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Pearl Aylward (who recently obtained her qualifications in Child and Social Care Studies) Nurse Rose Kelly (who is going to Haiti), and Theresa Barrett (who has raised funds for many charities over the years).
A coffee morning for the ‘Haven Haiti Housing Project’, that has been involved in house building in Haiti for a number of years now, and which this year will send over 350 people to build more, held a coffee morning in the Rising Sun, Mullinavat, on Saturday morning last.
A sum just short of €1,700 was raised and handed over to Rose Kelly, a Waterford based nurse who is part of the medical backup support team that will travel with the construction volunteers. Sean Maher, on behalf of the local support group who consisted of many South Kilkenny ex-Waterford Crystal employees, sacked last February 2009, thanked everyone, especially the owners, management and staff of the Rising Sun; the many generous people who backed the beautiful array of eatables; the local Mullinavat and district community who turned up and supported the morning; Fr Liam Barron, Cllrs Tomás Breathnach and Eamon Aylward, and the kind support of Cllr. Fidelis Doherty; and the many helpers on the morning and for the prizes given. First prize of a Waterford Crystal bowl went to Rita Kenneally of Ballynooney House. Other prizes went to Rene Barron of Darbystown, Tullogher, and Joe and Breda Walsh of Mullinavat.
Rose Kelly, who have many years looking after the medical needs of people from South Kilkenny who worked at the Waterford Crystal Kilbarry plant, gave an outline of the work of the Haven Project and the great comfort that the end product, that of new houses, brings to all involved. After the recent earthquake their work is all the more important. Rose stated that she was very grateful for the very generous support from the Mullinavat people. Many of the founders of the Haven Project have South Kilkenny connections: Philip Lynch (of IAWS and Cuisine de France among others) sold feed stuff to farmers in the area; Denis O’Brien of Digiphone, who gave many millions of personal donations to the Haiti people in recent months, resides in Thomastown from time to time, and Leslie Buckley, another director, was once employed in a management position with the then McGrath-family controlled Waterford Glass Company.
It was very encouraging to see the many young people who came and supported this Haiti coffee morning, and it says a lot for their priorities in this ever-changing world.
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