The following presentation will allow us to better discover Dr. Ford and his contribution to the Haitian community.
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This year, the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation honors:
The Saint-Vincent Center for Handicapped Children
«For its work in caring for and integrating children with disabilities into society»
Created in 1945 by the Episcopalian nun Sister Joan, the Saint-Vincent Center for Handicapped Children has been fighting for 69 years for the integration of people with disabilities into Haitian society. Today, it is the benchmark institution for the education of the blind, the deaf, and the physically and mentally handicapped. In addition, he welcomes in his boarding school, 70 children who come from the province. These students are housed, clothed, and cared for year round by the Center.
By showing ingenuity, the teachers of Saint-Vincent are transforming traditional textbooks to compensate for the lack of teaching materials adapted to the disabled and follow the program of the Ministry of National Education. Proof of the quality of the education provided, the Saint-Vincent Center obtained a 100% pass rate for the sixth year exams and a 90% success rate for the ninth year fundamental exams in 2013.
The Saint-Vincent Center is much more than a school, it is also a specialized clinic. The disabled come from the ten departments of the country to obtain quality medical services at reduced cost.
Since the earthquake which caused great damage to the structures of the establishment, the Saint-Vincent Center has faced many difficulties. Located at the bottom of the city, in the area declared an "administrative city" by the state, the Saint-Vincent Center is facing eviction.
Despite all these difficulties, Saint-Vincent continues his mission. He wants to contribute to the creation of a Haitian sign language and wants to teach it to professionals from different sectors of activity of society among other projects
The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph de Cluny in Haiti
« For his relentless commitment to providing quality education to young Haitians »
The congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Cluny was founded by Anne-Marie Javouhey in 1807. Present across five continents, it has been active in Haiti since June 5, 1864.
Today, it has around 20 schools and more than ten thousand students from different backgrounds. A sponsorship fund supplied by alumni of Sainte-Rose de Lima and other donors provides hundreds of low-income students with access to quality education.
Although education is its main mission, the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint-Joseph de Cluny also devotes itself to social pastoral work and offers health care with two dispensaries that serve disadvantaged communities like that of Saint-Antoine in Port. -au-Prince.
Since 1893, the Sisters of Saint-Joseph have managed the Sainte-Madeleine boarding school for orphaned or displaced girls. A new room was to accommodate around 100 boarding school pupils in Bourdon, but the 2010 earthquake caused irreparable damage to the building and reconstruction on the site was discouraged.
However, the Sisters of Saint-Joseph de Cluny do not give up. After a long search, they acquired a plot of 2 squares in Morne à Cabrit, near the Village Lumane Casimir. Today, they are actively seeking funds to complete the construction of the new Sainte-Madeleine boarding school.
FONDATION SEGUIN
« For its work to raise awareness, educate, protect and preserve the Parc la Visite »
In 2004, sixteen young professionals, dismayed by the rapid degradation of one of their favorite natural sites, came together to save the Parc National la Visite.
Indeed, the Seguin Foundation, has not stopped sounding the alarm bell for 10 years now The stakes are high because the National Park La Visite is a real water reservoir for the departments of the West and Southeast with 80 sources. Named "Massif de la Selle Biosphere Reserve" by Unesco, the park's 12,000 hectares are home to many species of rare and endemic birds, amphibians and reptiles. In addition, it conceals numerous caves and chasms to discover.
To combat the deforestation undertaken by the population of the area, the Seguin Foundation is joining forces with the heads of peasant associations and local elected officials to stop the systematic destruction of forest space in favor of market gardening.
It contributes to the training of forest managers and agricultural technicians for the management of the Park and a nursery with a capacity of 350,000 seedlings per year. The Seguin Foundation also trains local caving guides to encourage exploration of the site's caves, thereby helping to promote responsible eco-tourism.
It engages the peasants in its reforestation program and the construction of dry walls to fight erosion. The Foundation still calls on them for the maintenance of the access roads between Furcy and Parc la Visite. It thus shows the local population how the protection of nature and the responsible use of natural resources generates wealth.
