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June 4 '09
Wyclef Jean Receives ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award at World Hunger Year Gala
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Apr 24 '09
Wyclef Performs Entire Catalog at Barrel House Benefit
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MAR 31 '09
Haiti Fights to Keep Foreign Aid Flowing
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JAN 11 '09
Wyclef's Hope For Haiti on CBS-60 Minutes
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Projects
PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
  Sponsoring the education of 4,500 children in primary school throughout Haiti.
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HELP HAITI
  Canadian students giving 25¢ each to provide tuition fees for Haitian students.
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COMPUTER LAB
  Training teens in a new state-of-the-art facility in a high school in Croix-des-Bouquets.
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YELE CUISINE
  Micro-enterprise by women’s associations selling food in poor neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince.
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YÉLE CINEMA
  Free outdoor projection of Creole-dubbed films in slums that are without electricity.
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BOYS REHABILITATION CENTER
  Giving imprisoned child gang members a second chance through education and training.
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Photos
Wyclef Jean, former US President Bill Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Cite Soleil at a Yéle Haiti-sponsored distribution of rice from the World Food Programme. March '08
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  Wyclef Jean and Matt Damon  handing bag of rice to  a woman  in Cabaret  as part as the Haiti Storm Relief Fund  Cabaret, Haiti. Sept '08
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  Wyclef handing a bag of rice to woman, as part of a Yele food distribution, which is in turn part of the Together for Haiti initiative. Cite-Soleil, Haiti. June'08 
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  Wyclef Jean talking to the press accompanied by Jerry Duplessis, Petra Nemcova and Dr.Jeffrey Sachs at the "Together for Haiti" Press Conference. Hotel Gansevoort, New York. May'08
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  Wyclef Jean and Akon perform at Yéle Fest 2007 concert in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Dec ’07
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