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




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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