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Wyclef Jean addresses Haitian students at the the 6th Annual Haitian students conference in 2003 at the University of Massachusetts, in Massachusetts, USA.
Mini Bio: Wyclef Jean is a multiple Grammy Award-winning artist who was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti on October 17, 1972. He grew up in poverty, but left Haiti, and moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was nine, then to Northern New Jersey, where he began playing the guitar, and studying jazz. Jean later won fame with The Fugees, and as a solo performer.
Jean has used his fame to promote Haiti and the Haitian pride. Jean has been active in his support of his native country, and created his own foundation Yéle Haïti to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to his dear native country Haiti. Yéle is a non-political organization intended to empower the people of Haïti and the Haïtian diaspora to rebuild their nation. Recently, Jean performed at the 2006 FIFA Soccer World cup Championship game wearing a t-shirt with the Haitian flag.
In January 2007, Wyclef Jean was officially named by the Haitian government as a roving ambassador for Haiti, to help improve its image abroad.
More on Jean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclef_Jean,-
http://www.yele.org/
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