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Arcade Fire pledge support to Haitian initiative KANPE
During their very first concert in Quebec City, on the Plains of Abraham, on July 12, Canadian rock band Arcade Fire announced that they would match every donation made to KANPE, up to $1 million. This unprecedented announcement also marked KANPE’s official launch at the Quebec City Summer Festival. For more information, read the following
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The Quebec City Summer Festival supports KANPE
The Quebec City Summer Festival will donate 25 cents for every person who attended the July 12 Arcade Fire concert on the Plains of Abraham. The Festival also gave exceptional support to KANPE, allowing the organization to enjoy considerable visibility on site, including through a KANPE kiosk, where volunteers talked about KANPE’s Haitian initiative and
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A new initiative from Quebec is lauched for Haiti
In Quebec City today, Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, and Dominique Anglade launch KANPE, an initiative aiming to fight the cycle of poverty in Haiti with a view to establishing Haiti as a model of development.. Kanpe is a Haitian Creole word meaning “to stand up” (pronounced kahn-pay). The newly launched KANPE seeks to put
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Dominique Anglade takes action in Thomonde
In May, I visited Haiti’s Central Plateau, including the community of Thomonde, to try and understand the extent of the challenges facing this region. My visit to Haiti made me aware of just how much work there is to be done. But I also saw incredible resilience. I met an HIV positive woman, in good
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