Giorgio Dell’Acqua, director of Dellacqua Consulting, and vice president of ITIAH Angels for Learning (IAFL), has been named chair-elect of the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC), the Society has announced. The NYSCC is one of 19 chapters of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and the largest chapter in the world. As chair-elect, Dell’Acqua, […]
Since 2017, the Beauty Project Initiative of ITIAH Angels for Learning (IAFL) has been on a mission to teach women in impoverished communities in the Caribbean and Africa how to make and market basic cosmetics in order to become sustainable and sufficient entrepreneurs. A perfect opportunity arose during the summer of 2019 to work with
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Six Fact on Haiti’s Geography Haiti is the third largest Caribbean country after Cuba and the Dominican Republic. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. With a total area of 27,750 sq km, it is comparable in size to the 7th smallest state in the
Message from Sister Myrtha Louise – November ITIAH Bulletin I am happy to say that the children returned to school on October 26. They are working well despite it being a very different year, indeed. It is wonderful to see them making a lot of progress and staying on track. I am grateful that they
It’s the holiday season! Itiah Angels is partnering with Mount Pisgah Baptist Temple, Grace Community Baptist Church, and The New Spirit Ministry to bring you Soulful Sounds for the Holidays, a virtual concert on December 11th at 7:00 pm EST. Enjoy a selection of traditional Christmas music while helping children in need! Tickets are $15
On November 7th, ITIAH Angels For Learning (IAFL) enjoyed a Saturday morning “Gentle Flow” yoga class led by Robbinsville, NJ-based instructor Meeta Parekh, owner of Lavender Yoga Fit. Parekh engaged 10 participants, including IAFL volunteers, in a variety of meditative postures to help build our immunity against disease and to improve the quality of our
ITIAH Angels For Learning (IAFL) expresses heartfelt thanks to Saint Barbara Catholic Church, under the leadership of the Rev. Père Eugène Roi Almonor, for its generous monetary donation to IAFL. As a member of Saint Barbara, Edwight Civil, a friend of ITIAH and an alumna of École Mère Louise (EML), led the effort, collecting almost
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According to the CIA World Factbook, the life expectancy at birth is 65.3 years, which places Haiti at the 194th place compared to the rest of the world.1 As of 2018, 160 000 Haitians were living with HIV, with women being disproportionally affected by the virus (58%). Overall, 67% of people living with HIV knew
STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It is not an easy thing to define. But when you think about it, STEM is all around us. It is more than the equations you learn in school and the laws of physics, chemistry and biology. I still remember the equations Velocity = Distance / Time,
This unusual, dark year –2020 – has shown how human activities can endanger the environment and how societal inequalities have grown over the last several years. The pandemic has triggered a slowdown of industrial production with associated pollution that has allowed the environment to thrive, but has also uncovered inequities with minorities being the most
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Fundraising Chair
Robert Baraczek is a Scientist and business owner in the Pharmaceutical and Medical industries specializing in skin and hair disorders. Robert enjoys spending time with his family, and is passionate about giving back and making a difference. He is especially interested in helping children in the most vulnerable parts of the world and undeserved communities. Robert travels to various countries and understands the difficulties students face in poverty stricken environments. For this reason, he is committed to helping and supporting the initiatives of Itiah Angels For Learning.
Treasurer
Pierre Joseph grew up in Haiti and moved to the USA as a young man in the 90’s. Knowing that education is the path to opportunities, he earned a BS degree in Chemistry from Rutgers University and an MBA from Philadelphia (now Jefferson) University.
He is a continuous learner and has held positions as a Chemist at various leading companies such as Hartz Mountain, Kimberly-Clark, Summers Laboratories and Shiseido. He enjoys listening to music, playing his guitar, reading and cooking. He lives in NJ with his beautiful wife and their two children.
General Secretary
Myriam Almonor is a scientist and a Public Health Leader. It has always been her passion to be a Chemist and an Epidemiologist with a drive to ensure safety and healthy communities globally. Her goal is to create an elevated level of protection of human and environmental health. She was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti; fluent in French, Spanish, Creole and English. Most of her education were completed in the U.S. As a humanitarian without borders, she wants to educate the less fortunate and bring social changes for a better and a healthier world.
She has traveled to many different countries with members of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists to educate the population of Montrouis, Haiti and Portobello, Panama. She has addressed and demonstrated how effective it is to practice hygiene in order to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. As a public health leader, she feels that it is her duty to reinforce certain health issues, specifically, in underdeveloped countries like Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Panama.
Through the years, she has traveled with many different healthcare organizations; whereas, she educated and contributed to the well-being of undeserved populations. ITIAH Angels For Learning is one of the organizations that she is contributing to assure that the youth of Haiti has a better chance through education and a better opportunity to live healthy. As a Haitian American woman, Educator, Scientist, Philanthropist; her goal is to teach, encourage, inspire and uplift disadvantaged children for a better future. As we all know, education is the key to success and power. Sharing her Godly blessings with the underprivileged is her ultimate goal.
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