Today, the Seguin Foundation has around forty active members and sets itself the challenge of increasing the capacity of its nursery to 1.5 million seedlings per year by 2015. After the “green bag” sold in supermarkets in Port-au-Prince, and the “one jersey, one tree” campaign, the Seguin Foundation presents this year the book “Together, let's save the Parc la Visite” to raise awareness and raise funds for its projects.
HAPPY HEARTS FUND
« For his commitment to the construction of school infrastructure in Haiti for sustainable development »
Happy Hearts Fund works exclusively in countries affected by natural disasters. Once the post-disaster relief aid wears off, the Foundation steps in by building strong schools so that no child is deprived of the hope for a better future that only education can provide.
The president of this organization herself survived the December 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and witnessed the oblivion children fall into after the first months of humanitarian aid. Indeed, in some villages in Thailand, it took more than 6 years for the schools to be rebuilt. As a result, the students of these communities suffered doubly from the Tsunami.
With this experience, Mrs Petra Nemcova, a Czech national, set up in 2005, Happy Hearts Fund. Ten years later, the Foundation has already completed the construction of its 100th school and is present in 9 countries.
In Haiti, following the 2010 earthquake, Happy Hearts Fund built 6 schools serving 3,388 students from different municipalities such as Cité Soleil, Jacmel, and Delmas. Thanks to innovative methods of resource mobilization, funds have already been collected for the construction of 6 additional schools.
Keen to involve the community and its leaders in these schools, Happy Hearts Fund established partnerships with local institutions from the first phase of construction through to the day-to-day management of the establishment.
In addition, all schools built by Happy Hearts Fund meet national and international building standards and are designed to serve as a community safe haven in the event of a natural disaster.
BERNARD MEVS HOSPITAL
« For making quality medical care accessible to all budgets »
In a country where the public health system is failing and free medical care is almost non-existent, the Bernard Mevs Hospital stands out for the quality of the medical care provided, which is affordable to all budgets.
It is also distinguished by the variety of services offered such as: intensive care, emergency department, trauma, surgery, orthopedics, laboratory, radiology, breast cancer and HIV treatment, among others. In addition, the Hospital has the most sophisticated CT scanner in the country. More than 3,500 patients are treated monthly at this hospital at a cost subsidized to more than 50%.
Created in 1994 by the Mevs family, L’Hôpital contributes to the training of Haitian and foreign health professionals through an exchange program with universities and hospitals in the United States. The center also hosts a three-year pediatric residency program.
Despite funding from various partners, including the Haitian State, the budget to sustain these different programs and services remains the number one obstacle for this non-profit hospital.
But far from being defeated, the Bernard Mevs Hospital is in the midst of a fundraising campaign to build the most sophisticated intensive care center in the country. Once completed, this center will provide the highest standard of intensive care services in the entire Caribbean.
JACQUES BOURJOLLY JUNIOR
« For its commitment to children deprived of sport »
Seeing children smile is the motivation of Jacques Bourjolly Junior, better known as Kako.
Indeed, Mr. Bourjolly is dedicated to making disadvantaged children happy, especially through sport, because for him sport is a method of teaching the great values of life such as teamwork, living together, a sense of a job well done, listening to others, discipline, and self-determination.
After having known a certain notoriety as an actor, Kako created in 2008, The Smile Project, the smile project. Together with its partners, it is undertaking a major campaign to collect toys in order to distribute them to more than 1,000 destitute children in four orphanages in the metropolitan area. The operation is a great success and encourages Mr. Bourjolly to continue in this direction.
Following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, he undertook a second campaign, but this time it was about putting on 3,000 children. Kako and his team visit 7 orphanages and take the sizes of each of the children in order to ensure that each beneficiary has sneakers in their size.
