In this issue
- Breaking News
- Haiti News
- Call to Action
- Featured Trip
- Happenings
- Bravos!
- Social Media
- Children's Escort News
- News
- Volunteer Programs
- Missions
- eUpdate Archive
Social
Media
You
don't have to
look far to find
us!
Children's
Escort
Volunteers
Santo
Domingo
Rolando Vazquez,
American Airlines Purser and UNICEF Proud Champion for Children,
escorts Sara Marlene Benitez Sanchez home to Santo Domingo.
Read about their
journey...
Haiti
"Francesca
(12) and Shesby (9) were all smiles when I met them at the airport
with orphanage director Chris Nunster. It had been arranged for
the girls to fly to Ohio for donated surgeries and they were flying
on miles from American
Airlines Miles for Kids in Need."
Read
more about Nancy Rivard's story and learn about becoming an
escort.
Margaret Whitehead,
Director of the program
shares more
Escort Stories!
News
Keep up with
Airline Ambassadors!
Visit our News
Section and Photo
Galleries!
To
review Haiti news and
keep
up with the latest
developments,
visit our
Haiti
Updates pages.
Volunteer Programs
It's a
lifestyle...
AA
flight attendant Daggi Wallace is also a renowned artist. She
established a special program in honor of her late mother,
Moni. As part of the "Moni's Kids" program she is painting
portraits of 30 Haitian orphans (whom she interviewed during the
AAI mission in July). The frame of each portrait reflects each
child's hopes and dreams. Originals will be displayed in
November at the Bon Voyage Party for the Cruise 4 Haiti in
Miami. Proceeds from the sale of these paintings will
provide for the children's education. Click
here for more information.
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Missions
Whether it's Haiti,
Chile,
Nicaragua, Ethiopia, or
South Africa...
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you!
Find
your niche
and
feed your passion...
Brawn (build schools, plant
gardens, deliver critical aid), Brains (teach, educate, develop
learning programs), or Big Heart (orphanage
visits)!
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2010
Calendar
for
postings that fit your
schedule, skills, and
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Breaking
News
Fighting Human Trafficking
On
July 1st Congressional representatives Smith and Oberstar hosted a
briefing for airline partners to communicate
the important role that airline personnel can play in human
trafficking prevention.
Members of Congress spoke
as well as officials from the State Department and Homeland
Security. Airline Ambassadors and Innocents
at Risk spoke about their efforts to support the initiative and
launch a flight attendant awareness program.
American Airlines responded immediately
and in late July released a bulletin to flight personnel giving
flight crews procedural instructions in cases where trafficking is
suspected on their flights.
AA is the first airline to take the initiative to educate
personnel on this important subject,
which will also be included in annual Emergency Procedure Training
for flight crews.
Haiti News
Building
Safe Houses in Haiti
 In May, Airline Ambassadors
announced the donation of safe houses to UNICEF and thanks to your
support AAI is constructing TEN facilities for trafficked children
near the border crossings between Haiti and the Dominican
Republic. AAI's Dave Rivard is overseeing construction and the
first two houses will soon be completed in Belladère. Many
thanks to Carl Innis of Procuserve who donated the
houses. AAI partners on this important project are UNICEF,
IBESR (Haitian Social Services) and BPM (Bureau for the Protection
of Minors).
Additionally AAI will partner with UNICEF to conduct trafficking
awareness training at airports in both Haiti and the Dominican
Republic.
Building
Community
 Hundreds of thousands of
families are living in tents outside Port-au-Prince and these
internally displaced people (IDPs) need a place to live. However,
they need more than shelter; they need water, electricity, access to
education, health care and most importantly, jobs. Building
sustainable communities is AAI's focus in the Central Plateau,
working alongside our dynamic local partners, Frère Armand of
Little Brothers and Sisters of the Incarnation, in Pandiassou, and
Yves Prophète, of Global Vision Citadelle Ministries, in Mirebalais.
Eight volunteer engineers donated their time to survey the sites and
develop design plans.
Residents will receive training in
construction (using AAI's CASA Manual) and vocational training in
sustainable agriculture, electrical and computer skills. Check out
Dave Rivard's comment in Time
Magazine!
A Haiti Adventure
 Ruth Matranga came to Haiti on
the first American Airline relief flight on January 17, and was
overwhelmed by the strength of character of the survivors of the
earthquake. On an early Airline Ambassador relief flight, she met
the founder of Haiti Street Kids. He introduced her to dozens of
homeless children and youth he was helping, many of them former
restaveks (indentured child servants), and she was determined to
make a difference. She helped coordinate arrangements for
actor Sean Penn to send a medical relief team to the Solino slum
neighborhood where many street kids are living. On trips every
month, she hand carried donations for the boys as well as dozens of
musical instruments for Trinity Music School, and soccer equipment
for L'Athletique, AAI's adopted soccer program. Read
more...
Call to Action
Cruise
4 Haiti - Save the Dates
 Join AAI's
fund raising campaign for Haiti and have FUN while helping Haiti
recover! Check out the invitation previews below. To
RSVP for these events, email emma@airlineamb.org
or call the AAI California office 650-728-7844.
Sept 11, Los Angeles - Art
Cocktails and Charity
Nov 13, Miami --Bon
Voyage Party
Nov 14-21 -- 7
day Royal Caribbean Cruise
Book NOW and a $240
discount applies.
As low as $633 pp! Click
HERE for a Sponsor Packet. Contribute an auction item -
Email mailto:emma@airlineamb.org
Join in the celebration of AAI's work in Haiti! All Cruise
4 Haiti proceeds will benefit Airline Ambassador's ongoing relief
efforts.
Featured Trip
Mexico:
July 2010 -- "Mission Accomplished
Volunteers arrived and delivered school
supplies, beans, rice, flour, and fun under the sun to two
desperately needy orphanages in Mexico.
Read the details in the AAI blog
and Story
From The Field and find out what you can do to support
the children now. For more trip opportunities, frequently
visit AAI's Travel
Calendar.
Happenings
Chile: Post Earthquake
Rebuilding
 Airline Ambassadors
Mission Coordinator Corey Aungst was accompanied by Chilean-born
Ricardo Torres Mateluna to determine how best AAI could help the
people of Cauquenes, which is located at the epicenter of the huge
earthquake that hit Chile on February 27th. Ricardo
writes:
We arrived in Cauquenes where the
devastation and lack of governmental and international help was
appalling. AAI's presence in the area is much needed and
welcome. Read
more of the story...
Bravo to:
 Daniel Sheth,
Airline Ambassadors' Board Member, Reports
Jackie's House,
Dominican Republic
The Mandell School partnered with
Airline Ambassadors for their second trip to the Dominican Republic
to visit two orphanages in La Romana and Santo Domingo. The
group of 40 participants built a hydroponic garden, provided lunch
for over 140 children on a daily basis, purchased and installed air
conditioners in the children’s dormitories, provided cash
donations, made a sizable shipment of approximately $34,000 (retail
value) of clothing by J. Crew, took the children to the beach and
much more. Shipping services were all donated by DHL.
Special thanks to Gabriella Rowe, Ken Cohen, Lisa Stein, James
McCummings, Leah Peskin, J. Crew and DHL for making this wonderful
trip happen!
To learn more about Jackie's House,
please visit the
Donate
to a Project section on the AAI web site.
Many thanks to Daniel Sheth, Airline Ambassadors
Board member, treasurer and tireless, generous supporter.
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