HAES COALITION PARTICIPATION IN DERM BAYNANZA CLEAN UP
By Noe Dorestant, E.E.
On Saturday, April 17th, 1999: Volunteers of diverse ethnic groups and communities of Miami came together at different location along the Miami shore to perform the annual Baynanza clean up. The HAES (Haitian-American Association of Engineers and Scientists) and a coalition of Haitian organizations recently formed for the DERM (Department of Environmental Resources Management) community base project participated as well in this community clean up. Haitian students from the Little Haiti area, the South West of Miami and North Miami came in great numbers to contribute cheerfully and proudly to this environmental community clean up effort. Present were also leaders of several Haitian organizations with Engineers, Medical Doctor, Social worker, Professor, etc...
(HAES team signing in for BAYNANZA)L-R Back row: Marc Antoine(HAES), Todd(DERM), Romain(HAES)
L-R Front row: Stacey(DERM), Noe(HAES), Bryan(Miami Senior High).
HAES team on the way from FIU North campus to the islet in Miami bay.
All Volunteers: Captain, Co-Captain (wife) and HAES team prior to getting off the boat on the islet of destination Baynanza clean up site.
HAES coalition land crew led by Dr. Sylvan Jolibois(FIU/HAES), Marie Florence(FIU), Marlene Bastien(FANM), Dr. Joseph Guerrier(HACAD), students from Little Haiti schools, etc.. .
Marc Antoine picking up a polluting and hazardous beer bottle.
Noe identifying dangerous pieces of broken glass in the sand near the mangroves on the islet.
A grateful hermit crab displaying his claws as its habitat is cleaned up by the BAYNANZA crew, once it realized that it was free from human harm.
HAES clean up crew taking a break near man made canal for seawater to enter the islet and water the mangroves, an important producer of food for the fishes in the bay.
L-R Noe Dorestant (HAES 1999 Chairman), Romain Preal (HAES Coordinator 1999), Marc Antoine Leveille (HAES Secretary 1999) contemplating the work done on the islet prior to returning to shore.
It is everyone civic duty to get involved in their community. After all if we do not clean up the environment when we pollute, who will? Not the birds! Besides the rewards of participating in community affair can be tremendous: self esteem, a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, a feeling of fulfillment and contribution to the community.
It is sometimes those little clean up that we do, that counts, because of their positive impact on the environment, society and the collective well being of humanity. A clean environment should always be everyone top priority. Do not underestimate your ability to contribute for the wellbeing of all, even for just a moment, by not polluting or by cleaning up. Clean air, clean soil, and clean water, equates to: a clean earth , a healthy an fun planet for all to live in, to enjoy, to leave behind and pass on to the next generations for the milleniums to come.
Gliding on clear water as we head back toward shore after sandy islet clean up in Miami bay. (Photo taken by: Noe' Dorestant on 4/17/99)
One earth, one people, one air for all to breathe in. Let's all take care of our planet, the EARTH, wherever we may live! We are all in this together. We live on a small and fragile world after all, let's all be good keepers of God gift to all, for all.
Documented by: Noe Dorestant
April 22, 1999
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