Since these first two initiatives, Jaques Bourjolly Junior has pursued various projects in the fields of education and sport. Whether it is renovating the Vincent gymnasium in Cap-Haitien or equipping the dormitories and the kitchen of an orphanage, or even restoring the playground of the Lycée de Petionville, he is committed to the community with concrete actions.
In 2012, Jaques Bourjolly Jr.'s projects went under the name Kako’s Kids. This year, for the 3rd consecutive year, it welcomed 120 street children and orphans in a basketball camp. These beneficiaries thus acquired the basics of basketball and received a hot meal at each meeting.
Recognizing the positive impact that one person's action can have on those around them, Kako encourages other volunteers to get involved. It particularly targets adolescents from well-off backgrounds in order to awaken in them civic and civic awareness.
It is in this spirit that in 2015, Kako will launch in Haiti, the project "Gran fre, Ti fre" in partnership with the Reception Center of Delmas. The objective of this project is to associate a mentor with each of the adolescents at the center to support them, advise them and inspire them to take charge of their lives.
To join your efforts to the noble activities of the 2014 Lucienne Deschamps Humanitarian Prize recipients, you can contact them at the following telephone numbers:
Centre Saint-Vincent pour Enfants handicapés : (509) 2940-1015/3788-0434
Congrégation des Sœurs de Saint-Joseph de Cluny : (509) 3910-5778/3738-1546
Fondation Seguin: (509) 2813-1347 / 3449-7445
Happy Hearts Fund : info@happyhearts.org
Hôpital Bernard Mevs: (509) 3701-0149 /3838-7655
Jacques “Kako” Bourjolly Jr: kako.bourjolly@gmail.com
From left to right: Evains Weche-laureat 2013, Gary Victor, Rhoddy Attilus-laureat 2014, Kettly Mars, Peter Frisch, et Vilaire Chery
The Lucienne Deschamps Foundation and the Jury of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize are extremely pleased to announce to the general public, to Haitian literature enthusiasts and to all the candidate writers that the winning work of the he 2014 edition of the Deschamps Prize is “KÈKÈT AK JANMARI”, the novel by author Rhoddy ATTILUS, from Cap-Haitien, to whom the prize was awarded by a majority of 4 votes to 3.
This novel written in Creole attracted the attention of the Jury by the novelty of its language, which handles both richness and sobriety, humor and realism, and great finesse in the psychological treatment of the characters. In his novel, the author, Rhoddy Attilus, presents a slice of Capoise life and a table of the relationships between urban and rural life in a far North that he offers to readers in all its complexity, its charms and its features. contradictions
The Jury also decided to give a special mention to the finalist novel "Naïve Requiem for Honorine" by author Rousseau BLAISE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) for its mastery of the romantic genre and its endearing writing.
For this 2014 edition, the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation received a total of 56 manuscripts. Once again, the members of the Jury of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize had to look at texts of a very high quality. Four (4) manuscripts were in the running for the winning work. It is :
– Requiem naïf pour Honorine:
Auteur : Rousseau Blaise, Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
– Le Cimetière des miraculés :
Auteur : Jean Néhémy Pierre, Saint-Denis (France)
– Journal d’un porté disparu :
Auteur : Jean David Mezy, Montréal
– L’amour est bleu :
Auteure : Farah Angela Jean, Pétionville
Fait à Pétionville, le 27 octobre 2014
Pour le jury du Prix Littéraire Henri Deschamps
Kettly Mars, Présidente et
Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassègue, Secrétaire du Prix
André Vilaire Chéry, membre
Rodney Saint-Éloi, membre
Françoise Beaulieu Thybulle, membre
Évelyne Trouillot, membre
Gary Victor, membre
Évains Wêche, membre – lauréat 2013
M. Jefferson, le directeur de la bibliothèque sonore de la SHAA assisté par le technicien du studio d’enregistrement de la MHD, M. Roy
Evains Weche, lauréat 2013 du Prix Deschamps pour son recueil de nouvelles, “le trou du voyeur” enregistre la version sonore de son ouvrage sous l’invitation de la FLD dans le cadre de la collaboration de la FLD avec la SHAA
The jury is pleased to remind you that the winner of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize will receive a bonus of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000.00) gourdes. He or she will benefit from the edition as well as the free printing of one thousand (1000) copies of his or her work along with one year of promotion. He or she will also serve for one year as judge on the literary prize jury.
