SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
"The Democratic Republic of the Congo has one of the largest populations
of child soldiers in the world," said Jeff Ratcliffe , the IFESH Program
Coordinator for northern Katanga Province in the DRC.
Without programs like this one, which is being run by IFESH with funding from
The World Bank, returning to the fighting may be the child's only means of
avoiding starvation. The organization currently operates in
10 African countries: Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti,
Ghana, Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi , Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa.IFESH.

First Canadian American Holding Corporation Has Hired Consulting Firm to Assist with The Democratic Republic of the Congo -DRC-

"Our agreement with Quathemetin
Consultants will allow us a unique opportunity to assist in the
rebuilding of the social and physical infrastructure of this
potentially great African nation.Gov The World Factbook website
(http://www.quathemetin .com

About First Canadian American Holding Corporation

First Canadian American Holding Corporation is a holding company
with subsidiaries in a range of businesses.

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IFESH Gives Child Soldiers a Second Chance at Life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa

Those programs help counsel
and train children, some as young as eight or nine years old, who were forced
to become child soldiers in order to survive."
The reintegration process begins with the child being certified as a
non-combatant.

It's time for all
international partners to work together to assist the people in the
DRC in moving toward the future, and meeting their potential. The
company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
statements in this release, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.

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IFESH's budget for this program has now increased from $35 per
child per year to $300 per child. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, IFESH employs
more than 160 people in Africa; most of those employees are natives of the
countries in which they work.443.

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Ratcliffe heads up
IFESH's Demobilization and Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers Program. Leon H.
Sullivan."
According to the CIA. It is estimated to have a
population around 58,317,930 people.

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"There are estimates that place the number of nine to seventeen year old
soldiers at 30,000; other estimates place the number even higher," he said.html) The
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly called Zaire) is located in
Central Africa, northeast of Angola.

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Julie Sullivan , President and CEO of Scottsdale,
Ariz.

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"We want to reclaim these children and reintegrate them back into
society," added Ratcliffe. "Their physical and emotional needs must be
addressed, as must the needs of the communities to which the children are
returning. Photo IDs are obtained and paperwork is secured from the
child's ex-commander to confirm that he is no longer an active member of the
rebel forces. "More than 1,000 civilians die
here every single day from hunger and disease and if the child's family
members are among the missing and the dead, the likelihood of his being
re-recruited becomes almost a certainty.5 million per year in funding
from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), it
depends heavily upon charitable contributions from concerned corporations and
caring individuals to expand its reach.

For additional information, please visit the IFESH web site at
http://www. First Canadian American Holding Corporation is the
international licensee for Terrablock building products, a
construction and development firm based in Orlando, Florida.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg."

About Quathemetin

Quathemetin Consultants Limited is an international business
development, finance and management consulting company that provides
corporate and government clients with business development services
and strategy solutions . There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements.

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The program provides counseling, education and skills training to the former
soldiers, many of whom have never experienced anything resembling a normal
childhood. The child's identify and status are verified by the local
community; a sign-off by an independent United Nations observer completes the
process."
"Skills training and job opportunities are rare or non-existent for such
children," said Dr.

Established in 1981, IFESH, the International Foundation for Education and
Self-Help, continues to uphold the pioneering self-help philosophy and
transcendent message of hope of its founder, the late Reverend Dr.1800.

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" This high recidivism rate is one of the factors that
led to increased funding by The World Bank, the United Nations and others,
said Sullivan. Reverend Sullivan's work, which earned him the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, is based on the concept that,
for true sustainable development to occur, principles of self-reliance must be
adhered to and integrated into community projects. To that end, IFESH
provides highly respected, grassroots education, healthcare, poverty
reduction, conflict mitigation and community development assistance to
sub-Saharan Africa.org, or contact the organization at 480. The potential to serve this great nation is tremendous
for both the housing and the TECSTOR. Through its subsidiaries and offices in
Canada, the United States, Europe, China and the UK, Quathemetin
serves small and mid-capitalization companies in the private, public
and government sectors.
All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this
release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential
future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Technical complications that may arise
could prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically
significant plan(s) outlined above.

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, IFESH, The International
Foundation for Education and Self-Help, has received a $900,000 grant from The
World Bank Group to expand its child soldier repatriation programs in The
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Africa. "Close to 70% of the children who do manage to escape the conflict
will return to the fighting," said Ratcliffe . "The DRC has gone
through many years of strife and turmoil. The company is actively looking at several other
opportunities in many different industries such as natural resources,
wireless, technology and biotechnology.

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"The few schools still standing are ill equipped; they
lack desks, chairs, books or even chalk.
First Canadian American Holding Corporation CEO Sandy Winick is
very excited about this development.cia. For more information about the company, visit
their website at www. The Company 's subsidiaries
conduct operations in areas of digital television, radio and building
and construction .

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-based IFESH.
In addition to the Demobilization and Reintegration Program, IFESH also
operates a number of conflict resolution and community development projects in
Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kalemie, Butembo, Kolwezi, Likasi, Nyunzu, and Pweto in
DRC as well as a number of community development and conflict resolution
programs in Nigeria.
While IFESH receives the majority of its $11. The need to provide low cost
housing solutions is critical to this nation to get back on the road
to recovery.
Michael Richardson, Director of International Affairs for
Quathemetin Consultants, is confident their work with First Canadian
American Holding Corporation will hold significant benefits for the
people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this news release may contain
forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. The company cautions that these
forward -looking statements are further qualified by other factors.

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Unfortunately, unlike food, shelter,
vocational training and jobs in the DRC, there is no shortage of firearms.

Business Editors

TORONTO ----First Canadian American
Holding Corporation (Pink Sheets: FCDH) announced today that it has
signed an agreement with Quathemetin Consultants, an international
firm based in Europe, to assist in determining the feasibility of
developing low-cost housing projects in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo .

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