8/19/2019 HRDF Marc-Donald Haitian Scholarship Announcement

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HAITIAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Weston, Florida, Port-au-Prince and Aquin, Haiti

Aldy Castor, M.D., President 954.659.7953, 509.3.685.1931 

HRDF BELIEVES IN EDUCATION, INVESTS IN AQUIN’S FUTURE

The Haitian Resource Development Foundation (HRDF), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, with United States Federal Tax I.D. No. 72-1074482, was

established in 1987 in the State of L ouisiana. This Foundation i s also recognized by the government of Haiti as a non-governmental organization

(NGO) under the Re: No. MPCEFP/1993/94/17 and registered in the archives of Le Ministère de la Planification et la Cooperation Externe under the

number B-0167. HRDF’s mission is t o initiate or suppor t projects whose goals are to develop Haiti’s resources and focuses its effort on outcome-

based programs in t he fields of h ealth care, education, scientific research, arts and cultur e and economy. 

January 2016 – The Hait ian Resource

Development Foundati on recently

proudly awarded a two-year $3000

scholarship to Marc-Donald Jacquet, a young

Aquin resident who recently begun advanced

studies in electr omechanical engineering at

Canado Technical School in the nation’s

capita l, Port -au-Prince.

The past two years, Marc-Donald who

graduated from Aquin’ s public school system,

worked as HRDF’s technical equipment

coordinator and systems person, caring for

the popular children’s commuity computing

program and independent solar electric power

system, both funded through a competit ive

grant from W.K.Kellogg Foundati on.

In exchange for his scholarship, Marc- 

Donald has agreed to return to Aquin aft ergraduation and continue working as staff- 

member of HRDF. Meanwhile, we wish him

the best of luck in his studies and we w ill

“leave the light on” for him anytime he wants

to visit us. Thank you, Marc-Donald!