Wyclef Jean and the Timberland Clothing Company have announced a partnership to fuse product, music, and activism under a banner of “Earthkeeping”. The company, which has stepped up its environmental commitment over the past few years, created its Earthkeepers program to highlight people making a difference for the planet — and inspire others to do [...]
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News recently broke that singer Wyclef Jean will be performing at the Green Garden Gala on Thursday, April 30th in NYC.
The Gala is HealthCorp’s annual fundraiser to raise cash and help expand their in-school health educational and mentoring program.
HealthCorps was founded Dr. Mehmet Oz to “help stem the crisis of child obesity through school-based health education and [...]
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Besides being one heck of a musician, Wyclef Jean is also a passionate ambassador for his birth country Haiti.
In 2005 Jean started Yele Haiti — a program dedicated to supporting projects that make a difference in education, health, environment and community development for the impoverished country.
To continue his good work, Wyclef has announced plans to build a [...]
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I don’t think I remember as many celebratory inaugural balls as what’s happening down in D.C. this month. Of particular interest to us are the “green balls” being organized — yes, there’s more than one.
The first one to hit the dance floor is the Green Inaugural Ball, an “environmental celebration of the election of President-election [...]
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The legitimacy of a charity seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. I’ve been amazed at the responses to the recent post on a Scientology benefit for charity. That conversation may not have been that surprising (I’m not Scientology’s OMG #1 Fan myself!), but when I heard that charities run by Bono — one [...]
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Last night, Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean helped host another charity benefit for OneXOne, an international charity targeting poor children. The event took place in San Francisco. Earlier in September, Damon and Wyclef hosted another benefit for the organization in Toronto. It was after this meeting that the pair then flew to Haiti to [...]
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Back in September, singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon traveled to Haiti to assist with relief programs and draw attention the plight of those living there. The country had been rocked by Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike leaving thousands starving, villages flooded, and desperation rampant.
Now, Wyclef has written an entry on Anderson Cooper’s [...]
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As Ecorazzi previously reported, stars like Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean have come out in a big way to help victims of the recent storms in Haiti that killed at least 425 people, destroyed thousands of homes and razed 60 percent of the island’s agriculture.
Mia Farrow, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, is the latest celeb to get [...]
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Actor Matt Damon and Singer Wyclef Jean traveled to Haiti on Monday to assist with relief programs and draw attention the plight of those living there. The country has been rocked by Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike leaving thousands starving, villages flooded, and desperation rampant. Damon and Jean encouraged help for the United Nations [...]
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Just a few days ago Ecorazzi told you about Wyclef Jean’s goal to help establish a food relief program in Haiti with the help of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF). Here’s a little video action from a recent press conference he had in New York. GO HAITI!!!
thanks: looktothestars.org
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