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12 years already!
May 12, 2022Today KANPE is celebrating its 12th anniversary! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. Also, a big thank you to the Arcade Fire band which has just renewed their commitment to donate, via Plus1, $1 on each concert ticket sold on their next tour. Your support and love for
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KANPE says goodbye to Executive Director Isabelle Thibault
March 24, 2022After seven years as General Manager and Executive Director of The KANPE Foundation, Isabelle Thibault will be leaving the organization this March 25, 2022. What a journey it has been for Isabelle. From being one of KANPE’s first employees outside of Haiti, Isabelle was instrumental in making the foundation what it is today: a continuously
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Myrlande at the heart of KANPE’s actions in Baille Tourible
March 21, 2022Chargée de projet chez KANPE en Haïti depuis février 2020, Myrlande est au coeur de nos actions sur le terrain en offra Myrlande has been a Project manager at KANPE in Haiti since February 2020. She is at the heart of our actions in the field, offering her support to our program director, Fritz Louis,
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Celebration of the International Women’s Day in Baille Tourible
March 9, 2022International Women’s Day was celebrated with great fanfare yesterday in Baille Tourible. Dance, song, and theater marked the day. A colorful parade went through the community accompanied by the music of the marching band. It was also an opportunity to learn more about the date of March 8 and the great feminist movement for the
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Happy International Women’s Day!
March 7, 2022On this day of celebration of women, we want to put the spotlight on the women leaders of Baille Tourible in the Central Plateau in Haiti. Potomitan (pillar), as they are called in Haiti, they support the family, but also the economy. Among them is Maguerloune Dominique, the president of OFADEB, a women’s organization whose
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Paul Farmer passed away
February 21, 2022It is with great sorrow that we learned of the death of our friend Dr. Paul Farmer. We would like to express our deepest sympathy to the entire team of Partners in Health and Zanmi Lasante, its Haitian branch. With the passing of Dr. Farmer, Haiti loses an ally who, all his life, made access
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Good harvests of corn, millet and pigeon peas
February 17, 2022Corn, millet, and pigeon pea harvests have been good. Earlier this month, farmers returned the amount of seed they had been given by increasing it. This will give them more grain to plant in the next planting season. Little by little, they are working to make food sovereignty a reality in the community! <<
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Fritz Louis, more than 10 years at the side of the Baille Tourible community
February 8, 2022Fritz Louis is KANPE’s man in Haiti. As director of our programs, he joined us in 2010, at the very beginning of the foundation’s establishment in Haiti. He is at the helm of KANPE’s many activities in the six pillars to support the community of Baille Tourible towards autonomy. He still remembers his first day
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2021 : Video highlights of a successful year!
February 2, 2022As the year begins, we are pleased to share with you this video of our actions on the ground in 2021. We are proud of all that has been accomplished during a year marked by socio-political, climatic, and pandemic issues. Thanks to your generosity and, in spite of everything, we have been able to stay
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New classrooms for secondary school students
January 28, 2022Since the beginning of the year, the students of Baille Tourible secondary school have benefited from new facilities. Following the inauguration of the new school in January, the students of the first 3 years of secondary school have access to larger classrooms and brand new school furniture. Indeed, a former church had been graciously donated
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