Monthly Archives: November 2011

Students Breaking Ground at South Bound

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: November 29, 2011

November 10th, Give Haiti Hope at UT had their Breaking Ground at South Bound benefit concert in the Old City of downtown Knoxville. Club members worked hard to put on a great show. Students chose the opening local band: The Mountain Kings, whose loud and upbeat music was followed by the softer tones of The Sweetest Sleep. This one-man-band, [...]

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Progress Report: Construction of College St. Michel Continues!

By admin | Published: November 8, 2011

Here is an update from Parish Relations Coordinator John Stone regarding the construction of our new secondary school! Due to the inability of concrete trucks getting up the mountain to our village, so laying concrete is a manual effort. Deacon Ben Johnston, Chairman of HOP, indicated that it took about 100 local Haitians to mix [...]

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The Story of a Young Professor at the College St. Michel

By Caitlin Stevens | Published: November 1, 2011

Deacon Ben Johnston and our architect David Hutchins visited the construction of the secondary school in October and saw the second floor being poured(see the newsletter for more). A lot of my recent updates have concentrated on the building and its construction but this update focuses on the students and the teachers that the [...]