YOUR SCHOOL is invited to learn, innovate and help your Haitian peers to overcome disaster…

…by working with us on an educational and inspirational fund-raising project for a sustainable girls’ school complex in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. THINKING DEVELOPMENT was set up in 2010 after an earthquake destroyed the capital of Haiti. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny in Haiti are one of the country’s largest educator of women, and they lost most of their schools and other facilities in the Port-au-Prince area. Since no one else was offering them support to do long-term planning, a group of young architects, engineers and urban designers set up Thinking Development to help them do the project they needed. Together, our international team and the school children and teachers have designed a beautiful, eco-friendly, disaster-resilient school. What’s more, it’s designed to be easily adapted for sites all over the city. Now we need to raise enough money to start construction, and we think you could help! CHECKLIST • Enthusiasm and creativity to support Haiti this autumn? • Desire to be part of an innovative, sustainable project that supports education for everyone? • Space in the school calendar before Christmas? • A team of volunteers (us!) to help you plan some great fund-raising activities (e.g. recycling

unwanted metal, a readathon, talent show, battle of the bands, art/design competition, creative writing competition, jumble sale, quiz)?

Rebuilding schools is integral to Haiti 's long-term recovery from disaster.

Help us start with schools.

BENEFITS OF SUPPORTING • You can contribute to building a new girls’ school complex in Port-au-Prince • Pupils will gain a deeper understanding of the effects of disasters, like Haiti’s earthquake, on

communities in other parts of the world and learn more about the difference between sustainable disaster relief and emergency aid

• If pupils support the November/December crowd-funding campaign, they will learn how a campaign works and see the potential of crowd-funding for small, idealistic projects

• Pupils and staff will be able to track exactly what a difference their contribution has made to our online campaign, and ultimately to the lives of those at our school in Port-au-Prince

HOW IT WORKS

1. If you’re accessible to one of our team in the UK, Ireland, USA, Sydney, Haiti, Puerto Rico, France, Chile or Colombia, someone from our team will give a presentation about the project at your school. If we can’t be there, we’ll provide you with a succinct and energetic video presentation. → 2. A fund-raising event takes place at your school in November.

→ 3. You donate the funds to our online campaign.

→ 4. Watch the blue bar rise – thanks to your hard work.

→ 5. Stay connected! If enough schools join us in supporting this project, we could

build this school quickly and start a wave of sustainable school reconstruction in Haiti. At the moment they’re still short thousands of schools.

YOUR REWARD • A copy of our book for library, dedicated to your school • One of the Centre Rosalie pupils' drawing of her dream school framed and dedicated to your

school • We’ll thank you on our website with a picture or short video of the fund-raisers and their

messages to the girls in Haiti (the challenge is to do this in French or Haitian Creole!) • We will work with you to design teaching resources for half-term or term projects on natural

disasters, sustainable architecture, citizenship in line with the National Curriculum • You’ll have been part of something amazing, a charity that treats people from everywhere as

equals, and helps them to secure the things we take for granted on their terms – not on ours.

THINK ABOUT IT! Call or email for more information, to share ideas, or to get started! Fundraising Officer: Helena Cicmil (helena@thinkingdevelopment.org ; +44 77 2994 7195) Project Director: Linda O’Halloran (linda@thinkingdevelopment.org ; +44 75 3131 7561)

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estimated the total cost for the 1st new school block (Phase 1) to be

$1,090,000USD. This includes 10% for technical design (making

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quantities) and a further 10% for local project management, supervision

and training. The remaining 80% will cover construction labour and

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$751,000USD

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$120,000USD

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$53,250USD

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that you have somewhere to go and think big thoughts,

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local needs, resources, infrastructure and

ambitions for the future. This ensures that

we only implement projects that are needed

and that lead to empowering, equitable, and

sustainable development.

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resilient to environmental and social threats,

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must inspire learning, play and creativity; they

must allow local children to learn the skills

their communities need; and they must feel

safe, secure, and welcoming to all they serve.

EfficientDesigns must use materials, styles and skills on

the local market. They must also be modular

and easy to replicate. This makes the building

cheaper and easy to maintain, and enables

people to improve the construction skills that

they need.

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a dedicated, 100% voluntary team of

engineers, architects, development

planners and communicators. Together

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parents and local school managers

in Port-au-Prince, we are making a

long-term plan for post-disaster school

reconstruction that meets everyone’s

needs.

Phase 1 Buildings$751,000USDTotal prices include contractor, labour,

machinery, safety equipment and

classroom furniture

Solar Energy Systems & Water Tanks$120,000USD$350USD for 1 (of 264) Solar Panels

$7,600USD for batteries and electrics

Shading devices$53,250USD$8000USD for 1 of 4 Green Walls

Staircases & Landings$58,000USD

Windows, Wall Partitions & Doors$53,000USD$350USD for 1 hurricane and

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