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ASSOCIATION OF BEL AIR, HAITI

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The Belairien association has been providing help to disadvantaged children in Haiti, and especially in Bel Air, a section of Port au Prince. As a visitor, I can tell you Bel Air is 5 minutes away from the beautiful Haiti Palace. A lot of great men come from from Bel Air. The Lycee Alexandre Petion, the Cathedral of Haiti, the famous Madan Colo Statue, Calvaire, the famous Corps du Genie, a military institution, Guillaume Petion Health Club, one of the first in Haiti, where you can run into an elected official, during an evening workout.

Despite the many successes, Bel Air have had its shares of trouble and brushes with the law, the mass migration of people coming from the country side, the unemployment. Today it is most often referred as "The Slum of Bel Air", extremely different than other areas of Port au Prince. Not far from the glistening Palais Nationale, Bel Air is a poor neighborhood which has been hit hard, plagued with social problems, not different than what the news have portrayed on the Headlines .

Despite it all, some men have never forget where they coming from, they call themselves " Belairien" as being from Bel Air. It takes courage to identify one self as a Belairien, with the misery, the poverty, the violence, the toughness and a heroic past of defiance, bravery and cohesion. People from Bel Air knows how to stick together. Daniel Cesar is one of those tough guys that is not afraid of telling you that he is a native of Bel Air, and after living in the US, he created the Belairien Association, headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

For the past 7 years, he has made use of his own money to provide free education and free food , paying teachers salaries, and plan to increase the school capacity, and bring access to the internet as well . In our last conversation, he sadly expressed to me that for every one child that benefited from his generosity, there were 5 more that were left at home, no schools to go and without adequate nutrition or left hungry.

He saw so many men lost to violence, or simply grow old ,never work a single day in their lives, not because they did not want to work, but work was unavailable. Daniel Cesar is not by himself, but want to share with you his vision, of helping educate Haiti youngsters, food programs that will ensure that kids do not go to school or to bed hungry. He promised me that giving up is not part of this movement and no matter what it takes, the mission wil go on.


He went on to say that Bel Air has enough sons and daughters that are doing well, living all over the world and it was only a matter of time before every one of them will come together to help him carry that mission. He is building a website, and he is applying for charity status. Meanwhile , he is offering his invitations to those men and women natives of Bel Air , living decent and succesful lives, that knows the changes that are needed , that have lived there to bring some hope and changes in this historical region that is, Bel Air.

Daniel Cesar
Association Belairien
900 East 35th Street Apt B4
Brooklyn NY 11210
Phone: 347-268-2533
www.associationbelairien.org

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HAITI STILL THE SAFEST....

Haiti's image of fear 'a big myth' to some


March 4, 2008


By Reed Lindsay - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --


U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti say they are battling an image of fear that
is keeping the Caribbean nation mired in hunger and disease, with
little hope of attracting foreign visitors and investment.


Forbes magazine has named Haiti one of the world's 10 most dangerous
destinations, along with Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia.


The Associated Press has called Port-au-Prince the kidnapping capital
of the Americas.


The U.S. government maintains a perpetual travel warning on Haiti,
while diplomats, journalists and aid workers spend much of their time
holed up in fortified hotels.


The image stems largely from two violent years after the 2004 U.S.
ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide when the slums of Port-au-
Prince erupted in gunbattles between gangs, Haitian police and U.N.
peacekeepers, plus a wave of kidnappings.


Today, Haiti's reputation is undeserved, say security analysts and
officials from the U.N. peacekeeping mission. They argue that Haiti is
no more violent than any other Latin American country.


"It's a big myth," said Fred Blaise, spokesman for the U.N. police
force in Haiti. "Port-au-Prince is no more dangerous than any big
city. You can go to New York and get pickpocketed and held at
gunpoint."


Reliable statistics are scarce in Haiti, but U.N. data indicate that
the country could be among the safest in the region.


The U.N. peacekeeping mission recorded 487 homicides in Haiti last
year, or about 5.6 per 100,000 people.


A U.N.-World Bank study last year estimated the Caribbean's average
homicide rate at 30 per 100,000, with Jamaica registering nearly nine
times as many -- 49 homicides per 100,000 people -- as those recorded by
the United Nations in Haiti.


In 2006, the neighboring Dominican Republic notched more than four
times more homicides per capita than those registered in Haiti: 23.6
per 100,000, according to the Central American Observatory on
Violence.


