29407: Hermantin(News)STATE SETS ASIDE $1 MILLION FOR HAITI (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Miami Herald

Posted  Saturday October 28,2006


CORAL GABLES

STATE SETS ASIDE $1 MILLION FOR HAITI

Gov. Jeb Bush announced Friday that Florida has allocated $1 million to help 
Haiti as it seeks to rebuild its economy.

The money will be used to help implement a series of recommendations provided 
last year by the governor's Haitian Advisory Group.

The state will channel the money toward professional and technical exchange 
programs, as well as educational support, business development and educational 
programs.

''We hope that this money will be leveraged to generate lots of volunteer 
support and lots of private sector support, hopefully drawing down additional 
support from Washington,'' Bush said during a ceremony at the Biltmore Hotel.

Bush said part of the money would likely be used to continue federally funded 
training in Florida of Haitian law enforcement officers in areas such as 
crime-scene investigations.

Carolyn Rose-Avila, head of the Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the 
Caribbean and the Americas, which will oversee the funds, said about $150,000 
of the money would be channeled toward micro-enterprise programs through 
partners on the ground in Haiti.

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