Author: winter312

Music class performence in Konbit Soley Leve, June 25th 2015

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Since2011, a group of young adults in Haiti, especially in Cité Soleil started a social movement named KONBIT SOLEY LEVE with the purpose to eradicate the rate of vandalism, social conflit between the differnts blocks wihtnin Cité Soleil and to promote fraternity and collaboration between them.

Cité Soleil is internationally known as an extremely impoverished and densely populated of the Haitian metropolitan area and one of the poorest and most dangerous area in the western Hemisphere also one of the biggest slums in Northern Hemisphere.

KONBIT is an authentic Haitian term that describes an old method of accomplishing a large or intense work. Usually they are a group each one of them has their own work but they prefer to combine to help the others in the group and this way they set out evry day to do someone else’s work in the group and sometime they do community work.

These young Leaders chose to name their movement this way first to trace back the method of living together but mainly to unity the people from different block and make them work together for one and other.

KONBIT SOLEY LEVE’s main objective is to work with the community Leaders so the inhabitants of Cité Soleil have a better lifestyle by promoting fairness, collaboration and peace in Cité Soleil. KONBIT SOLEY LEVE uses music, sport such as: soccer and basket game for peace, summer camp, sensitize people, do some workhop any eans to make the idea

Transcend everybody no matter social you are belonging to.

In June 2014, KONBIT SOLEY LEVE launched a program called “Cité Soleil Peace Prize”. This featured program aimed to reward the first 5 social Leaders withnin Cité Soleil that are doing or had done the must recent work and that has a social impact. This year, on June 25th was the second edition of Cité Soleil Peace Prize. Our linkage to the Konbit had permitted us to assist and our music class had been performing in that event. Our music teacher Gueldy RENE and our Education program Director Winter LUC are members of KONBIT SOLEY LEVE, we profite of this event to let people hear our children’s voice as we are promoting better life style for kids and there were many notable persons from various classes in the Haitian attending that event it was very important moment to spread out our objectives through the song of our children “ Children today adult tomorrow we need good care” which is also on Gueldy’s album. They had the opportinunity to perform live.

That was an amazing experience we had the opportinunity to meet lots of eminent people the greatest importance was performing and help the Konbit do this meaninsful job.

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Music class Trip to Jacmel for recording a song

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Thursday 21st 2015, our music class went to Civadier in Jacmel to record a song that promotes children rights and abilities.
“NOU GEN DWA NOU” (We have our rights) is the tittle of the song written and sung by the music class students

We left Port au Prince at 9 AM. all the way long, pictures and videos were taken. We all had fun and enjoyed the moment. we arrived at the studio CINE INSTITUTE at 11: 30 or so. we simply took a little rest, had our lunch and went straight to work.During the recording, after several attempts we finally succed our goal which was record the song.

All the record studio staff were amazed seeing the children singing real enthusiasm and courageous.

Some claimed that is was hard, the way was too long, tiredness but they all had something in common which was their happiness.

After the work was done, we visited the sea shore, passed through caves and went back to surface.
In the last time, we took some pictures of souvenir and Headed back to Port au Prince.

It was really an awesome day, lots of fun.

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Key Words
Record: To render (sound or image) into permanent form for reproduction, as by mechanical or digital means.

Cave: A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface

Studio: A room or building where tapes and records are produced.

Mo kle
Anrejistreman: anrejistre oubyen konseve son oubyen imaj pou repwodui lew gen bezwen.

Gwot: yon twou ki fouye swa natirelman oubyen pa moun avek yon pasaj anba te ki sitou gen yon espas ki ouve pou resoti pa deyo.

Estidyo: yon chanb oubyen yon espas byen femen ki la pou vin anrejistre mizik oubyen imaj.

1st Music Class, November 15th, 2014

Today we launch with the music class of Project Hope Art at HC. All students did not attend the class today, but the little we have had and some personal informations. And the music teacher gives a preview of we are going to learn during the course and start teaching some of the basic knowledge that is mandatory to learn music. To end to class, some English words related to music were given.

