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"In this 4-part Students Rebuild video conference series live from Haiti, North American and European students participated in a life-changing journey in speaking with their Haitian peers whose schools had been destroyed by the earthquake. The participating classes, in participating at Students Rebuild teams, have come away from the video conferences with a reinforced understanding of the complex issues of rebuilding after disaster, international aid, and the empowering realization that they too can make a difference helping Haitian students-turned-friends rebuild their livelihoods." The 4 sessions include 1. Introduction to Haiti: Student Cultural Exchange, 2. Emergency Education (learning to deal with emergencies where they live), 3. Understanding School Reconstruction in Haiti: A Process in the Making (rebuilding Haiti) and 4. Haiti Today: The Way Forward (looking at ways to improve the future for Haiti). Using this site, students can make videos voicing their own possible solution to Haiti's problems or to try to communicate and raise the spirits of Haitian students. Students can also join live discussions with students in Haiti and all over the world.