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Supporting a dream through school expansion project in Jamaica
February 5, 2009: As a collaborative development project, ACCESS is involved in the expansion of a primary school in Jamaica.
Ken Cooper, a Brampton, Ontario resident, took time to visit the school he attended 36 years ago while on a recent trip to Jamaica. Full Story
Canadian teenager gives poor children ACCESS to a dream
January 2009: Confidence Bound Magazine asks Daniel Francavilla, now a university student, what it was that drove him to do what he did. The interview is available in its original magazine page format as a downloadable PDF. Full Story
Students Collect Supplies for Honduran Children
September 12, 2008: ACCESS called upon community members to consider adding extra items to their back-to-school shopping carts for students in the developing world who have very limited access to these items. Though still on summer break, several high-school students volunteered to help make the annual fundraising event a success. Full Story
Students Show Importance of Education: Contest
June 28, 2008: Brampton elementary school students from grades one to eight submitted a wide variety of entries to the ACCESS Charity Student Contest. Students were asked to express creatively the value of school in their lives, why children in the developing world should have access to education, or why they like school. Full Story
ACCESS granted to kids in Third World
June 20, 2008 Two years have passed since travelling to the Dominican Republic on a high school exposure trip, but he has since established a student-run non-profit organization, raised $20,000 and sent a few large shipments of supplies to help children attend school in three different countries. Full Story
ACCESS Launches Student Contests
April 21, 2008: Student-operated ACCESS Charity launched a new initiative for local elementary school students. The Student Contests are focused on the value of education and are available to students at select elementary schools in Peel. Full Story
Symposium Assures Youth Can Move the World
February 25, 2008: ACCESS Charity joined over 20 other local organizations and over 250 youth for this year’s Youth Can Move the World Symposium. The event was held at the HJA Brown Education Center in Mississauag on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Full Story
Annual School Supply Drive a Success
September 4, 2007: ACCESS Charity and members of the Youth Ministry at St. Marguerite d’Youville Parish raised over $1300 and collected several boxes of school supplies during the annual School Supply Drive for students in the developing world. Full Story
Building a Classroom in Colombia
April 4, 2007: ACCESS Charity continues to expand in giving children a chance at education as the charity takes a big leap forward by building a classroom in Colombia for kindergarten students. Full Story
Unlikely Hero to the Rescue - The Brampton Guardian
July 14, 2006: In a time when the world needs heroes, 15 year-old Brampton resident Daniel Francavilla heard the call. The St. Marguerite d'Youville student created a unique charity, the sole function of which is to bring aid to less fortunate children living in the Dominican Republic by providing them school uniforms and other supplies. Full Story
Poverty Moves Student to Action - The Catholic Register
June 30, 2006: Starting a charity for children in the developing world is not an average pastime for most young people. Daniel Francavilla is not your average youth. Sara Loftson reports on these experiences in the Dominican Republic and the charity work that he has started. Full Story
Brampton Student Starts Charity - The Brampton News.com
June 19, 2006: Daniel Francavilla, a grade 10 student from Brampton, started a charitable organization called ACCESS - "Allowing Children a Chance at Education with School Supplies" after traveling to the Dominican Republic in early 2006 for a Dominican Republic Exposure Experience. $8,500 has been raised so far. Full Story
Catholic Education Week Presentation at School Board Office
You can read the speech that was presented with a slideshow and video in May 2008 at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board's Catholic Education Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. View Online.
Dominican Republic Exposure Experience Homily
Here, you can read the speech that has been presented with a slideshow at various events, first presented at St. Marguerite d'Youville Parish in March 2006. Download printable PDF File or View Online instead.
Read a Message from the Founder - ACCESS Charity (Updated November 2007)
To view Daniel Francavilla's most updated message regarding the charity please click on the title above to download and view the PDF file.
Charity necessary during economic uncertainty - TheStar.com - By Daniel Francavilla
The impending financial disaster is creating a perfect storm for non-profit organizations trying to aid those in poverty, as donations decline while the need for help rises.
Brampton teen honoured for his giving ways - The Brampton Guardian - By Priya Ramsingh
Eighteen-year-old Brampton fundraiser Daniel Francavilla was named one of the 12 recipients of a 2007 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award.
Community Star of the Week - The Brampton News.com - By Community Stars
Read the Community Star article and comments about Daniel Francavilla's work establishing ACCESS Charity, from October 2006. Click the article title to visit the website.
The Real Cancun - The Catholic Register - By Sara Loftson
Click the title to view the PDF file of The Catholic Register article entitled "The Real Cancun".
To Sister Lenor Gibb, All Students Are Stars - National Catholic Reporter - By Colman McCarthy
Learn about the amazing story of Sister Lenor Gibb, the Canadian nun in Consuelo, and what she's responsible for in the Dominican Republic.
A Profiteering Mentality - Scarboro Missions Magazine - By Dean Riley
"It will take more than good will to bring about change for the peoples in the Dominican Republic and other nations of the global South."
Haitian Cane-Cutters Struggle - The Christian Science Monitor - By Danna Harman
Little has changed in the sugar fields of the Dominican Republic since the 1870s - including how workers fare.
Country Report: Dominican Republic
Lured or abducted across the border, Haitians are enslaved on sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic, harvesting sugar bound for the United States. From iAblosh.org.
Education Quotes
- "Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave." - Henry Peter Broughan
- "Only the educated are free." - Epictetus
- "All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." - Aristole
- "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." - Mohandas Gandhi
- "Education is a narrow focus; but it provides a wide range of opportunities." - Daniel Francavilla
Prayer Intentions
We pray for the Church throughout the world, that she may be a voice for those who lack even the basic necessities of life, tirelessly serving them and calling for change.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer
We pray for the world’s leaders, that they may not hide behind their power or abuse it, but work for the good of all humanity, particularly the poor throughout the world.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer
We pray for our local community here in Canada, that we may show our love through our respect for each other and for our environment, gladly sharing what we have with those in need.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer
© Linda Jones www.cafod.org
Food for Thought
The cost of Basic Education for everyone in the world would cost only $6 Billion US. But instead, larger amounts of money are spent on things such as Cosmetics in the United States which total $8 Billion alone. Military spending in the world totals $105 Billion US!