Offaly volunteer returning to Haiti
AN Offaly volunteer is set to return to help in the rebuilding effort in Haiti this October as part of Haven's 'Build it Week'.
Last year Rath native Louise O'Brien went as a volunteer to work alongside 250 others in helping to build a community in the Ouanaminthe area of Haiti.
The project this year will be focusing on an area north of Port Au Prince where an earthquake hit on January 12 this year leaving 1.3 million Haitians homeless and over 230,000 people dead.
Louise is organising a novel fundraiser to raise money to return. ‘Dung Dump Dilemma’ is going to take place in Rath on Sunday, September 5.
An area of grass will be marked out in squares, these will be sold for €20 each and an unassuming cow will dump some dung in one of the squares. The person who has bought the square will win €200. If you would like to buy a square or sponsor Louise please phone her on (087) 6639486.
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Wednesday 08 February 2012
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