Key words
– Chord: three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously.

– Note: a musical sound

– Scale: a series of musical tones going up or down in pitch according to a specified scheme.

– Ako: twa oubyen plis son ki sonnen ansanm

– Not: Yon son mizikal

– Gam: yon seri de son ki monte oubyen desann nan menm wote ki akode ansanm

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Valedictorians of the Garden Class

An interview with the three best students of the gardening class with Esnold Jure.
To visually reflect with us about the last 32 Weeks of our Gardening Class, click here.
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Luciano JOSEPH is a teenager from Cite Soleil, Haiti and is a senior at Petion High School. He was referred to the gardening class of Project HOPE Art by an old friend named Occidor, who was aware about the project.
Luciano is a good-natured boy, very attentive and also industrious. I had the chance to interview him, here is what he said about his experience.

“I really love the class and I’m so satisfied for having participated in this program. It’s amazing and very instructive. The most interesting course for me was the compost preparation and I get a lot out of it. I already loved agriculture and when I leave high school I wish to enter at university to study agronomy.
I want to thank all the supporters of Project Hope Art, their energetic manager, especially Melissa SCHILLING for this meaningful project. I ask to keep on supporting us, especially the youth because we are willing to go even further than we can imagine”.

Luciano continues to advise the younger children to keep going to school, believe in themselves and their potential. He believes they should never give up the chance of learning something new so their dreams can come true!

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Calherbe SAINT-CLAIR is a teenager from Bois-neuf, Cite soleil and is the third child in a family of four children. He was selected to join the gardening class due to his success in a previous English class of Project HOPE Art, in which he has finished as the Top Student. Here is what Calherbe stated about his experience at the end of the program.

“I’ve already been keen to know about agriculture. I used to plant vegetables at home and used to help others In this domain. therefore I was really interested in attending this class so as to involve myself with more accuracy according to the methods.
This program is meaningful to me. I learn lots of new things mostly about space management. It helps to how to harvest correctly my vegetables. Now I would like to commit myself tom helping others in figuring out how to better manage their environment and become more sensible to the area’s treatment.
I’m thanking Project Hope Art for doing such a good job and I hope they can still work with to help us live up to our potential.
I want to tell the other people to become friends with the environment and always try to learn something that can help in their future life.”

Mayco
Mayco JEAN-BAPTISTE is living at Cite Soleil and is the last child of his family. He has joined the group thanks to the god-father of one of his older brothers who has seen his intelligence and made him attend the class. Mayco was asked to share his feeling at the end of the course here is what he had to say.

“I did not love gardening before. I did not know if I had any passion for it at all. And my brother’s god-father did not tell me if it was in a gardening class that he signed me up for. But when I started attending the class I finally appreciate it, and I was even considered to be the cleverest student. I haven’t thought if I would become so hooked in such a short time.
Now I want to increase my skills I would like to involve in a long term gardening project.
I want to say thank you to Mimi and all who have committed to make it grow. I invite you to keep us in consideration for it is not over I would not like that we lose what we have already learned.
I want to say, especially to the younger children -that you are capable, just DO NOT SAY NO even though if it is your first reaction. Find a way to say YES and Try the new thing that you are facing.”

August 9th, 2014 – 22th Week of the gardening class

This Saturday, 22th week of the gardening class. The class becames more and more excited and awesome as we go straight to the end of the course. The students are asked to bring a summary of the program from the begin in to the end and the best tree ones will be selected and presented by his or her redactor on the day of the graduation. To help them out, the garden teacher starts reviewing with them so they could easily do their summary. To end the class, the English teacher reviews with the students the main word and themes, which have been seen all the way through the program.

Key words
– Summary: a concise statement of the main points.

– Graduation: The act or ceremony of delivering diploma to a group of student after achieving an academic degree.

Mo kle
– Rezime: Yon bref diskou kipale de tout gwo Pwen oubyen tem.

– Gradyasyon: Seremo reyalize pou bay diplom ak yon gwoup elev apre yon fomasyon nan yon domenn.
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