[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1418]
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        INTERNATIONAL RECORDING ARTIST TAKES INITIATIVE IN HAITI

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 9, 2008

  Mr. RANGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to enter into the Record the 
July 1, 2008, New York Carib News article entitled: ``Wyclef Jean 
Travels to Haiti to Bring Mission of `Together for Haiti' Food 
Initiative Home.'' I would like to take this opportunity to recognize 
Wyclef Jean for the important work he is doing for the Haitian people.
  Wyclef is a Grammy Award winning international recording artist and 
social activist. He started Yele Haiti, a foundation that supports 
projects in education, health, environment and community development in 
his home country of Haiti. Wyclef is also a founding member of Together 
for Haiti, an alliance of three major humanitarian organizations 
including Yele Haiti. Together for Haiti's mission is to address the 
food crisis by providing food, creating jobs, and restoring hope and 
pride within the nation's poorest citizens.
  Wyclef's mission to help Haiti has shed a much needed light into the 
food crisis that is plaguing the nation. The crisis is not because of a 
shortage of food but rather the cost of it. Although there is food 
available, it has become too expensive for the majority of the 
population that lives on one dollar a day to afford.
  Wyclef's Together for Haiti has four initiatives: Targeted Food 
Distribution, Immediate Employment Creation, Micro-Enterprise Grants, 
and Seed and Fertilizer Training. These four initiatives lay the 
groundwork for the continued effort to stimulate economic growth in the 
country and lift our Haitian neighbors out of devastating poverty.

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