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Past Projects
PAST PROJECTS
A significant part of what HOLAS does is: contributing to , participating in and initiatating various projects and collaborations with organizations that share our passion and our objectives . Over HOLAS' short lifetime, we have proudly contributed to and worked together as a group with others to take on several humanitarian projects that are focused on issues in Latin America. Below is a brief overview of our past projects, for more detail, click on the links to your left! If you have suggestions for future projects contact us!HondurasFall 2011Project: H.O.L.A.S. has fundraised $7 000 for the construction of a dining hall in Las Vegas, Honduras targeted to children under 5 years of age that face poverty, improper living conditions, and starvation. The objective of the project is to prevent malnutrition in children at such a critical age for their growth and development. Construction is scheduled for January 31, 2012. More information on Honduras 2011 is available here.ElSalvadorFall 2011Project: The H.O.L.A.S. team held a bake sale the 27th of October 2011 to to raise emergency funds for regions afflicted with torrential rains and landslides.Thank you to Carla Carbajal for approaching us with the idea and to her and her team for putting the bake sale together and selling all the goodies in no time, and to the volunteers who came out to help! H.O.L.A.S. raised 300$!Dominican RepublicWinter 2011Project: DCCD: The Dominican-Canadian Community Development Group is a charitable organization which supports community development through various projects including sustainable agriculture, education, water, housing and health. H.O.L.A.S. raised 4 500$ to support their Scholarship Program which provides university scholarships for 20 students in Bateyes Las Pajas and Monte Coca with the requirement that they commit 20 monthly community service hours for sustainable development in their own communities.http://www.dccdgroup.caNicaraguaWinter 2011Project: Global Vision International (GVI) is a NGO which has alliances with 150 project partners in over 30 countries providing opportunities for both volunteers and the communities. The GVI Phoenix Project strives to strengthen both primary and secondary education in Latin American communities. H.O.L.A.S. donated 620$ to their inaugural Nicaragua Volcano Challenge where volunteers scale 8 volcanoes in less than 4 days to raise funds for two schools, one in the community of La Thompson, the other in the community of Chiriza, both located just outside Estelí. The funds will aid in the contsruction of a metal roof, wood support beams, walls, and flooring for the open school in Chiriza. http://www.justgiving.com/phoenixnicaraguahttp://gviphoenix.blogspot.com/Fall 2010 - Winter 2011Project: FUNARTE, an NGO which provides artistic, muralism, and leadership workshops and programs as a medium for at-risk-youth to contribute to dialogue surrounding issues in their communities. H.O.L.A.S. fundraised over 5 000$ for the continuation and expansion of FUNARTE's programs in Estelí.http://www.funarte.org.niChileWinter 2010Project: Emergency earthquake relief for the communities affected by the February 27 2010 earthquake off the coast of the Maule and Biobio Region. H.O.L.A.S. raised over 8 000$, half of which was donated to Chile to Un Techo para mi Pais and Partners in Health.http://www.untechoparamipais.org/english/http://www.pih.orgHaitiWinter 2010Project: Emergency earthquake relief by collaborating with many other clubs at Carleton University in the Haiti Relief Campaign to raise funds for the Humanitarian Coalition which umbrellas Care Canada, Oxfam Canada and Quebec, Plan Canada, and Save the Children Canada. H.O.L.A.S. raised over 9 000$ from our first event which was then matched by the Canadian government for a total donation of over 18 000$ to the Humanitarian Coalition. Our second event raised over 8 000$, half of which was donated to Partners In Health for their long-term development efforts in Haiti.http://www.humanitariancoalition.cahttp://www.pih.org HondurasWinter 2008 - Winter 2010Project: Expansion of an orphanage Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (SAN)With our contribution of over 14 000$, H.O.L.A.S. provided 15 street children with shelter, and protection through the construction of a new house. http://www.saninos.org.hn Colombia Fall 2008Project: A new opportunity for a child soldierH.O.L.A.S. sponsored four out of five children, formerly involved in armed groups, to stay in Canada for two months to experience and participate in a discrimination-free society.El SalvadorWinter 2007Project: School kitchen in Ahuachapan (Cocina Escolar)H.O.L.A.S. helped to build a new kitchen in an elementary school where students meals are prepared daily. The previous kitchen was unhygienic and suffered from poor ventilation.
Honduras '11
Honduras | Infant Nutrition CentreConstrucción Comedor Infantil
Term: Fall 2011Project Overview: H.O.L.A.S. fundraised for the construction of a dining hall targeted to children under 5 years of age that face poverty, improper living conditions, and starvation. The objective of the project is to prevent malnutrition in children at such a critical age for their growth and development. The Community: La Libertad, a poor neighbourhood situated in the municipality of Las Vegas, located in the province of Santa Barbara, Honduras. H.O.L.A.S. is collaborating directly with the Mayor of the Municipality of Las Vegas, Mila de Lara. Noemi Quiroz, the mayor's assistant, will also be aiding with the survey of families who benefit from the dining hall. Currently, 96 children from 68 different families are expected to benefit from the infant nutrition centre, which will continue to reach out to more and more families in the community. Expected Completion Time: 7 months, construction scheduled for January 31, 2012.Sustainability: H.O.L.A.S. is collaborating directly with the Municipality of Las Vegas. The Municipality is spear-heading the project and will continue to finance and provide volunteers, maintenance, and any necessities once the dining hall has been built. They will also receive aid from CEPUDO and Food for the Poor.Cost of Project: 324,927.70 HNL ~ 17,566.80 CADFundraising Target: 5 000 CADAmount Raised to Date: $7 000 CAD Locura Latina for Comedor Infantil Sponsor: Granata Music, Lara Teriaky, Evangeline Flowers, John Petti, Ottawa Classic Ceramics, Abdullah Joker, O.D. Professional Landscape, Ninna Maria, Reyes Maintenance Service, Kareem Aly, Perogies, Gabriel Estrela Pinto, Urban Laser Shows, Mauricio Buschinelli, Salsa Ole, Carlos Santana, Salsa Force, Emmanuel Oletho, Geghani Panosian.
