Month: December 2011

David Pearson, CEO OPUS ONE, becomes Honorary Director

GFH Global is pleased to announce that David Pearson, CEO of Opus One, is the newest member to join our distinguished board of honorary directors which includes:   

Xavier Barlier,  Pablo Alvarez Mezquiriz, Marchese Piero Antinori, Tony Aspler, Sandro Boscaini, Eduardo Chadwick, Robert J. Drouhin, Veronique Drouhin, Marchese Leonardo Frescobaldi, Pierre-Henry GAGEY, Angelo Gaja, Tim Hanni, Serge Hochar, Etienne Hugel, Michel Jaboulet, Norman Jewison, Hugh Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson,  H.R.H. Prince Robert de Luxembourg,  Corinne Mentzelopoulos, R. Michael Mondavi, Bobby Muller, David Pearson, Francois Perrin, Robert Pilon, Jean-Guillaume Prats, Guy Rigby,  Baroness Philippine de Rothschiild, Frédéric Rouzaud, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Peter Sichel, Rupert Symington, Juan M. Torres, Miguel Torres,  Dirk van Der Niepoort, Sandy Youman

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Lavalla – Brother Darryl Slater Remembered

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Brother Darryl Remembered

Br Darryl Slater dies in Cambodia

Australian Marist Brother, Br Darryl Slater FMS, has died suddenly at Lavalla School, Takmao, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Dec 11. Br Darryl, 63, was a key member of the Marist Brothers’ team working amongst physically disabled youngsters for the past eleven years and was in his 45th year of religious service as a Marist Brother. 
 
The loss of Brother Darryl is deeply devastating in so many ways to all of us at GFH Global Foundation.  We always looked forward to seeing him and hearing about the challenges he and Brother Terry faced at Lavalla and how brilliantly  these challenges were met.  Always a smile, never a complaint and loved and respected by the students.   We will surely miss him.
 
Australian Marist Fathers have had close association with Br Darryl through the Marist Mission Centre’s collaboration with Lavalla since its inception in 1997-98. A funeral service and cremation was held on Dec 15 in Phnom Penh, and a memorial Mass at St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, NSW, on Dec 16,

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$219,000 Distributed in 2011

GFH Global Foundation is pleased to announce that we have distributed $219,000 in 2011.  All projects have been thoroughly researched and visited.

  • St. Damien Pediatric Hospital – Port au Prince, Haiti – $92,000
    • Equipment purchase for St. Damien Neonatal Unit – Port au Prince, Haiti – Maternity and Neonatology Units New operating theatre- Two Incubators at $20,000 each  – 06/26/2011
    • Purchase of 1 incubator, 1 ultrasound probe, 2 neonatal resuscitation islands, & thermal beds – 12/6/2011
  •  World Education Fund – Laos – $20,000
    •  Outfitting one room, for welding and/or spray painting with high pressure ventilation systems.  Welding room will be outfitted with a tower to make it easier for someone in a wheelchair to do welding.   06/26/2011
    •  30 all-terrain wheelchairs – Assembly, distribution, and assessment  – 12/06/2011
  •  C.R.I.L.A.  – A New Step of Hope – La Ceiba, Honduras – $20,000 – June 26, 2011
    •  Equipment and supplies purchase for CRILA Prosthetics Project Building Workshop – in La Ceiba, Honduras.
  •  Hôpital Albert Schweitzer – Deschapelle, Haiti – $25,000 – June 26, 2011
    •  This grant is to be used for Maternal and Child Health, a priority which touches the lives of many who come to HAS.  It encompasses pediatrics, maternal health, high risk obstetrics, education, the well-baby clinics and post-partum checkups.
  •  Philip Craig Arts Therapy Program – Deschapelle, Haiti – $11,670 – June 26, 2011
    •  This grant is to be used solely for the continuation, expansion and promotion of PCATP in Deschapelle, Haiti and to include expenses for art supplies and to provide food for patients.
  •  Honduras – Reinsertaion Project – for death train victims – $20,000 – December 6, 2011
    •  Rehabilitation: Prosthetic/Wheelchairs and rehabilitation for death train survivors
  •  J. Watamull Global Hospital & Research Centre – India – $5,000 – December 6, 2011
    •  Cost of detecting and curing tuberculosis over a geographical area comprising 12 villages
  •  Hanger Klinik – Ivan Sabel Foundation – Deschapelle, Haiti – $25,000.00
    • Funding for Prosthetic and orthotic Equipment for new Prosthetic Clinic in Port au Prince, Haiti

Funds 2011 PDF

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