Haiti Relief Projects
How Heike and Blake helped make a dome a home for Haiti, by Patient Clarity
by herb on Aug.19, 2010, under Haiti Relief Projects, News, Won-G
How Heike and Blake helped make a dome a home for Haiti from PatientClarity on Vimeo.
How you can help build a dome in Haiti.
You can help the people in Haiti by donating to the One Dome at a Time Emergency Fund. We will do everything we can to help the people of Haiti with immediate needs and long term rebuilding. Your gift will enable us to provide whatever services and relief supplies, blankets, water, food, medicine are most needed. Your help is urgently needed to bring emergency relief to those affected.
Please donate now.
One Dome At A Time (ODAAT) is a Joint venture between Haitian-born musician and entrepreneur, Won-G and Monolithic Dome Experts, David, Andrew and Rebecca South.
One Dome At A Time’s mission is to facilitate and promote the construction of safe, green and clean housing worldwide. Such housing made accessible and affordable to all, regardless of their economic position, will establish a foundation upon which sustainable communities can be built. We are committed to preserving family and local traditions while supporting education and economic growth in the communities we serve.
Won-G speaks at press conference on Haiti August 6th 2010 in Los Angeles
by herb on Aug.10, 2010, under Haiti Relief Projects, News
Won-G, guest of Congresswoman Maxine Waters, speaks about the current state of Haiti, August 6th 2010 in Los Angeles
www.me.com/gallery – and then See Movies / Hait Press Conference
United for Humanity Benefit Concert for Haiti in Sierra Leone Raised $10,000 for the One Dome at a Time Foundation!
by herb on Jul.13, 2010, under Celebrity, Haiti Relief Projects, Music, News, Night Life
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
United for Humanity in Sierra Leone
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! TO ALL OF YOU WHO WERE INVOLVED IN STAGING THIS CONCERT.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL TALENT AND HARD WORK TO HELP MY SUFFERING PEOPLE IN HAITI!
from Won-G & The One Dome at a Time Foundation…
Won-G & his One Dome at a Time Foundation: Haiti Trip June 2010
by won_g on Jun.24, 2010, under Haiti Relief Projects, News, Won-G
We will keep you updated with our ongoing progress as we help rebuild Haiti with our One Dome at a Time Project.
You contribution is much appreciated: www.onedomeatatime.org
Won-G and One Dome at a Time in Haiti June 2010
by herb on Jun.18, 2010, under Haiti Relief Projects, News, Won-G
WWW.ONEDOMEATATIME.ORG
Won-G and Andrew South with village children
June 18th 2010
Dear Friends and Family of the One Dome at a Time Foundation:
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the support that you have given me and our One Dome at a Time Foundation (ODAAT). I just returned from a week-long trip to Haiti, where we acquired the land and completed the feasibility study to build our first dome community.
Through your help we will house 500 families in permanent homes that will withstand all of Haiti’s natural disasters! This is the first model community for Haiti. My dream is to fill the island with housing suitable for the nation and create economic growth.
More than just housing, the One Dome at a Time Foundation is creating a full functioning community and new way of life for Haitians. In accordance with the Government’s initiative our Foundation is giving Haitians the ability to live outside of the over populated and now destroyed capital city of Port-au-Prince.
The community will have 5 imperatives: housing, education, health care, agriculture and natural energy. The Dome housing, which lasts for hundreds of years, will provide shelter for generations. We will also build a school and health center in the community. Around the community will be land for agriculture. Those living in the community will not only be able to grow enough food for themselves but be able to create a living selling fruits, vegetables, grains and herbs. Additionally, the community will employ different methods of natural energy to live sustainably.
We feel it is important to create leaders within the Haitian communities. Once given the tools to succeed, these new leaders will be able to create exponential change in Haiti.
With your efforts thus far, we are on our way, but we still need help. The effort in Haiti is much bigger than our Foundation. Unlike some major charities, you can be assured that money donated to our Foundation is reaching the ground in Haiti. Every dollar donated is being used to make change in Haiti.
In the enclosed photos and additional photos accessible by the link at the bottom of this letter, you can see the success of our trip. Photographed with me is Andrew South, a partner in our organization. He has vast experience in building domes and construction in developing nations. While in Haiti we discussed our new community with government officials, local engineers and NGOs on the ground such as Double Harvest. We also met with general contractors to discuss road construction and waste management companies. Our foundation has vetted out all supply companies and finalized the cost of construction. The best part of the trip was when we acquired the land for the first 500 home community!
For those of you, who have already donated, the photos and videos from our trip last week are truly a part of your work. For those, who have not yet made a donation, please sincerely think about making a small contribution. And, please remember, even just a prayer makes a difference.
It takes 52 cents for a child to eat one meal in Haiti; $350 to send a child to school for one year; and $2,500-$3,500 to give a family a home that will last for 300-500 years, one that will not be destroyed in another earthquake or hurricane.
