I am having some difficulties and challenges on how I should get this project rolling. I have all the pieces together, its a matter of fitting them in the appropriate slots. I still need to contact Delto and Suzanne to get the contact information. I have Facebook, I just need to set up the page. Unfortunately, Facebook is blocked at our school, so it will limit my work on the page. I am afraid that the project is going to fall through the cracks because its hard to connect with a country that has limited internet access and is on a different time zone. I am also afraid that the people here in California will lose motivation or get too wrapped up in their life to pay attention to these individuals that are trying to communicate with us. However, I AM NOT GIVING UP; the project hasn't even started yet. My objective today is to email Suzanne and get some info on which kids have a Facebook so I can get this project rolling.

I have a mentor; the incredible Sutty. I feel like I am always in his room, talking to him about anything that pops into my mind: from Haiti to a disagreement with a teacher in class. He's definitely an authority that I highly respect. He always shines a light on my true potential and continuously challenges me with my mindset. He is also brutally honest and looks me straight in the eyes and says "BULLSHIT" when he knows I can do better. I admire his accomplishments and how his brain works because its so intricate and he has SO many connections, I sometimes get lost. I should probably stop raving about Sutty or else I am going to get more sidetracked.

2.) Delto, a wonderful man who works in Sakala came to visit San Francisco a few weekends ago and I got to spend the day with several other students who attended the trip. We talked for a long time about my program that I want to start. We decided to incorporate the Sakala children, however have a more intimate relationship ( one-on-one) with students from Saint Mary's. They will be added to the page and can connect with us more universally as well as personal.

- Jessica

Sakala is a sanctuary for children to escape the poverty, violence and famine in the poorest city of the Western Hemisphere; Cité Soleil. These children enter this community center, shedding off the challenges they are forced to face everyday and enjoy a game of soccer or blast music to dance. Sakala is highly respected and people do not tamper or disturb the peace this place provides . Enclosed within the safe walls, Sakala shelters the children and steers them on the right path, away from gangs or drug smuggling.

Narivé is an after school program that is correlated with the What If foundation. It provides aid and support for kids who need the benefits such as employment, tutors, technology ect... It is run by Lavarice, a wonderful, wise and caring human being who continuously expresses his passion for helping his children of Haiti from ALL his actions.

WHY IS THIS RELAVENT??!?!

Well.... Most of the children are around the same age as me. I am using these two organizations to connect our students at Saint Mary's with our brothers and sisters in Haiti.

To be frank, there is nothing really to blog about today, I just wanted to get you, the reader, educated about who I am going to incorperate in the project.

Here are conversations that show the continuous interactions between students from Haiti and Berkeley (they will be projected or printed) and I'll project the page of the universal "dumping grounds" where everyone can communicate as one. I'll show the progress and new insights that are gained between the students.

If you scroll down my blog, you can see a section that describes a detailed purpose

Ok so I actually made some steps today:

I recently talked with Vanna and we agreed to colab together; she wants to use Sakala kids to make bracelets as a fundraiser for the community center and she will be advertising them to our community here. Since I am going to be connecting with the kids, it just works out perfectly! We are going to be in contact through the project and helping one another so its nice to have an ally other than my mentor.

ALSO: I FINALLY MESSAGED DELTO! I don't know why it took me so long to do it, but I finally did, asking him for the name of the kids at Sakala who have facebooks. We are finally making progress. My goal tomorrow is to set up the facebook page. We are on a role.

Today feels alittle bit of a let down.

It is extremely hard to plan an ongoing project. I do have goals to start connecting students, however since there is no "termination date", I don't have a deadline. I did not include January-May because that will be me translating conservations and interactions between students. I will be recorded the process and new information I receive from Haiti.

deadlines: if you're in SP in the Winter, deadline is Feb 13; if in the Spring, deadline is Apr 14

so backwards-plan...you're smart, you can figure this out

Yesterday, I admit was very unproductive. So there isn't anything to really blog about.

However, today, I talked with Benoit to see which kids have a Facebook and which don't so we shall see where this takes place! If the majority of them don't, we shall do it via actually mail.

But next week will be better.

I am justklasdnfkasdfbiaejks

^^^ brain dead.

Lately, I feel like I am struggling to maintain my interest in this project. It is really hard to maintain a correspondence when people are flakey. Should I change my project? I still want to center it around Haiti but should I do something more effective?

I have been here at Senior Project, but I have been distracted with so many things, I haven't had time to fully blog. There is no recent update. I really want to get this project going but no one is really reaching out to me. I must talk to Sutphin soon to let him know what is going on

we got to play them the first match and if we win, we got to move up, but we didn't so im really upset. but its ok ill be fine.

DANIEL IS COMING BACK. SO THAT MEANS I GET TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT SAKALA. this is progress.

It's already looking bad because I JUST said that... meaning I am so tired and my mind is in a fuzzy mess.

Also, I am not feeling well whatsoever ( I feel like the room is spinning). Anyway, despite my life being a complete wreck, I have decided to give up on Delto because he's been so inconsistent, my trust with him is diminishing. Thankfully, Daniel is coming so I can talk with him IN PERSON and figure things out.