Niagara University Signs MOU With Hand In Hand For Haiti
Niagara University signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with a Haiti-based humanitarian organization founded by an NU alumnus.
The Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., Niagara president, and Ed Brennan, ’78, inked the agreement during Vincentian Heritage Week, the university’s annual celebration of its heritage.
Brennan founded Hand in Hand for Haiti as a means of helping Haitians recover from the devastating earthquake that struck the nation in January 2010. The retired chairman of DFS group, Brennan generated extraordinary monetary support for the endeavor from the travel retail industry, the fruits of which largely went toward constructing a world-class educational facility.
Lycée Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable opened its doors Oct. 3, 2011.