Natascha Yogachandra (age 16) a senior, doing her IB diploma at Ruamrudee International school has initiated a campaign called Hope for Haiti. She is making plans to visit Haiti in April. She is going there with her parents to restore hope for the children of Haiti; to help repair/rebuild schools and provide educational
materials.
She is traveling there after the initial phase in which major international relief agencies provide the basic needs, such as food, medicine and shelter. Her goal is to raise US $50,000 and personally visit Haiti to help the victims, especially the children. Ruamrudee International school and few other schools in Bangkok are and a few schools in her home town Fairport, New York are now raising fund for her campaign. She will use her family savings for travel expenses, which means that 100% of donations will be used for the relief efforts. She has also created a Facebook group, Hope for Haiti, and now nearly 4,500 have joined the group! Up-to-date information is available on her Facebook page as our website: www.hopeislife.org.
Natascha Yogachandra (age 16) a senior, doing her IB diploma at Ruamrudee International school has initiated a campaign called Hope for Haiti. She is making plans to visit Haiti in April. She is going there with her parents to restore hope for the children of Haiti; to help repair/rebuild schools and provide educational
materials.
Haiti's devastation is all too familiar to her. Immediately after the tsunami in 2004, she raised more than US $20,000 and personally went to the southern part of India and Sri Lanka with her parents to provide relief for the tsunami victims. She was 11 at the time and spent a month comforting and supporting children and established an ongoing project of rebuilding day care centers. She is absolutely saddened by what's happening in Haiti, and feel, once again, compelled to help.
She is involved in several community services project at Ruarmrudee School. She is also serving as Honorary Chairperson of Hope is Life Foundation, currently involved in several humanitarian projects in several parts of Asia. Her Foundation focuses on providing educational support to the children living in poverty around the world. Over the past 4 years she and her family have lived in India and now Thailand to continue our efforts to eradicate illiteracy, one child at a time, by building and repairing schools, sponsoring children and opening libraries. Her work has spread to Vietnam, Cambodia, Kenya, Malawi, and even our hometown of Rochester, New York. Please visit www.hopeislife.org for more information.
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