Gatorade Player of the Year Juan Louis Donates to The Sanneh Foundation Juan Louis of Washburn Senior High School is the winner of the 2016-2017 Minnesota boys soccer Gatorade Player of the Year. Upon receiving this great honor, he decided to donate his $1,000 award to The Sanneh Foundation. Juan Louis came up through the TSF Haitian Initiative program in Cite Soleil, Haiti. He first came to the States as a part of the Sports Diplomacy…
Read MoreGatorade Player of the Year Meredith Haakenson donates to The Sanneh Foundation Meredith Haakenson of Maple Grove senior high school is the winner of the 2016-2017 Minnesota girls soccer Gatorade Player of the Year. Upon receiving this great honor, she decided to donate her $1,000 award to The Sanneh Foundation. “Their goals match up with my goals with targeting people that they are trying to help,” says Meredith when asked why she decided to donate…
Read MoreTSF Staff Volunteers at Feed My Starving Children Last month, TSF had a staff volunteer day at Feed My Starving Children in Coon Rapids. Feed My Starving Children have been the food source for our Haitian Initiative for the past 3 years. On that day, we packed 167 boxes of Manna Pack, which will provide 36,072 meals and feed 99 kids for a year!
Read MoreOne World Play Project & The Sanneh Foundation #PlayTogether Campaign Due to the opportunity gap in the Twin Cities, The Sanneh Foundation focuses its support efforts on diverse low-income urban and refugee and immigrant youth populations, through soccer and education. The majority of youth The Sanneh Foundation works with come from communities of color, and the populations they work with speak numerous languages, including but not limited to: English, Hmong, Spanish, Somali, Arabic, Amharic, Burmese…
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HI Impact Trip Attendee Ava Keller Talks About Her Experiences in Cité Soleil 1. How did you decide that you wanted to go on an impact trip to Haiti with The Sanneh Foundation? Did you have any influences? I first heard about it at school because some close friends of mine were talking about going. I decided to go because I wanted to take a risk and step outside my comfort zone. I also wanted…
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June Impact Trip Day 6 – By Kyle Hoffman – 6/28/17 Wednesday was a full day complete with rewarding and eye-opening experiences. After enjoying another delicious breakfast spread, courtesy of Matthieu, the house chef (the entire house, security and HI staff has been fantastic), we toured an eco-friendly, artisan company’s operations. The guide emphasized the company’s mission of orphan prevention through job creation, and we were shown the on-site child care and employee computer training…
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June Impact Trip Day 5 – Brianna Dotter – 6/27/17 Today we got to sleep in a little bit because all we were planning to do is go to the beach. I was so excited to go because it is hot and they said that the water feels really nice. The drive was very, very long. I didn’t want to sleep though because I find it very interesting to watch out the window. I really…
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June Impact Trip Day 4 – By Hannah Dotter – 6/26/17 After eating breakfast this morning, we headed to the Haiti Co-Op Design. Once there we learned about the organization. They had many different activities and jobs there ranging for sewing to beads to cooking to leather making and much more! We got a tour of it all. It was amazing to see all of it in action and to see the process in which…
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June Impact Trip Day 2 – By Ava Keller – 6/24/17 We woke up bright and early this morning and got ready for breakfast. I was super excited for the day to start and go to Cité Solei to see kids I knew from last time I came to Haiti. We ate breakfast and got ready to leave the house. The drive to Cité Solei was just like I remember. It is amazing to me…
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