NEGES Foundation Inc'

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NEGES Foundation Inc.

• Nest for Educational Growth and Environmental
  Safety
• Nid Educatif pour Garantir un
• Environnement Sain

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.An Educated Choice!

• engaging the community to effect positive and
  progressive changes in order to educate its
  constituents, maintain, safeguard and protect the
  environment
• James E. Philemy

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Address 62 Rue LaCroix
Léogâne, Haiti [phone]
365 11th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 (718)
768-1282 Founders James E. Philemy,
Jphilem_at_aol.com, Marie Yoleine Gateau,
Pyo1_at_aol.com
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NEGES Foundation, Inc.
a not for profit organization founded in
February of 1998.
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Purpose

• The purpose of NEGES Foundation is to foster all
  aspects of community development and provide
  allowances for educational needs and
  environmental preservation.

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Belief

• NEGES Foundation believes that social and
  humanitarian values are essential in developing a
  communitys awareness.

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Mission

• to provide the community with a nest for
  educational growth and environmental safety.

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Motivator

• At NEGES, self-discipline, self-motivation and
  thoughtfulness become a three-prong approach that
  sustains educational growth, health
  /recreational, education/activities and
  environmental safety.

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NEGES Foundation has accomplished many projects
in the town of Léogâne

• A Technical School
• A Bilingual School (Ma Petite Ecole)
• A Summer Camp (Camp dAmitié)
• A Cultural Festival (Village Indien)
• A Medical Clinic at Destra
• A Café Restaurant with a cyber cafe
• Building of Rural Roads

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1998
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Computer Laboratory, 1998
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Main Office
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Institut Polytechnique de Léogâne, home to Ma
Petite Ecole, Camp dAmitie Au Bon Cafe
Before
After
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Institut Polytechnique
promotes community awareness and development
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First Graduation of IPL. Graduates walking from
the main office to the auditorium.
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View of the yard during our first technical
graduation
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Time out to reflect..
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Construction of the 2nd Floor to create 2
conference rooms 3 studio apartments
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Big Hall, soon to become home to Ma Petite Ecole
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Ma Petite Ecole
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Ma Petite Ecole Duo-Method
Montessori-Gardner
exposes children to the world of technology and
the opportunity to learn English as Another
Language. (AAL)
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Morning Routines
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Read Aloud
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Children express themselves through first hand
exploration, sports, arts and crafts, story
writing, bookmaking, folktale, music etc
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Time to play time to learn
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Good Routines Rituals
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Free Play in the school yard
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Graduating class of 2004
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Awards Assembly
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Graduation Ceremony
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Parental Support
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Camp dAmitié (Friendship Camp)

• teaches the following
• - preservation of nature,
• - protection of the environment,
• - self- discipline
• - history and cultural awareness
• - arts and crafts.

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In preparation for the morning Camp.
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Children on task in the yard.
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Children, friends counselors in action.
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Making masks using the papier mâché technique.
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Masks
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Children learning how to play table games.
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Children at work.
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Presentation by Camp participants inside the old
building of IPL.
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Field Day
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Children at the beach building sand castles
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Monitors challenging each other in a chess game.
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Beautiful faces of the Camp
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Shared Vision.
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NEGES Foundation Inc. recreated an Indian Village
in an effort to educate the community on a very
important period of our history and in memory of
Queen Anacaona (August 2003)
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Quisqueya during Pre-Colombus Time
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Rites and Rituals of the Tainos the Caribs.
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Children preparing for the Indian Village Parade.
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Indian Village Parade..
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Reproduction of Teepees where the Caribs and
Tainos lived.
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A day at the village.
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Reflections on the meaning and historical value
of such event
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Authentic Games -- Parade --- Dance
Festival --Talent Search --
Health Fair Music -- Sports Award Ceremony --
Art Expo --- Cultural Awareness
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Breaking Grounds
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Medical Clinic at Destra
First-Aid, Prevention, Pre-natal Care, Health
Fair, Seminars, Etc
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A view of the Medical Clinic at Destra
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Doctors volunteers
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Au Bon Café Restaurant
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Take a tour!
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• Stairway to Balcony

Main Entrance
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Au Bon Café Restaurant

• First of a kind in town
• 12 Employees

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Rural Road to connect Destra to the town of
Léogâne.
Before
After
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• These accomplishments have been thus far funded
  by the co-founders with the support of a few good
  friends and families.

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NEGES Foundation Inc.

• Is particular and quite sensitive about
• The environment
• Reforestation
• Energy Conservation
• The preservation of our culture
• Community awareness
• Health and self-determination
• Sustainable and durable development

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At the aftermath of Jeanne

• NEGES Foundation Inc cannot remain indifferent to
  the devastating toll of such a cynical hurricane
• -Thousands of Deaths
• -No potable water
• -No means of transportation
• -Health and medical needs
• -Thousands of homeless people
• -Extreme Famine, etc

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An Ad Hoc International Committee was created
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• Short term goals
• The Committee had sent a special delegation to
  Haiti to assess the needs of the people and to
  intervene immediately.
• The Committee had set up a mobile medical clinic
  in various areas for the victims of the
  hurricane.

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• Long term goals
• The committee plans to launch a campaign of
  reforestation of Haiti to prevent the
  reoccurrence of disasters of such magnitude.
• The committee plans to work closely with the
  local and international governments to fully
  implement the ecological reconstruction of Haiti.
  

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Léogâne
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25 miles away from Port-Au-Prince
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Water is overflowing the bridge frequently
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main road destroyed
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1st floor home completely submerged
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.a city inundated
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a town in prominent danger of devastation
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Immediate Plans

• NEGES Foundation has just acquired two acres of
  land in the vicinity of Léogâne that will house
  the Applied Learning Schools, a Community
  Outreach Center and Mon Petit Village.
• Build a cafeteria to provide at least a hot meal
  daily to the students and the teachers.

Construction will begin in February 2005
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Future Plans

• Construction of a pioneering
• school for environmental protection
• and energy conservation.

• Construction of a campus to service the
  community by providing access to its facilities,
  equipment and learning laboratories.

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• Build a Centre dUrgences et dAides
  Humanitaires to support the community in times
  of emergency.
• Build an experimental school and provide potable
  water to the surrounding communities.

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• Organize a Food Co-op to promote bio-agriculture
  and encourage exchanges in the community.
• Organize a cooperative of fishermen in the area
  to encourage economical growth.

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How Can I Help?

• Provide Technical Assistance
• Sponsor a child or a program
• Donate money, office, school and medical
  supplies/equipment
• Adopt a project
• Make a pledge

Helping others is a very important part of
helping yourself.
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Contact in the USA

• James E. Philemy
• Jphilem_at_aol.com 917 224-4939
• Marie Yoleine Gateau
• Pyo1_at_aol.com 917 539 -1158

Your donations are tax-deductible