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Haitian UW student Gergens Polynice heads home to help with ongoing earthquake recovery

As spring break approaches, many college students will head to the beach for fun in the sun.However, University of Wisconsin-Madison student Gergens Polynice has a different plan. Polynice will visit his home country of Haiti to assess the damages caused by the devastating earthquake that struck on Jan. 12.

â??My goal is to make a difference in the lives of some people in Haiti,â? Polynice says, a graduate student in Latin America, Caribbean and Iberian Studies.