAA kapab yon vwa pou anviwonman Ayisyen k ap reprezante òganizasyon gwo kom piti, gwoup de baz avek gwoup entènasyonal. Si nou kolabore ansanm pou nou kreye yon platfòm nou kapab fè gouvènman Ayisyen avek kominote entènasyonal la tande vwa nou pi klè, epi nou kapab chanje avni anviwonman Ayisyen an. Nou deja komanse planifiye kek gwo bagay pou 2008, men nou bezwen lide ou pou kreye yon plan dasksyon ki kapab genyen enpak imediatman. A travè yon evenman nasyonal pou celebre jou entènasyonal pou anviwonman, ki se 5 jwen nou kapab montre lemond antye ke nou serye sou kesyon konsèvasyon tè a,epi tou dlo ak lè pou jenerasyon kap vini an. Nan ki kalite evenman ou ta renmen patisipe oubyen wè? Ki bi ou genyen pou 2008 deja? Sivouple reponn pi vit posib di wi, ou pral vinn manm nan Kowalisyon an. Si ou genyen kesyon, kontakte Melinda Miles, [email protected] ou byen nenpòt manm nan komite koòdinasyon (gade anba pou lis). Sit nou sou entènet poko fini, men ou kapab vizite li kanmemm www.haitienvironment.org. Vèzyon Kreyòl ap vini tale! N ap travay avek ou pou fè Ayiti pi vèt, Komite Koòdinasyon pou KNAA Melinda Miles, Konbit Pou Ayiti/KONPAY, [email protected], (509) 849-8759 Cantave Jean-Baptiste, Vwazen Mondyal Ayiti, [email protected], (509) 558-8902 Agronomist Isaac Cherestal, CAPAS, [email protected], (509) 755-5051 Elizabeth Sipple, AMURT, [email protected], (509) 668-1170 Pè Frantz Cole, Legliz Episcopal, Biwo pou Devlopman Sosyal, [email protected], (509) 445-2236 Gabrielle Vincent, Sonje Ayiti, [email protected], (509) 929-3425 Joe Duplan, Konbit Pou Ayiti/KONPAY, [email protected], (509) 650-9843 KOWALISYON NASYONAL POU ANVIWONMAN AYISYEN Haitian National Coalition for the Environment Dear June, (Vezyon Kreyòl anba) This past summer marked a turning point for Haiti’s environment. On July 2-4, 2007, sixty representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations, grassroots groups, the Haitian government and other key stakeholders for Haiti’s environment created the Kowalisyon Nasyonal pou Anviwonman Ayisyen (KNAA), or Haitian National Coalition for the Environment. The Coalition brings together the many groups, organizations and institutions devoted to restoring Haiti’s natural environment, uniting them around key goals and strengthening their impact through exchange, coordination and collaboration. The Haitian National Coalition for the Environment works on a national, grassroots level to attack the root causes of environmental degradation by promoting exchange and solidarity to help: Undertake massive, intensive reforestation, Combat the misery of poverty, and Research and promote alternative energy.