CLEANSTAR
IN HAITI
A Haitian nonprofit invited CleanStar to help it assess the
potential for launching innovative community-based
environmental projects in the island country.
Seva Fumoux and Sagun Saxena travelled to
Haiti last month as guests of RHASADE, a local NGO with a
strong community presence in rural areas.
During their 10-day structured visit, Seva & Sagun conducted dozens of
field visits and meetings to learn about local environmental
needs, opportunities and challenges. They met researchers, officials, donors
agencies, social entrepreneurs, community-based organisations, environmental
NGOs and community members. They compared their findings with recent reports on Haiti.
The team identified several opportunities to immediately
leverage CleanStar's technical knowledge and experience to help
Haitian groups launch new projects. An MoU was entered
with RHASADE, and discussions initiated with several
other local organisations.
A summary of
CleanStar's findings and
recommendations will be published for general distribution.
Request the report by emailing us at
haiti@cleanstar.in
>>
Learn more about recent developments in
Haiti >>
Jan 09: Oxford Prof. Paul Collier submits
recommendations to UN
Mar 09:
UN appoints Bill Clinton
as a special envoy on Haiti
Sep 09: UN Secretary General submits
latest update on Haiti
KNOWLEDGE SHARING & NETWORKING
CleanTech luncheon
organized
by the Sierra Club, The Climate Project India, and DASRA.
Shashank Verma, Co-founder of CleanStar, was invited to
the Sierra Club luncheon in
Mumbai last month, where he
presented CleanStar's views on the Indian and
global biofuels sector.
His focus on sustainability issues garnered positive
feedback from eminent personalities present at the
event, including the media, entrepreneurs and foundations.
NEW VOLUNTEER: SUDHA IYER
Based in Pune, Sudha has a solid background in
marketing and communications. She
can communicate just as easily with top executives as
with the illiterate poor. She speaks Tamil - her mother
tongue - as well as Marathi, Hindi and French.
Sudha is helping CleanStar Trust with our corporate
outreach program and the development of our awareness and
environmental education materials.
FEEDBACK?
Email us at
info@cleanstartrust.org.
Thank you.
The CleanStar Trust Team
