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The Andrew Grene Foundation is a secular charity that provides educational assistance and other support to the Haitian people where a transformational difference can be made. The Foundation is named in memory of Andrew Grene who perished in Port au Prince with so many thousand others in the earthquake of January 12th 2010. His belief in the joy, spirit, and potential of all people was an inspiration to those who knew him.
The Foundation will be advised by surviving friends and colleagues of Andrew who remain on the ground in Haiti. It will be dedicated to helping develop a strong Haitian community through two primary initiatives: it will provide educational assistance to Haitian children; and it will offer microcredit to impoverished communities, where a loan minuscule by our standards can mean the difference between supporting a family and starvation. The Foundation has been established and is run by volunteers, and all funds received will, as far as is humanly possible, be used directly to make a difference on the ground in Haiti.
The Foundation will keep in touch with all donors who so wish, so they may know how funds are being put to use and what effect they are having. This Foundation will work to grant hope and possibility to a people who encounter a daily struggle that is inconceivable to most of us.
Thank you
Gregory Grene & Tim Perutz
Directors Andrew Grene Foundation
About Andrew Grene, 1965-2010
Andrew worked for the United Nations in the cause of peace in some of the world’s most precarious situations, among them the Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Eritrea. He helped to broker the peaceful transition of power from Indonesia to an independent East Timor. In his final posting he worked passionately, with unwavering courage and with an unshakeable belief in the country and the people of Haiti.
Andrew saw the best in people. He gave his time generously and without hesitation to those around him, and he radiated compassion and empathy for all living things. And he loved his family and friends with a love that was deep and unstinting.
Andrew gave his life, aged 44, in the service of peace, in the earthquake of January 12, 2010 when the UN HQ building in Port au Prince collapsed.
He is survived by his wife Jennifer, children Patrick, Alex and Rosamund, his mother Ethel, and his twin brother Gregory, who has set up this Foundation with Timothy Perutz, their friend from childhood.
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