A message from JANBE.org

JANBE cries for Haiti

The JANBE dance institute would like to extend our prayers and well wishes to Haiti. We can only hope that all of the students and staff members that we have had the privilege to work with at ENARTS over the past 3 years are safe. It pains us to know that this natural disaster has destroyed so many lives and historical institutions that represent the heart and soul of Haiti. For the past 3 years JANBE was blessed to run our dance institute at ENARTS, the national school of the Arts, located in the center of Port Au Prince. As a cultural institution ENARTS maintained a strong legacy of creating artists who have shared the cultural vibrancy of Haiti throughout the world. Many Haitian visual and performing artists who studied at ENARTS have gone on to become renowned artists in Europe and the United States.  Our program recognizes the importance and richness of ENARTS and that is why we have housed our summer program there and hope that the future allows us to continue to be based at ENARTS.

Haiti is in dire need of help. Food and medical concerns are foremost. At the same time the rebuilding of Haiti’s fine institutions is just as important. The arts has always fed the spirit  of our people and ENARTS is necessary now. The needs of Haiti are grand and numerous today. Let us find a way to pull together and contribute as much as we can. JANBE is pleading, don’t hesitate to donate. Haiti needs us.

“For groups and societies, culture is energy, inspiration and empowerment.”

                                                                       — Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former UN Secretary General

List of organizations to send donations:

Partners In Health – http://www.pih.org
Color of Change – http://act.colorofchange.org/go/13?akid=1323.163569.jpOPkL&t=4

Information and Lists of Resources

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34834553/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show

http://www.bostonhaitian.com/node/64

http://www.care.org

You can also donate through texting:

text “yele” to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Foundation Earthquake Fund

text “haiti” to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief