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For the past three years, Miami Palmetto High School senior Alex Perodin has done community outreach in Miami for Farah Natacha Kerby Dessources Orphanage (FNKDO) in Haiti.

“We try to reach out to people from all over the country,” he says. “There is a large Haitian diaspora all over the country.”

The orphanage supports seven children and works to make sure the children are housed and educated.

“This organization gives them an opportunity to receive a quality education,” he says.

Perodin says they fundraise through several events, such as organizing yoga and Zumba classes.

“We’ve done farmer’s markets,” he says. “They have been fully organized by me and the organization. We put on a farmer’s market at a church (Killian Pines United Methodi

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