I am the son of Haiti! The government and the people respect me and always welcome me with open arms, love, and trust. But Haiti’s mission cannot rely only on one person. In Andrew South’s words, “We must build relationships with those who are on the ground and currently doing work in Haiti.” And we have clearly gone in with the support of the people. We studied and learned about the true needs of Haitians. It was very critical to talk to the people directly, and that is what we did. Political, business, religious and personal initiatives that seek to take advantage of the people will never succeed. Haitians have many hardships but through believing in God their faith will continue to lead them in a positive direction.
One person at a time…
One family at a time…
One $ dollar at a time…
…changes a family’s life!
May God continue to bless you and your family!
Thank you for reading this letter.
With Love,
Won-G & the One Dome at a Time Foundation
Additional photos from the June 2010 trip: http://gallery.me.com/realsovage#100272
Won-G’s emergency relief trip to Haiti in January 2010: http://gallery.me.com/realsovage/100265
To see videos of Won-G on the news, visit: www.onedomeatatime.org
Land for the first Dome community!!
Won-G and Andrew stand in front of the destroyed Royal Palace.
Won-G wants to change the way Haitians live and shop.
Tent City in Haiti
Won-G and Andrew with villagers
Won-G and Andrew in discussion with attorney
Justin Resnik and Won-G sign “Jump For Good Foundation” deal to help children in need around the world.
by herb on May.04, 2010, under Celebrity, Haiti Relief Projects, News, Sports
Justin Resnik, Owner of Eurosport Horses, and Won-G, Founder of One Dome at a Time, sign “Jump For Good Foundation” deal to help children in need around the world. Both CEOs are very much involved with humanitarian causes. Eurosport Horses specializes in Training High-Performance Sporthorses for Competitive Show Jumping and sponsors other non-profit ventures. One Dome at a Time Foundation, www.onedomeatatime.org, is in the process of building dome communities in Haiti, Won-G’s native country, and will also be active worldwide where most needed.
Rapper Won-G arrives at the Ivy Restaurant for a late lunch. Los Angeles, California
by herb on Apr.23, 2010, under Celebrity, Haiti Relief Projects, Music, Won-G
Won-G eats luch at the Ivy restaurant on Robertson Blvd with a friend. Los Angeles, California
Haitian Rapper Won-G building homes with your help
by herb on Apr.23, 2010, under Celebrity, Haiti Relief Projects, News, Won-G
Haitian Rapper Won-G and One Dome at a Time building homes with your help
When David South and other members of the Monolithic family formed a partnership with Haitian Rapper Won-G to build EcoShell domes in Haiti, no one could have imagined the sense of urgency the project would take on just a few short weeks later. Since the massive earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, the South family and Won-G have been working feverishly to provide immediate relief and find sources of funding for long-term rebuilding through their non-profit foundation One Dome at a Time.
Won-G recently traveled to his home country with 100 medical personnel and hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical supplies. He was also accompanied by a team of experts who were charged with evaluating and creating a plan of action for the rebuilding effort.
One Dome At A Time (ODAAT) is a Joint Venture between Won-G and Monolithic Inc. Its mission is to build green and clean “dome” housing, which is resistant to natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and fires, and qualifies as “Near-Absolute Protection” as defined by FEMA. The patented dome building method uses less materials to build, less energy to heat and cool, can be built by local labor and will last for hundreds of years. The organization is committed to preserving family and local traditions while supporting education and economic growth in the communities they serve.
Source: Monolithic Dome Homes
Obama should love monolithic dome homes since they are extremely “green”. During winter, one Alaskan dome home ran out of heating fuel and it took several days before it got cold enough to notice. In a regular well insulated home, you would notice in half a day.
Food fund-raisers TiGeorges’ Haiti Relief Fundrasier: More Press, Less Chicken
by herb on Apr.23, 2010, under Celebrity, Haiti Relief Projects, News, Won-G
Sal Masekela, Won-G and Ash Robinson
City Council President Eric Garcetti chatted in between bites of chicken. He held a microphone up for Chancelor Daniel, a Haitian-born doctor based in Los Angeles who addressed the crowd in a thick accent, emphasizing productive means of support, namely offering prayers and donating to authentic aid organizations.
Won-G, Haitian-born recording artist and founder of One Dome at a Time, discussed travelling home to help with Ash Robinson, president of Globus Relief. The two leave for Haiti on Monday. “We’re going to assess their needs,” Robinson explained. “The real work starts in 60-90 days. That’s when we’ll begin repairing the infrastructure.”
TV host Sal Masekela, son of the legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela, stopped in to show his support, along with Patrick Cadichon, a first generation Haitian American who is currently concerned about the lack of communication between Haitian Americans and the victims of the earthquake. He plans to travel to Haiti with a video camera and stream live video to the internet via satellite in the hopes of taking a visual census of who is left, searching specifically for family members and friends who have not yet been contacted.
George Laguerre himself was mainly behind the scenes all night, surfacing occasionally in his chef whites to shake a few hands and introduce Dr. Daniel. The total amount of funds raised is uncertain (check back in later for an update), but a vase up front overflowed with cash and checks made out to the Yéle Haiti Foundation.
52nd Grammy Awards – Won-G and George Clinton Interview
by won_g on Apr.23, 2010, under Celebrity, Fashion, Haiti Relief Projects, Music, News, Won-G
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