Even the United States would appear to have a higher homicide rate:
5.7 per 100,000 in 2006, according to the U.S. Justice Department.


"There is not a large amount of violence [in Haiti]," said Gen. Jose
Elito Carvalho Siquiera, the former Brazilian commander of the U.N.
military force in Haiti. "If you compare the levels of poverty here
with those of Sao Paolo [Brazil] or other cities, there is more
violence there than here."


The U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as Minustah, arrived in Haiti in
June 2004, three months after U.S. troops whisked Mr. Aristide into
exile amid an armed rebellion.


The U.S.-backed interim government then waged a campaign against Mr.
Aristide's supporters, igniting two years of gunfights in Port-au-
Prince's slums.


A wave of kidnappings also swept panic through the capital. From 2005
until 2006, Minustah registered 1,356 kidnappings.


Kidnappings have become common in many Latin American countries, but
were rare in Haiti before Mr. Aristide's ouster.


"The kidnappings shocked everyone because they hadn't happened in the
past," said Mr. Blaise, the U.N. police spokesman. "Still, when you
compare the number of kidnappings here, I don't think it's more than
anywhere else."


Security improved markedly last year. The number of kidnappings
dropped by nearly 70 percent, and the U.N. peacekeeping mission
wrested control of Port-au-Prince's battle-torn slums from armed
groups.


President Rene Preval, elected in a landslide in February 2006, has
mollified Haiti's political opposition.


Gunshots are now seldom heard in Port-au-Prince. Violent crime in the
countryside has always been rare. Attacks on foreigners are few and
far between, and in recent months American Airlines flights from Miami
to the capital have been packed with Christian missionaries and aid
workers.


Even when the instability was at its peak, observers say, violence
usually was limited to a few Port-au-Prince slums.


"If you compare Haiti to Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Rwanda, we don't
even appear on the same scale," said Patrick Elie, who heads a
government commission studying the creation of a new security force.


"We've had a tumultuous history, that is true, one characterized by
political instability," said Mr. Elie. "But except for the war that we
had to wage to obtain our freedom and independence from the French,
Haiti has never known a level of violence comparable to that which has
been waged in Europe, in America and the European countries in Africa
and Asia. Our country has been one of the least violent."


Viva Rio, a Brazilian-based violence reduction group that came to
Haiti at the request of the U.N. mission's disarmament program, has
found Port-au-Prince's armed groups more receptive than those in Rio
de Janeiro's slums.


Last March, the organization persuaded warring gangs in Bel Air and
neighboring downtown slums to sign a peace treaty, in which they swore
to abstain from violence in exchange for youth scholarships. Since
then, the area has been peaceful.


"This would be unthinkable in Rio," said Rubem Cesar Fernandes, Viva
Rio's director.


The humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders classified the
"raging violence" in Port-au-Prince as one of the world's 10 most
underreported stories in 2006. Even then, only one of every 10
patients at its trauma hospital was the victim of a bullet wound. Most
had been injured in car crashes and domestic accidents.


"It's not the insecurity, not the bullets, not the conflict between
gangs and police," said Yann Libessart, the former head of the Doctors
Without Borders mission. "What's killing people in Haiti is not being
able to give birth to a baby in a hospital or not having access to
medical care because they don't have enough money to pay."


While the international community has made security the priority, the
dominant concern for most poor Haitians is the rising cost of food.
The prices of staples such as rice and beans have nearly doubled in
the past three years, a devastating trend in a country where about 80
percent of the population earns less than $2 a day.


"Our problem isn't violence," said Yvner Meneide, an artisan living in
downtown Port-au-Prince. "If we were violent, we would organize
demonstrations every day, we would be destroying things. But the
Haitian people are very moderate. We might be hungry, but we are
calm."

PATRICK LAGACE DREAMS OF HAITI

Patrick Lagacé returned from a six-day stay in Haiti.

Trop court pour en faire un expert, mais assez long pour constater que ce pays, l'un des plus pauvres au monde, est un «tragique milk-shake de cercles vicieux.» Il nous livre ici la première de trois chroniques, faites de surprises, bonnes et mauvaises. Too short to be an expert, but long enough to see that this country, one of the world's poorest, is a "tragic shake of vicious circles.

