The Government of Taiwan help homeless Haitians

President Michel Martelly, in the presence of Klaus Eberwein, Director General of Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) and the Ambassador of Haiti in Taiwan, Tsai Chiu Hwang, officially proceeded, to the symbolic handing-over of the keys for families of the locality of Larco, in the city of Les Cayes (South).

These housing units have a total capacity of 400 people. Each unit includes 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a common area (kitchen and dining room). Carried out under a program aimed at supporting vulnerable families in the country, this housing construction project amounting $2.28 million, was made possible thanks to the support of the Government of Taiwan.

Haiti participate at the Cultures & Friendship Fair in Mexico

For the fifth consecutive year, Haiti participated in the great Cultures & Friendship Fair [from May 17 to June 1], organized by the city of Mexico City (over 20 million inhabitants), which this year has seen the participation of 87 countries.

The Haiti booth was a huge success, welcoming each day a The Hatit booth was a huge success, crowd of visitors, who were able to discover our culture, our heritage, tourism potential and enjoy our delicious cuisine before returning satisfied with another image of Haiti, that of the "Pearl of the Antilles".

For the first time, the Cultures & Friendship Fair was held on the huge Zocalo square (large as 15 football fields or 3 times the Red Square in Moscow). Located in the historic center of Mexico City, it's on the Zocalo square that are traditionally held the great cultural, sporting and political events. The organizers visibly pleased, estimate that during the 15 days, the Cultures & Friendship Fair hosted several million Mexican and foreign visitors.

For the Ambassador of Haiti to Mexico, Guy Lamothe, the presence of Haiti at this kind of event helps promote the culture of the country "The Embassy of Haiti in Mexico worked closely with representatives of the community so that that participation in the Cultures & Friendship Fair in Mexico is a success."

Guy Lamothe recalled that this initiative, which was originally a fair of embassies, has become over the years a space of convergence and interaction between nations and peoples, an opportunity to discover the culinary art, culture and crafts of the participating countries.

During two weeks, hundreds of activities were offered to visitors including: international masked parade, music, dance, theater, film, lectures, book presentations...

Festival Haïti en fête

On Monday, Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament (Ottawa–Orléans), announced that the Government of Canada, under the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program provides support up to 11,200 dollars to "Kombite Outaouais", organizer of the 8th edition of the "Festival Haïti en fête". These funds will help "Kombite Outaouais" to present a variety of musical and dance performances, which will highlight the Haitian culture for the duration of this activity, which runs from July 18 to 20, 2014 on Petrie Island, an island in the Ottawa River east of the City of Ottawa.

Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages declared "We are delighted to continue to support the Haïti en Fête festival. Today’s announcement clearly shows that we are serious about supporting organizations that contribute to the cultural and economic vitality of their communities."

"By investing in the Haïti en Fête festival, the Government of Canada is showing its support for this event, which offers a unique cultural experience and stimulates the local economy by attracting thousands of people to Eastern Ontario," stressed Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament (Ottawa–Orléans).

"The festival continues to survive thanks to grants from the different levels of government, in particular the federal government through the financial support of Canadian Heritage. The Haitian community is grateful for this support, which allows us to showcase our community’s cultural contribution to our wonderful new home," explained Edy Joachim one of teh founder of "Kombite Outaouais".

Hip-Hop music Training Workshop in Haiti

The network of Franco-Haitian cultural cooperation, proposes a 2-days training workshop on music Hip-Hop, conducted by the Haitian composer and singer of hip-hop K-Libr’ Mystic and the French slammers Gaël Faye (born in Burundi) and Edgar Sekloka (born in France from parents Cameroonian and Beninese), of Group "Milk Coffee and Sugar".

In the program: rap, expression and musical setting. The workshops will include a training to the sound technical specific to Hip-Hop (DJing, mixing, scratching...) and a writing session of text.Participants will present their work to the public on the evening of June 28, at a concert restitution.

Date of workshops : Jacmel on 24 and 25 June; Port-au-Prince on 27 and 28 June

To submit your candidacy :
Send your demos and text before Saturday, June 7 hiphop.afj@gmail.com for Jacmlel ;
prog@institutfrancaishaiti.org for Port-au-Prince.

A selection on candidacy will take place and the final list of participants will be announced on July 14. Note that only the candidates available during the two days of the workshop will be accepted.

This Training Workshop on Hip-Hop music in Haiti, is supported by the French Alliance of Jacmel, the French Institute of Knowledge and Freedom Foundation (Fokal) and the Swiss Cooperation in Haiti.