The Road to Fondwa.... See what Haiti was like before the earthquake

Also during the first couple of months I spent in Haiti, I met a couple of guys filming a documentary to bring money into the Fondwa community, which is where I was living. I would like to post an e-mail that one of these guys sent out. Please check out this website in order to see what Haiti was like even before the earthquake:

From Justin:

Friends,

I wanted to share the one update I have gotten from Fondwa since the earthquake, via our facebook page:

Hello everyone fondwa university is gone apf is gone everyone is well....Send me an email
asap if you need more info....pere joseph is well orphelina is broken and a church phyladelphy
has 60 people that died.... The catholic church is gone n...o one was inside...the
sisters in the church are outside.... APF school is down and 2 boss died.
but all the children are safe.
KEEP US IN PRAYERS... WE NEED LOTS OF HELP ESPECIALLY IN FONDWA.
i WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFO HAVE FAITH AND GOD bLESS

As many of you know, I spent several weeks in the area of Fondwa, Haiti in the summer of 2006 shooting the documentary film The Road to Fondwa. Since the beginning of this project we, the filmmakers, have operated in a spirit of solidarity with the people of Fondwa as we have worked to increase collaboration between communities in the United States and those in Fondwa. NOW IS THE TIME when this collaboration is needed the MOST.

The people of Fondwa are completely devastated by this earthquake that killed many of their residents and completely wiped out two decades of infrastructure projects in a matter of minutes.

We, the filmmakers of The Road to Fondwa (Dan Schnorr, Brian McElroy, and myself) are working to leverage all of our resources and contacts in order to support relief on the ground in Haiti. We have decided that the best way we can do this is to stream the full version of our film at http://www.fondwa.org to encourage support of organizations working on the ground and to show people the bittersweet beauty of life in Haiti before the earthquake. All proceeds from sales of the DVD and CD Soundtrack will go to relief efforts in Fondwa once the area is accessible to outside aid. On our site we are also link directly to the organizations "Partners in Health" and "Yele Haiti" where you can make an immediate, tax-deductible donation to their ongoing relief work throughout Haiti.

Please help us to spread the word about this initiative by: forwarding this e-mail; posting on facebook; tweeting on twitter (@RoadToFondwa); blogging; and sharing with the press as you see fit.

http://www.Fondwa.org

Thank you for helping Haiti in this time of intense need!!

- Justin Brandon

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Co-Director/Producer
The Road to Fondwa
http://www.Fondwa.org