Members of SPR enjoy rewarding relationships with our partners of the Episcopal Church in Haiti. Ste. Trinité School, part of the Diocesan Cathedral complex in Port-au-Prince, offers the most comprehensive training in music of any organization in Haiti. In the fall of 2002, we sponsored a trip to Chicago for their young singers group, Les Petits Chanteurs. 35 Haitian students and faculty spent a week performing, sightseeing and learning as our guests. Over 400 people attended a joint Petits Chanteurs and Chicago Children's Choir concert at SPR. The Chicago Symphony provided a master class for the group. Another highlight was a trip to the top of the Sears Tower. Our other partner is St. Etienne Parish in a remote mountain region. There we are involved in several projects, including a micro loan program to strengthen the economy, reforestation, and, most significant, we are working with two other American churches to help build a new school and church to serve the hundreds of people who study and worship at the site. Haiti Task Force members organize periodic group trips to Haiti to plan and to visit our partners.
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