Helping LeFoyer Marie Riene des Apostres

Project By Olivia (5th grader) Spring 2006

What I did for this project

• I read fiction books about orphans

• I developed a plan for the project

• I met with Mr. Stevens

• I met with Father Ed at my church to interview him and develop a plan to help an orphanage in Haiti

• I read non-fiction books about orphans

• I began work on my powerpoint presentation

• I wrote a paper about the books I read

• I finished my powerpoint and gave it to my 5th grade class

• I will collect donations from my classmates and my church to send with Father Ed in January

Fiction Books I Read

• Homecoming By Cynthia Voigt• Dicey’s Song By Cynthia Voigt• Thunder of the Sea By Joan Hiatt Harlow• Pinballs by Betsy Byars• Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis• Lyddie by Katherine Paterson• Ruby Holler By Sharon Creech• Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli

• Collecting things to help the orphans in Haiti

• Educating 5th grade about orphans and orphanages in Haiti

About an Orphanage in Haiti

NAME: Le Foyer Marie Reine des Apostres

Number in orphanage:160;100 boys and 60 girls

Age: children range from 2-18 years of age

Map of Caribbean

Map of Haiti

Port au Prince is where the orphanage is.

How they get there

• Parents can’t take care of them any more

• Find them wandering in the streets

• They are dropped off

Conditions at LeFoyer Marie

Orphans Orphanage Not a lot of suppliesNot as sanitaryUnhappy Tired

•Small•Dirty•Crowded

Pictures of Le Foyer and Haiti

• Infirmary

More Pictures

Boys in a small boat with a poor village in the background

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A woman threshing wheat

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A common neighborhood in Haiti

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One of the many factories in Haiti

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Construction on a house

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The Last Picture

Oxen in the street

How Can You Help?

You Can Donate

A. flip-flops B. toothpaste

C. toothbrushesD. combs

Money also accepted

What I learned during the project

References• Fiction books

Homecoming By Cynthia Voigt

Dicey’s Song By Cynthia Voigt

Thunder of the Sea By Joan Hiatt Harlow

Pinballs by Betsy Byars

Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

Ruby Holler By Sharon Creech

Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli

• Non fiction books

Alone in the World by Catherine Reef

• Map of Caribbean http://www.cabaretebeachhouses.com/grafik/map-caribbean.gif

• Map of Haiti http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/caribbean/haiti/haiti.htm

• Interview with Father Ed of St. John’s Church

Do you have questions?