The title of the winning manuscript will be announced during the month of November. The official presentation of the Prize will take place at a ceremony to be held in December 2014.
The Lucienne Deschamps Foundation and the jury of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize would like to thank all those who took part in the 2014 competition. The number of registrants and the quality of the manuscripts received testify to the creativity and the public interest. for literature in general and Haitian literature in particular.
1) Yvica Charles-Marc, les Tainos, 2e AF
2) Onsley Aristide, Collège Notre-Dame des Petits, 6e AF
3) Mathias Tolédano, Lycée Alexandre Dumas, 9e AF
4) Sophia Boyer, Sacré-Cœur, 3e secondaire
In addition to the drawing kit given to the 36 exhibition participants, the twelve winners and their schools each received a voucher. The 4 big winners received a drawing kit, a voucher and a touch pad
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Les participants au concours de dessin se servant a la collation préparée a leur intention.
Les 36 participants a l’exposition de dessin accueillie par l’institut Français en Haiti.
Les douze (12) dessins gagnants.
Les douze (12) gagnants.
These are the objectives of the Ekip Mevey competition initiated by Western Union and its local agents.
The Boisrond Tonnerre Institution (IBT), a winning school in the "Ekip Mevey la" competition, has achieved these objectives. On Sunday May 11, 2014, the IBT hosted the final of a soccer championship in Santo. They emerged victorious (5-3) against the SOS Village School.
Thanks to Western Union funding and management by the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation, the Boisrond Tonnerre Institution was able to strengthen its sports program by acquiring equipment for their football team and cheerleaders.
The school also benefits from thirty (30) touchscreen tablets with an internet connection for the exclusive use of students. In order to improve student learning, the tablets are equipped with RETEL software, an interactive teaching aid. Three (3) computers and an internet connection will be given to the school administration.
On the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation supports two bodies: the Haitian Copyright Office (BHDA) and SELAKOUN ’.
Indeed, faithful to its mission of promoting literature and safeguarding Haitian cultural heritage, the FLD grants through the BHDA a scholarship of one hundred thousand gourdes (100,000.00) to a law school student who has chosen to write his thesis on copyright in Haiti.
The Foundation is also happy to be associated with the awareness-raising activities carried out by SELAKOUN. A conference-debate, a show, and talks on copyright, these are the means used by this young organization to attract the attention of the public and of intellectual property pirates, in particular to the issue of copyright. in Haiti.
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Le Nouvelliste | Posted on: 03 December 2013
"It was in order to bring these people and institutions out of the shadows that the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation created the Lucienne Deschamps humanitarian prize in 2010. This prize aims to honor the personalities and institutions who, by their courage, their dedication, their self-sacrifice, help to help and relieve the Haitian community. This evening, for the fourth year, we would like to honor and especially to encourage five institutions which, in their respective fields of activity, get involved in a concrete way to improve living conditions in their community ”, solemnly declared to Karibe, On Friday, November 29, the vice-president of the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation, Chantal Guilliod, in fact, the foundation awarded five recipients: the GHESKIO Centers, the Haitian Amputee Football Association, the Sainte-Trinité music school, Choice school in Mirebalais and community school in Matènwa.
