For Immediate Release:

Contact:
Veranique Hudson
Communications Outreach Intern
v.hudson@beyondborders.net

Beyond Borders
Girl Power Haiti!
Campaign Press Kit

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PITCH LETTER

Subject: Non-profit organization, Beyond Borders, launches its spring 2017 Girl
Power Haiti! Campaign.

With the growing concern throughout the country and world about the welfare
and safety of young girls and women, I am writing for your help in publicizing a
momentous campaign, Girl Power Haiti! which will benefit your viewers outlook on the
significance of women rights globally.

Right now, one in six girls in Haiti are enslaved, one in four suffer sexual abuse,
and just one in three complete primary school and attend high school.

Covering the Beyond Borders Girl Power Haiti! campaign will allow you to learn
about the adversities facing girls and women in Haiti and bring awareness to these
challenges. You will be able to generate support locally and around the world for the
women and girls in Haiti who are dealing with discrimination, domestic servitude,
violence and sexual abuse. We encourage you to support Beyond Borders efforts by
spreading the word about the campaign and urging your readers to check us out,
donate and get involved. The women and girls you will be helping are those that will
impact the nation of Haiti and ultimately influence the world.

Beginning on April 1, 2017, the Girl Power Haiti! campaign will run till the end of
May. We need to raise $150,000.00 in order to help those women and girls in need in
Haiti.

We have images and interview opportunities available. If youre interested in

publicizing the 2017 Girl Power Haiti! campaign, please let me know. You may refer to
this press release and fact sheet about the campaign.

Thank You,
Veranique Hudson
Communications Outreach Intern
(202) 686-2088
v.hudson@beyondborders.net

5016 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008, Phone: 202. 686.2088,
www.girlpowerhaiti.org
For Immediate Release:
4/1/2017

Contact:
Veranique Hudson
Communications Outreach Intern
v.hudson@beyondborders.net
(202) 686.2088

Media Advisory
BEYOND BORDERS TO HOST ITS 1ST ANNUAL GIRLS FLYING KITES EVENT
FOR THE SPRING 2017 GIRL POWER HAITI! CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON (APRIL 1, 2017) -Members of the media are invited to attend

Beyond Borders Girls Flying Kites event on Saturday April 29, 2017. Beyond Borders
will invite young girls and women from local colleges, universities and churches to be a
part of a fun-filled day where attendees make and fly kites and learn about the
challenges females in Haiti face and how volunteers can help.
In light of Beyond Borders 2017 Girl Power Haiti! campaign, Beyond Borders
would like to bring awareness to an injustice in Haiti in which girls are not allowed to fly
kites. Perhaps it is a small injustice to deny girls this joy but it is emblematic of the
discrimination that robs them of opportunities and freedoms afforded to boys.
Beyond Borders will use this activity to challenge attendees to consider the many
other forms of discrimination girls in Haiti face. Freda Catheus, who is the Model
Community Initiative Program Director for Beyond Borders in Haiti, will travel to the
states and present a presentation about the many disadvantages girls in Haiti face and
why it is important that individuals in the United States and abroad step in and volunteer
to relieve these girls.
Please adhere to the following:

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WHAT: Beyond Borders Girls Flying Kites Event
WHEN: Saturday April 29, 2017 at 2 p.m.
Where: Beyond Borders Office 5016 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
David Diggs, Founder and Executive Director of Beyond Borders

Freda Catheus, Model Community Initiative Program Coordinator

About Beyond Borders:

Beyond Borders is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of
men and women in Haiti. Founded in 1993 and located in Washington, D.C., Beyond
Borders focuses on empowering communities in Haiti. Programs consist of: ending child
slavery; providing universal quality education, preventing violence against women and
girls and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Beyond Borders is

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For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2017

Contact:
Veranique Hudson
Communications Outreach Intern
v.hudson@beyondborders.net
(202) 686.2088
FACT SHEET ABOUT BEYOND BORDERS
And
Girl Power Haiti!
What is Beyond Borders?
Beyond Borders Haiti is a grassroots non-profit organization whose mission is to
help Haitians build movements to: end child slavery, provide universal access to
education, end violence against women and girls, and support sustainable
livelihoods. Beyond Borders has headquarters in Washington, DC, and Port au
Prince, Haiti.
What is the mission of Beyond Borders?
Beyond Borders helps people build movements to liberate themselves from
oppression and isolation. In Haiti and the United States, we are bringing people
together for just and lasting change.
What is the vision?
We see in Haiti, the seed for a new world, a world where,
People overcome great challenges by learning to question, dream, and act
together,

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 Women and men find more power by balancing power equally,

Families and communities thrive on foundations of trust and mutual

respect,
Diversity is seen as a sign of strength,

All children grow up surrounded by people who love, nurture, and educate
them,
We all find deeper meaning in our lives by coming to value truth over
comfort, sharing over having, and justice over personal gain.
What are the values?
The core value is radical love.
When was Beyond Borders founded?
Beyond Borders was founded in 1993.
Who founded Beyond Borders?
Beyond Borders was founded by David Diggs.
What programs does Beyond Borders offer?
Beyond Borders offers the:
Rethinking Power program

Schools Alive program

Girl Power Haiti! Campaign

What is the Girl Power Haiti! Campaign?
The Girl Power Haiti campaign is an annual spring campaign working to free and
empower girls in more than 100 communities throughout Haiti. The campaign
aims at reducing 98
About Beyond Borders:
Beyond Borders is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of
men and women in Haiti. Founded in 1993 and located in Washington, D.C., Beyond
Borders focuses on empowering communities in Haiti. Programs consist of: ending child
slavery; providing universal quality education, preventing violence against women and
girls and supporting sustainable livelihoods.
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5016 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008, Phone: 202. 686.2088,
www.girlpowerhaiti.org
For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2017

Contact:
Veranique Hudson
Communications Outreach Intern
v.hudson@beyondborders.net
(202) 686.2088

BEYOND BORDERS LAUNCHES ITS SPRING 2017 GIRL POWER HAITI!

CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2017) Today, Saturday April 1, 2017, Beyond

Borders launches its spring 2017 Girl Power Haiti! campaign. The theme for this
years campaign is: Girls who are free, safe and educated become a powerful
force for change.
Beyond Borders will focus on: decreasing the number of young girls and
women who are forced into servitude, decreasing the number of girls sexually
and physically abused, and increasing the number of girls who complete
secondary school in Haiti.
The monetary goal for this years campaign is to raise $150,000.00 by the
end of May with the generosity of donors and fundraisers.
To learn more about how you can get involved visit GirlPowerHaiti.org

About Beyond Borders:

Beyond Borders is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of
men and women in Haiti. Founded in 1993 and located in Washington, D.C., Beyond
Borders focuses on empowering communities in Haiti. Programs consist of: ending child

5016 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008, Phone: 202. 686.2088,
www.girlpowerhaiti.org
slavery; providing universal quality education, preventing violence against women and
girls and supporting sustainable livelihoods.

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