Please join the students of Global Potential for a fundraiser this Friday, January 22nd to raise MUCH needed funds for Haiti’s victims of last week’s devastating earthquake. The details:

This fundraiser will serve as a means to assist local organizations, who will be sending very much needed supplies to Haiti, or will be working on the reconstruction efforts. It will also allow for our community to come together in support of our students and their families in Haiti.

It would mean the world to our students to have you present.  It will serve as a way to remind our students that, they are not alone–their community is there to help and support them in this very difficult time.

Friday, January 22nd @ 6 p.m.

The International High School @Prospect Heights in the campus cafeteria

883 Classon Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11225

Minimum $10 donation

Musical performances!

Given the magnitude of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of help. With more than 80 percent of Haitians living at or below the poverty line already, this travesty has displaced hundreds of thousands of people who already have little to nothing. Since every dollar means something, please donate what you can. The easiest way to that is to text “HAITI” to 90999 and $10 will automatically be donated to the Red Cross and added to your next cell phone bill. In the wake of this tragedy, there are some heartless individuals and organizations that will inevitably attempt to collect funds and solicit donations. To avoid these people:

-Do not give money to any unsolicited caller or emailer.

-Do not click on any link in an email from an unsolicited individual or organization asking for donations.

For a complete list of recognized charitable organizations to give to, click here.

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-An extra year of primary school raises a girl’s lifetime wages by 10-20%; an extra year of secondary school raises wages by 15-25%.

-For every developmental dollar, girls receive less than 2 cents of that dollar.

-Studies have shown that girls will invest almost all of their income back into their family, while boys will reinvest less than half.

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