The honored GHESKIO Centers:
As a prelude to the celebration of World AIDS Day, the foundation has set its sights this year on the GHESKIO Centers, among the five recipients. The director of the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation, Jennifer Plantin, presented this famous institution in these terms: “With more than 30 years of experience in the care, research and training on AIDS and tuberculosis, the GHESKIO Centers, recognized around the world, are a source of national pride. In the 1980s, they played an instrumental role in eliminating "Haitian" from the 4H list then attributed to the disease now known as AIDS, thereby restoring dignity to the Haitian people. In 1984, through rigorous scientific research, the GHESKIO Centers identified contaminated transfusions as the main mode of transmission of HIV and agreed with the MSPP to entrust the Haitian Red Cross with the monopoly of blood transfusions for a better control system. The President highlighted the expertise of the GHESKIO Centers which extends far beyond AIDS research to provide comprehensive health services. She underlined the current mission of this institution which prioritizes services such as maternal and child health, adolescent health and protection, nutritional support, education, to name a few. Very touched by these honors, Dr William Pape of the GHESKIO Centers warmly thanked the foundation for this humanitarian prize and took advantage of this ceremony to renew his confidence in his staff and partners, including the Ministry of Public Health, the Merieux Foundation and Cornell University.
The AHFA rewarded
Presenting the Haitian Amputee Football Association (AHFA), the secretary of the foundation's board of directors, Peter Frisch, stressed that the team of these footballers was created following the earthquake of January 12, 2010 "By carrying out demonstration matches, the AHFA educates the Haitian population about the plight of amputees while demonstrating that a full life is possible for people with disabilities. "Speaking in turn, the president of the AHFA, Bruny Pierre Richard, congratulated the Lucienne Deschamps Foundation. For him, the work of the committee is rewarded with this award which is "that of all members: friends, supporters of the association which works voluntarily for the inclusion of people with reduced mobility".
Honored schools
Another recipient: the school of choice in Mirebalais. For journalist Rotchild François Junior, this choice was made because "it is a trilingual basic school founded on four pillars: quality elementary education, leadership, community involvement, communication skills". The School of Choice wants to provide other opportunities for the underprivileged children that it supports for free.
The community school of Matènwa, it was designated according to Frisch, because it presents "an integrated project that systemically encompasses agriculture, nutrition, the environment and education on the island of La Gonâve. ". On the other hand, "she is committed to meeting the specific needs of her community by teaching the first four years of basic school in Creole, the mother tongue. Educational games, reforestation campaigns and a community garden are part of the curriculum of this establishment, ”he said.
Serving the Haitian community for 57 years, the Sainte-Trinité music school, noted Jennifer Plantin, is made up of the famous philharmonic orchestra, three choirs and ten orchestras. It has nearly 2,000 students, 40% of whom benefit from full scholarships and 48% from half-scholarships. Those who have received half a scholarship pay their quota irregularly due to lack of funds. She praised the policy applied by this institution which prioritizes talents and makes quality classical music training accessible to all.
Claude Bernard Sérant
Mme. Guilliod, Vice-presidente du conseil d’administration de la Fondation Lucienne Deschamps
Gauche a droite: Mme.Low, Dr. Pape, M. J. Deschamps, M. Frisch, et Mme. Plantin
de gauche a droite: Dr. William Pape, Dr. Deschamps des Centres Gheskio, M. C. Deschamps et M. J. Deschamps
It rewards a work for the general public, written in French and / or Creole, on a theme of fictional literature: novel, poetry, fictional essay, tale, short story, literary criticism or theater. It can also crown a work of a historical nature.
The objectives of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize are as follows:
A jury made up of intellectuals from the country has independently proclaimed the Henri Deschamps Prize annually for about twenty-one years.