" Here, he gives the first three columns, made of surprises, good and bad.

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HAITIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM IS MOURNING.

This morning, more precisely at 6 :55 am, in Orlando, the emblematic, the legend, the virtuoso, the best striker of all time Haitian football - with 47 international goals in 106 matches - the coach of the Selection National in 1999, Emmanuel Sanon (Manno), born June 21, 1951 in Port-au-Prince to a modest family originating in the province, died at the age of 56 as a result of pancreatic cancer in the presence of his relatives including his wife Suzie and their four children. Manno joins two other players in the epic of 1974, Arsène Augustus nicknamed "Ti Pelao" and "Fritz" Fito Léandre.

On June 15, 1974, Emmanuel Sanon (Manno) was entered in the history of football in ending the invincibility of the Italian goalkeeper, Dino Zoff, at the World Cup 1974 that the National Eleven lost on the score (3-1). The coup took place sparkle following a pass of more than 40 meters from the Captain Philippe Vorbe. At the announcement of the death, Philippe Vorbe said that the departure of his teammate was expected but not as soon. "Manno Sanon was an exceptional player, reserved and simple. He was humble, he listened to the people before making decisions, and it was also a practical joker, "said Vorbe. The International Vorbe said that "Sanon was a player of sacrifice because he was still single point of the attack. The icon of football Haitian had a mental exceptional and is the precursor of the current football which requires the attacker to move quickly, "said Vorbe. Manno "was an eccentric player. He played very fast, he had a vision. I can compare it with Messi and Henry. Manno was a player like the famous Brazilian soccer player "Kaka". He liked to confront adversaries, "he noted.
Vorbe confessed that Manno had a left foot which was reflected in the extraordinary goal he scored against Argentina in 1974, but said Vorbe, the weakness of the legend was his right foot and his head game. He returned on the passage of the Manno Beerschot Antwerp in Belgium, adding that if the borders were open at that time, Manno Sanon could have played at Real Madrid.

Regarding his memories of his confrontations with Emmanuel Sanon in the Cup Pradel, Vorbe recalled that the defeat that suffered Violette (4-2) facing the Don Bosco de Petion-Ville, saying that day was a Manno devil. He also recalled the correction that the deceased had inflicted on the Haitian Racing Club (3-0), noting that Sanon was the executioner in the capital. "The year 1971 was the year of Emmanuel Sanon. Philippe Vorbe thanked the president, Rene Preval, who allowed the football legend to return to the source in May 2007 to receive the honors earned for services rendered to football.

For its part, Marion Léandre Manno said that the player was the most difficult to detect "every time you played against, it was necessary to pray for it humiliates you. He remembers the friendly meeting that the National Selection had played against Uruguay at the Sylvio Cator (0-0) saying that "even if Sanon had not registered, it was phenomenal. I remember that one of his ball had touched the crossbar.

The secretary general of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Lionel Desir, said that the Federal Bureau was aware of the state of health of Sanon and expected this bad news. At the time of the interview, the secretary-general said he was unable to say what plans to the Federal Office, but said that the Bureau would meet this Thursday in the afternoon.

There is nothing more beautiful and larger than concluding this product with that connection that the football legend Haitian was launched in 2002. "It's all over the country who must be mobilized. If we go to the World Cup, it will not be for the glory of x or y, but that of all Haitians. We must not stand idly by and wait for those who occupy a place or another to do something. If we want we can. It is important that those responsible for the country and the football family to become aware that in 2006, 2010 or 2014, even though I am no longer there, we got back our place at the global level ".

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BRITISH HONORARY AWARDS


HM The Queen has been graciously pleased to approved the following honorary British awards this year:

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
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Ms Yolette ETIENNE, MBE
For services to humanitarian aid in Haiti through Oxfam


In Haiti, Oxfam's focus is on disaster preparedness, gender equality, sustainable livelihoods, and helping people have a say in the decisions that affect them.

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"If you're born in a neighborhood or town where the only high school is one where graduation is not the norm, how is this living in the land of equal opportunity?" asks Bob Balfanz, the researcher at Johns Hopkins University who defines such a school as a "dropout factory."

There are about 1,700 regular or vocational high schools nationwide that fit that description, according to an analysis of Education Department data conducted by Johns Hopkins for The Associated Press. That's 12 percent of all such schools, no more than a decade ago but no less, either.


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