{"id":1882,"date":"2010-02-10T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2010-02-10T08:00:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:00:33","slug":"haiti-five-gallon-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/haiti-five-gallon-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti: Five Gallon Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/article\/13856'>Makeshift schools popping up in Haiti<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Makeshift schools are popping up all over the ruins of Port-au-Prince. Along with the government infrastructure, it will take a long time to rebuild Haiti&#8217;s education structure.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Steve Geurink with Worldwide Christian Schools says they&#8217;re partnering with CRECHE, a network of Christian groups with 231 schools in Haiti. &#8220;Over 200 schools were either damaged or destroyed in this earthquake, resulting in about 60,000 children not able to go to school and 1500-2000 teachers not able to teach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Getting schools up and running is critical for recovery on many levels. Geurink says, &#8220;Christian schools can best answer the questions for those children, so I think it not only is necessary to get children back into schools for a normal lifestyle for them, but it is the best method for the children even to be able to cope.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Five Gallon Challenge&#8221; is simple: find a five-gallon bucket, fill it with donations, and give that donation through WWCS as part of this massive rebuilding project. Geurink explains, &#8220;This will be a yearlong campaign which would then result in us eventually sending our volunteer work teams to Haiti.  We plan to be rebuilding in Haiti.&#8221;  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of life&#8217;s mysteries: A five-gallon bucket will hold much more than a ten-gallon hat. 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