Founded by Grammy Award winner Haitian-born musician and producer Wyclef Jean, Yéle Haiti addresses problems concerning education, health, environment and community development in Haiti.
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Founded by Grammy Award winner Haitian-born musician and producer Wyclef Jean, Yéle Haiti addresses problems concerning education, health, environment and community development in Haiti. Support the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. |
January 17, 2005
"The Jam was a totally new
moment in
my life, a kind of challenge of finding inside me the stories,
motivations and reasons for my work. Why am I here? Is another world
possible? The Jam didn't finish in January 2005 — it was only
beginning. We're not talking about any kind of young activists meeting
but more... a seed able to build another possible world.”
— Leonardo Jianoti, YB News
Youth Agency, Curitiba, BrazilHeld in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the second annual Latin America Jam (January 16-23, 2005) selected 25 of the region’s most outstanding young leaders from a pool of more than 500 applications. Participants came from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and from five geographical regions within Brazil. Representing positions of influence and leadership in organizations working for peace, environmental protection, human and children’s rights and social justice, participants engaged in a community dialogue where they could discuss the internal motivations and external factors that drive and influence their activism, the common problems facing youth in Latin America and the challenge of global sustainability. The Jam allowed participants to share their work as an open, on-going educational and learning process and it provided a platform for mutual sharing, learning, networking and community-building among some of the young people who will shape the new Latin America. Immediately following the Jam, constituents participated in the 100,000-strong World Social Forum, by holding a special workshop for 600 WSF delegates and presented some of the learnings that came out of the Jam. As the Jam alumni return to their respective regions and countries, they continue to make an impact.
"The Latin Jam gives to youth a
new
perception of social change work and life. It is a gathering
that
brings our attention to leaders as human beings. It gives a
space
to build common values and principles that need to be included in every
day of our work. "
— Gabriela Barbosa Batista,
Terrazul Social Environmental Institute, Meireles,
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