2011-10-21T21:26:45-07:00 2010-12-31 990 2010-01-01 800323192 ECOWORKS INTERNATIONAL INC ECOW 3054440127 333 Aragon Avenue Suite 506 Coral Gables FL 33134 Henryka Manes 3054440127 2011-09-26 2010 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z Henryka Manes 333 Aragon Avenue Suite 506 Coral Gables FL 33134 217043 0 X www.ecoworksinternational.org X 2009 FL To break the cycle of poverty by building thriving and self-sustainable communities where the need is the greatest through a holistic, three-pillar development approach based on: economic growth, education, healthcare, and environmental stewardship. And, to be guided in our work by values of social justice, economic parity, gender equality, shared know-how, and mutual respect. 5 0 1 40 0 0 22930 212001 0 5000 0 42 0 0 22930 217043 0 0 0 0 0 24345 0 1300 3867 23185 172983 23185 198628 -255 18415 -253 18163 0 0 -253 18163 X For decades, development professionals have been wrestling with this question: how to permanently break the cycle of poverty? Our response, based on twenty years of experience, is to practice a holistic approach which encompasses the many aspects of a person's selfhood and relationship to family, community, region, and world. This approach recognizes the existence of a complex set of related needs that must be simultaneously met in order to lift a community out of poverty. Our projects, therefore, are based on four-pillars: (1) economic development; (2) education; (3) healthcare, and (4) environmental stewardship. Each pillar is supported by a set of key programs that complement each other to reinforce the ultimate objectives. The economic development programs, for example, include an economic engine, i.e. a profit making venture, as well as an entrepreneurship initiative to diversify the local economy and revolving funds to support these activities on a long-term basis. 1 0 104907 134540 Emergency Response (funded by JDC). EWI was not directly touched by the earthquake so it temporarily closed its projects in Ganthier and moved all its resources to the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince where the need for support was dire. EWI cooked and distributed 250 hot meals each day to the victims, their families and the hospital staff; provided potable water; renovated a wing of the hospital to establish the first physical and occupational therapy facility within a hospital; brought in OT-PT therapists from the US and Israel; and purchased, equipped and shipped to the hospital a Ford ambulance. In addition, EWI provided foodstuff to two orphanages and a home for delinquent boys. In June, EWI returned to Ganthier and started a cash for work program for IDPs who returned to the region after being displaced by the earthquake. Sixteen latrines were built in four villages and a fruit tree and vegetable nursery (still ongoing) was established in the village of La Hatte Cotin. 37986 32633 Earthquake Relief (funded by EWI). Immediately after the earthquake in January, EWI provided medical teams, equipment and supplies. EWI also provided clothes, toys, drawing and reading material to hospitalized children, small cash to patients who lost everything and were being discharged, and on-going financial support to a few patients who were amputated and needed more time to adjust. Towards the end of the program, EWI brought in a fabulously talented team of clowns to bring back joy to children in street camps, schools, and the hospital. 24998 22337 Breaking the Cycle of Poverty - Ganthier. To break the cycle of poverty and stem repetitive catastrophes is a complex endeavor requiring interconnected projects addressing life's basic necessities in order to build strong foundations for a durable future. MONTESSORI SCHOOL: This will be the first Montessori school established in Haiti's rural area. It will provide first class education to 200 children from surrounding villages, and from local middle class professional families. EWI is partnering with Boucledart, a Haitian Montessori School to provide teacher training and participate in project implementation. The planning is completed, teachers have been selected and training will start as soon as funding is secured for this next phase. MICROLENDING: Initiated by a group of women of the Gros Balancé village, the EWI microlending program started as a response to their request. The first group of women repaid their loan on time and this enabled the second group to join the program, which will eventually include two more groups and then, expand to another village and so on. EGG FARM: EWI is working with the most prominent Haitian poultry expert who has 30 years of experience in this industry to establish a 20,000 laying hen egg farm. 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Long-term program: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Ganthier, Haiti. 167891 0 0 167891 0 0 0 0 0 0 SchF_P01_S00_L01 Schedule F, Part I, Line 1 The accounting method used is cash basis. F990_P03_S00_L02 Form 990, Part III, Line 2 For 2009, our first year of operation, we filed form 990 EZ. As we are filing form 990 for 2010, all of our programs are new to you. F990_P06_S0B_L11a Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11a Form 990 is reviewed for accuracy by the volunteer preparer and the Executive Director. F990_P06_S0C_L19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These policies are available upon request. F990_P11_S00_L05 Form 990, Part XI, Line 5 Rounding error Two extensions were filed. In 2009, our first year of operation, we qualified to file form 990-N. In 2010, our organization received almost $200,000 more in contributions (largely due to the earthquake in Haiti) than we did the previous year and we experienced some growing pains. As a result, we had to implement a new accounting system, which took longer than expected. The additional reporting requirements also took longer to learn than expected. Furthermore, due to financial constraints, we were unable hire a paid preparer to completed form 990 and had to prepare it in house.