Photo of the Week #13
Assignment: Market women.
Jameson "Tico" Jeantly, age 11, (ACFFC), Zanmi Lakay's Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto 2011. Jacmel, Haiti.
Photo of the Week #12
Thank you Sony for a great view of the biggest cow in Haiti. Kanaval parade route in Jacmel.
2012©Gregory "Sony" Badeau, age 23, (ACFFC), February 2012. Jacmel, Haiti.
Photo of the Week #11
A happy soccer club in Cité Soleil - one of the many teams that have received uniforms, balls, and other supplies from Zanmi Lakay.
2011©Jennifer Cheek Pantaléon
Photo of the Week #10
This is Haila, she loves school and we've been sponsoring her for the last three years. She is eight years old and now living in a homemade shack with her parents and another family in an empty lot where others have been building little shacks too. (Port-au-Prince)
2012©Jennifer Cheek Pantaléon
T-Rosemond and Ital Souls Reggae Night in support of Zanmi Lakay
Zanmi Lakay is super excited to be the recipient of these musical fundraising efforts and want to thank Toby Seeger, Rosemond Jolissaint, and all of the musicians and volunteers for their support!
T-Rosemond began his music career as a street performer in Haiti, singing his original songs inspired by the homeless street children. He won the first Digicel Stars (Haiti's version of Amercan Idol) contest as the youngest contestant by popular vote. His lyrics resonate with people living in poverty and struggling to make ends meet. Wherever he performs, he captures his ...
Photo of the Week #9
Youth empowerment (girl power!) happening at Radyo Timoun. Naphtalie (in yellow), one of the children we sponsor for school, prepares her radio show with other girls in the studios at the Aristide Foundation in Tabarre. Radyo Timoun has made a comeback since former president Aristide returned to Haiti.
2012©Jennifer Cheek Pantaléon
Photo of the Week #8
Guy and I brought Papouche to Jacmel to live at ACFFC one year ago, and last month we watched him sparkle in the streets with his beautiful dance troupe during the annual Kanaval parade. Thank you ACFFC! We're proud and grateful that Papouche is happy and thriving in his new home. (I've known him for 15 years. Out of all the kids I know in Haiti, he's my favorite all time photo subject. He was looking extra special a couple of weeks ago...)
2012 © Jennifer Cheek Pantaléon
Photo of the Week #7
More Kanaval!
The Chaloskas
2011©Jouvens Lauture, age 14, (ACFFC), February 2011. Jacmel, Haiti.
(look up Chaloska for a great story!)
Photo of the Week – #6
We skipped a few weeks of Photo of the Week to give all of you the chance to look at the newest student gallery of photographs taken after the earthquake, and now we're back and celebrating Kanaval in Haiti!
Happy Kanaval!
"The Atibruno"
2011©Fedno Lubin, age 17, (ACFFC), February 2011. Jacmel, Haiti
"The Atibruno is a peasant, and some say peasants are like donkeys, and that they are very stupid. But we know that peasants are not stupid. That's why we put clothes, the trousers, the shoes on the donkey...," words from Tira Jorssend explaining his Mardi Gras troupe ...
Care Bag items and tax deductible funds needed for our upcoming trip to Haiti!
We do what we can, and with your help we are providing basic resources directly to children in need.
Food and supplies (rice, beans, oil, fruit, candles, etc.) will be purchased at the local markets in Haiti for kids in our programs and our partner organizations. We're also in need of funds for airline luggage donation bag fees, batteries for our Photography Workshops, and immediate Outreach services for homeless kids.
Wish list for Care Bags: toothbrushes, large toothpaste, bars of soap, travel size shampoo/conditioners, new t-shirts, afro combs, Vitamin C candy, small ...