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Gina & Danielle chat with Marie about the upcoming fundraiser to support the Renaissance Project. ; The Renaissance Project will build a sustainable farming village in Arcahaie, just north of Port-au-Prince and outside of the earthquake zone. In 2008, Gerthy Lahens, a Haitian-American community leader living in the Boston area, collaborated with Jan Wampler, a MIT Professor of Architecture, to design a center for education and training in sustainable farming. The January 12 earthquake transformed a project aiming at long-term housing and economic development into a project responding to the emergency, while keeping in mind sustainability. As a result of the massive destruction by the earthquake, the Renaissance Project team expanded the plan to include housing for 1,000 people while providing jobs and education, and bringing hope to this devastated island nation. With immediate action and funding, the settlement can be built. hopeforhaiti.mit.edu

• Release Date

  Aug 9, 2010

• Runtime

  20:09