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Five days at the KANPE summer camp
Sounds that become music. Pieces of threads that turn into bracelets. Lines that change into patterns of everyday life. After five days at the KANPE summer camp, young adults and kids from Baille Tourible are delighted by the result of their training in several fields including music, macramé, and drawing. Visit the workshops through photos.
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Summer Camp 2019 Kick Off
The atmosphere was festive last Sunday for the launch of the annual KANPE summer camp. Until August 18th, 86 kids and young adults from Baille Tourible will participate in workshops on agriculture, health, music, painting, drawing and macramé. It was the first time for more than thirty children taking part in the KANPE summer camp.
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KANPE at the 13th edition of the Haiti en Folie Festival
On July 28th, we hope many of you will visit the KANPE booth from 11 am to come celebrate with us Haitian culture in all its forms at Parc Lafontaine. Beginning from 6pm, you will be able to dance to the beat of DJ Windows 98 (Win Butler Arcade Fire group) which will be followed
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KANPE and APJ raise over $ 250,000 at exclusive Montreal gala
Saturday, June 8 was the first Artists for Peace and Justice x KANPE gala at the Ritz Carlton in Montreal, with exclusive performances by members of Arcade Fire, Paul Beaubrun, Michael Brun, and DJ Jerico. During the evening, Arcade Fire received the Peace and Justice Activist Award for all its support of Haiti, through organizations
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KANPE & Artists for Peace and Justice hold a Gala at Ritz-Carlton
We are very pleased to collaborate with Artists for Peace and Justice for their annual Gala that will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Montreal on June 8th, during the Grand Prix. All proceeds from the evening will be donated to both organizations. The Montreal Gazette, Gravel le matin and La Presse have already announced the event, which will take
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Run for KANPE at the Scotiabank Montreal Race
For the first year, The KANPE Foundation is participating in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge, which will take place April 27-28 at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal. Do you already run during the lunch hour? Do you wait until the snow melts to put on your running shoes? Are more sports part of your year’s resolutions?
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International Women’s Day
Cleremise Jean-Gilles is from Baille Tourible. Until 2014 this former midwife practiced in the surrounding localities. If it is impossible for her to remember all the births she has witnessed, some births have remained etched in her memory. That of Fanette Nicolas is one of them, but she did not imagine that little Fanette would
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News from Haiti
A few weeks ago, we gave you news on the situation in Haiti. Since then, anti-government protests and clashes have faded. In Baille Tourible, the repercussions from the unrest dissipated with the removal of roadblocks: this allowed the public school to reopen and the teachers to return. Additionally, all of the health staff have been
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400 public school students receive school supplies and teaching materials
Last November, on the occasion of Giving Tuesday, we asked for your support for the purchase of school supplies for the 400 children of the Baille Tourible public school. The goal was to provide school bags, scissors, rulers, colored pencils, notebooks, erasers, geometry instruments, pens. Thanks to your donations and that of a great donor,
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Positive Vibrations Foundation continues marching band support
During the Krewe du Kanaval celebrations in New Orleans’ Congo Square, Monique Pyle, Managing Director of Positive Vibrations Foundation, publicly announced that her foundation will pay for Jean Germain Duvelsaint’s salary for two years. Jean Germain Duvelsaint, known as ‘Maestro’, has been the music teacher of the Baille Tourible marching band since its establishment in
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