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Michaelle Jean In Charge Of Limonade University Commission
In an efort to have Limonade University to start serving the country soon, President Martelly has appointed Micha lle Jean to head the University Commission.
Michaelle Jean is a former Canadian governor and UNESCO's special envoy Haiti.
She will be in charge the commission that will ensure the university is up and running in a year's time.
World bank providing fundiing for children's education, teacher's training and meal
After the successful election in 2006, with encouraging efforts of Haitian President Rene Preval, the World Bank has decided to invest money in Haiti educational system. They approved a US$25 Million Grant for funding Haiti's Educational System. As a result of the World Bank funding, the Haitian government would be responsible to provide effective Primary Education for 100,000 poor children, in about 1,000 Private Schools. In addition funding for teacher's training and meal for the children would be provided as well
The inauguration of University Roi Henri Christophe on January 12, 2012
The second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake is marked by a positive note with the inauguration of the University Roi Henri Christophe. Thi represents a chance to do things better and to educate the Haitian population to better care for themselves.
In two years, on the exact same day of the disaster that killed over to200,000 Haitians, President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic was present, along with the Haitian President Michel Martelly in Limonade for the occasion. The University Roi Henri Christophe was offered by the government and the business sector of Dominican Republic.
Dany Laferriere a Haitian-Canadian Novelist and Journalist
Here is a man who has written more than 10 wonderful books. Danny Laferriere was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti became a journalist there and moved to Canada in 1976. Dany Laferrière writes his novels in the French language. However, many were translated into the English language
His most popular book is titled:"How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired" which he released in 1985
Black colleges and Universities to help Haiti State University rebuild
Haiti will receive the skills, expertise and funding from a consortium of black colleges and Universities as several of them have decided to provide some needed support to help Haiti State University.
The support that the black Colleges and universities intended to provide to Haiti will come in the form of campus rebuilding, funding for new professorships, student scholarships, student housing, research into renewable energy and alternative medicine, improving technical capabilities of research programs.
Haitian Born Michaelle Jean, New chancellor of University of Ottawa
The notion that you can be all you want to be is a concept that the Haitian born Michaelle Jean is very familiar with and practices very well. As she was appointed as the new chancellor of University of Ottawa, Ms. Jean will have to decide whether she want to keep her current position as UNESCO
special envoy for Haiti.
As chancellor of University of Ottawa, Michaelle Jean will likely not bee able to keep her current position that she has been performing so well. She was an advocate for the poor, the uneducated and the women in Haiti.
The former Governor General of Canada, Michaelle Jean studied at the Universite de Montreal before becoming a teacher at the university's department of modern
languages and literatures.
Michel Martelly at the University Roi Henri Christophe in Limonade
You are looking at the new University that will start functionning on January 12, 2012. The University Roi Henri Christophe located in Limonade will be providing higher education to 10,000 student per day.
The visit of President Michel Martelly in the Citiy of Limonade in the North of the country to visit University Roi Henri Christophe is in support of this new and exciting project that will continue to promote free education in Haiti