Currently, the members of the Jury are:
Jury (2013)
Mme Kettly Mars, Présidente
Mme Evelyne Trouillot
Mme Françoise Beaulieu Thybulle
M. Andre Vilaire Chery
M. François Benoit
M. Gary Victor
M. Rodney St Eloi
Secretary of the Henri Deschamps Literary Prize:
Mme Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassègue
Honorary members
Mme Paulette Poujol Oriol (dcd en mars 2011)
Mme Madeleine Gardiner
M. Georges Convington
M. Franck Etienne
Mme Charlotte B. Cadet
M. Pierre Buteau
M. Claude Pierre
Award-winning works:
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Alice Hyppolite Dr Marc Pean Leon Laleau Benoit Joachim Paulette Poujol Oriol Madeleine Gardiner André Georges-Adam —————– Claude Dambreville J.J. Dominique Michel Monnin Paurice Jn Baptiste Marie Vieux Jacques Godard Guy Laraque Me Rock J. Raymond Cuckeita Bellande Pierre-André Voltaire Antoine Auguste Daniel Supplice Gisele Lebon Juliot Jn Pierre Edith Lataillade Geneviève Gaillard Vanté Sagine Jean Paul Ghislaine Rochelin Roussan Camille Fahimy Saoud Jn Pierre Gisele Applon Michèle B.Chassagne |
Ninon, ma sœur L’Illusion héroique Œuvre poétique Les Racines du Sous-Développement en Haïti Le Creuset Visages de femmes, portraits d’écrivains Le Gouvernement de Sylvain Salnave au sein de la Crise de 1867-1869 Un goût de fiel Mémoires d’une amnésique Manès Descolinnes Nan lombray inosans Amour, Colère et Folie Pourquoi les campêches saignent-ils ? Sur la Poésie Mademoiselle Valentine Porte Sauveur Le Dernier boat people Mystifié Karioka Histoire d’une famille L’année d’Isabelle Martinez Les yeux du chat Les Ombres du temps Une femme, une vie Une mère haïtienne Œuvre poétique L’aube après la nuit Croisière pour dame seule Contes des mille et un jours |
Currently, Ms. Carole DeVillers has resumed the project put on hold after the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and is preparing, still with the support of the Foundation, to publish a book « Les Grottes d’Haïti »
• DENISE CARRIE, - singer
• RONY JOLICOEUR, singer
• VOKALIS (CHOIR OF CHILDREN)
• JEAN ROBERT THOMAS, rap singer
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The Board of Directors finally chose 8 recipients who received the "2010 Humanitarian Prize":
The Association of Private Hospitals of Haiti for all Haitian Private Hospitals which, despite the precariousness of resources, despite the poor infrastructure, faced with the means at hand the unthinkable, as well as the leaders administrative staff, medical staff, nursing staff, and small staff for the care given in extremely difficult conditions to the population after the earthquake.
The Haitian Medical Association for all the doctors, nurses and caregivers, for their dedication and abnegation towards the Haitian population on January 12, who for hours, for days, sometimes without sleep, always without rest, we saw them at work.
The Citizen Involvement Office (BIC) for their involvement and that of the countless anomymes in the many actions of organization and coordination of disaster relief on January 12.
Doctors Without Borders for their dedication and self-sacrifice. When disaster strikes they rush to the four corners of a borderless world. Swiss, German, Belgian, Spanish, French with one goal: to relieve the pain of others.
Dr Megan Coffee for her selflessness and dedication to the January 12 patients and tuberculosis patients at the HUEH Hospital since the earthquake, after leaving everything in the US to return to Haiti just after the earthquake. She had just graduated and gave up some great job offers to move to the HUEH where she cares for tuberculosis patients seven days a week on a voluntary basis.
Jimani Hospital for their spirit of solidarity, the welcome and care provided to our compatriots in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Medishare for their dedication and continuous support, for having, without any restrictions, put all their resources at the service of our population.
Radio Signal FM for their support, messages of hope to a population on their knees in the face of such a calamity, for their level of responsibility, for their responsible civic awareness, particularly in the hours following the earthquake.
Mr Sean Penn who left the comfort that his celebrity gives him to agree to share life in the tent with the destitute of fate. For his efforts, his daily struggle, his unconditional dedication to the refugees of the Camp du Pétion-Ville Club.
Also received the distinction "Honeur et Mérite" for the enormous work accomplished in particularly difficult circumstances, Radio Télévision Caraïbes.