La Libertad
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Nicaragua
NICARAGUA | FUNARTE The region of Estelí is one of the poorest in Nicaragua. NGO's and government tend to focus their efforts on the more easily accessible urban and semi-urban areas so little attention has been paid to rural communities. FUNARTE (Foundation to Support Children's Creative Art) was founded in 1987 in Estelí , Nicaragua approximately 2 hours north of Managua . FUNARTE works with children and uses art, specifically painting and murals, to help teach children about social issues and enable them to realize their full potential. Each weekly workshop has a social justice theme with interactive discussion among the trainers and children followed by painting. FUNARTE believes that by talking about their environment and expressing feelings that they could build a better society in their community. The objective of the muralism workshops was therefore to use art as a creative means for children and youth to express their feelings about the world in which they live.
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Photo by: Cassie Reaburn
Honduras '08
Honduras | Expanding an orphanage: Sociedad Amigos de los Niños
After the first year of our organization’s existence, HOLAS started having significant exposure in the Carleton community. Having completed its second project in 2008, HOLAS was invited to help host a presentation of Quique Rodrigues in his Canada-wide tour trying to find sponsors for a small orphanage in Honduras called Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (Friends of the Children Society). Quique Rodrigues was raised as an orphan himself at Sociedad Amigos de los Niños (SAN) and decided to dedicate his life by giving back to the community who gave him so much. Honduras is the third poorest country in Latin America where 2.2% of the population are orphans. The small presentation that Quique gave was the beginning of a long relationship where HOLAS found the perfect opportunity to start its third and most ambitious project. Originally, the project consisted of the addition of a new building to the orphanage, which would make it possible to welcome 15 children from the streets into the orphanage. Once the children are under the custody of SAN they are guaranteed to have their health, education and children rights looked after. However, there were other urgent problems that needed greater attention for 2 already existing homes. One home needed funding to complete the roof of the house while the other home had severe sewage problems that was not safe for the children to live in. Due to these problems, HOLAS has shifted the focus towards contributing to the funding of these more severe needs that helps more children and the community as a whole as well. The project was done in partnership with an NGO in Peterborough, Ontario, Friends of the Honduran Children, who has helped HOLAS with facilitating the completion of this project. Friends of the Honduran Children is an organization dedicated to helping SAN by providing both fundraising and sponsorships to the orphanage. After 1.5 years (2008 - 2010) dedicated to this project, HOLAS is very proud to have reached its goal of raising $15,000 going towards renovating the older homes that suffered from basic safety and sanitary issues.
Colombia
Colombia | A new opportunity for a child soldier
During Fall 2008, HOLAS had the opportunity of working with a Montreal based organization named AGAPE in order to sponsor the visit of 4 children from Colombia who had been previously involved with armed groups.AGAPE is a non-for profit organization that works together with Colombia’s National Demobilization and Reinsertion program. The purpose of this national program is to reduce the number of illegal combatants in the country’s insurgent armies, and to give these individuals an alternative to start a new life.AGAPE's purpose is to offer former child soldiers that are currently involved in the national reinsertion program, an opportunity to come to Canada to do an internship within their scope of interest. The system was initially started by a group of Colombians that live in Canada, realizing that a large part of Colombia’s youth is right now suffering from their (in most cases involuntary) involvement in war. Most of these children don’t know any other reality other than fighting, and it is only through programs like AGAPE that they are able to discover that they have the right to live their life as they want to, and not as they were initially forced to do so.HOLAS contribution was part of a larger project that started in Colombia with the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar-ICBF), in which children under 18 years old that had been previously involved with armed groups in Colombia had a second chance to take part in society and pursue their dreams. For a variety of reasons, such as home violence, poverty and deceptive promises, children as young as 8 years become involved with the armed groups and have their child and human rights severely violated.The children’s visit to Canada consisted of a stay of 2 months with a volunteer sponsor family, where the child can feel welcomed and experience family values such as love, parenting, and respect. During their stay the children also had the opportunity of conducting small jobs such as working in a carpentry or grocery store. Such opportunities are very important for the children because due to the long history of the Colombian internal conflict, children that were previously involved with the armed groups suffer from severe discrimination and uneven opportunities in Colombian society.With a total amount of $4,000 dollars, HOLAS helped AGAPE sponsor four of five children, of ages ranging from 15-17 years old to experience and participate in a discrimination-free society in Canada. During their stay in Canada, HOLAS held a discussion session with the children at Carleton University, where the children shared their experiences as a former child soldier with Carleton students. The session was open to all students and was certainly a one of a kind learning experience for both the children from Colombia and Carleton Students
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