ATTEND THIS EXCITING FORUM FEATURING ROTARIAN PAUL D'OLIVEIRA AND TWO OTHER DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Ray Offenheiser will overview the Haiti outreach of Oxfam America, a nonprofit international development and relief agency. One of the first organizations to provide aid after the earthquake, Oxfam has a long history of serving in Haiti and is striving to support the work capacity of Haitian organizations. Offenheiser, a Carlisle resident, is a recognized leader on issues such as poverty alleviation, human rights, foreign assistance and international development. He is a frequent commentator in the media, appearing in programs on CNN, NPR, and the BBC, and has been a quoted source in The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun and other major American newspapers. He has served as an adviser for the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, among others.
David Campbell will relate
the on-going work of All Hands
Volunteers, an organization that provides hands-on assistance to survivors
of natural disasters around the world. All Hands was also one of the first
organizations on the ground after the January 2010 earthquake. It continues to implement
medical, educational, housing, new school reconstruction and sustainable jobs
programs in Haiti. Campbell, a Carlisle resident, is Managing Director of
Innovation Advisors, an investment-banking firm. He has also served as a member
of the Board of Directors of Tektronix, M&T Bank, MRO Software, Gibraltar
Industries, and Power Steering Software. His civic positions have included Chairman
of Roswell Park Cancer Institute Council, the Buffalo United Way Campaign, and
the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Chamber.
Paul D’Oliveira, a frequent
on-site volunteer in Haiti even prior to the earthquake, will highlight
Haiti-relief projects undertaken by the Rotary
Club of Concord with the help of local congregations, individuals and
groups. Among these projects are the donation of over 25 Shelterboxes (fully
equipped tents that will house up to 10 people for one year), the provision of
laptops, network equipment, adaptive technology, and a van for the special
needs children at St. Josephs School in Port Au Prince. D’Oliveira is currently
coordinating a number of new projects involving area Rotary Clubs and
organizations in collaboration with Rotary Clubs in Haiti. He is President and
Founder of Paul Bryan. Inc., a business and organizational automation, design
and networking service headquartered in Concord, MA. He serves on the Board of
Directors of Hearts With Haiti, a
non-profit organization whose mission is to support the work of the St. Josephs
Schools and Residential Homes in Haiti. D’Oliveira is an information technology
consultant to the Cotting School in Lexington, MA (sister school to St. Josephs
Schools in Haiti).
Be inspired and challenged
at this free informative forum March 29, 7 – 9 p.m. at the Union Hall of the
First Religious Society ofccccccccccccccccs Carlisle, 27 School St., Carlisle. (Directions
at uucarlisle.org). For more information call Steve Kirk at 978-371-0176 or
email steve@esicomputing.com.