Musicrooms.net: Wyclef, Akon & Jimmy Rosemond To Help West Africa

Wyclef, Akon & Jimmy Rosemond To Help West Africa
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MusicRooms on 10 December, 2007
 
Wyclef, Rosemond and Akon will travel to Haiti on Saturday (December 15) as part
of Jean’s Yele Fest tour of local high schools, as well as some of the former
child prisons in Port-au-Prince.
Yele Fest is designed to promote tourism in the country of Haiti and is
designed to educate people about Haitian culture and art and to convey the
message that the country is safe.
In return, Wyclef will perform at a major benefit being hosted by Senegal
native Akon and the governments of various West African countries in 2008.
According to Wyclef Jean: “I will use all of my influence and power to
fulfill my role as Ambassador to Haiti and along with Jimmy Rosemond and Akon,
we hope that our goodwill efforts will touch the world and inspire charitable
giving.  Says Akon: “I have always been involved in the upliftment of my
people and Haitians and Africans are one.” Said Mr. Rosemond the organizer of
the project: “I am ecstatic to be a part of this great event in Haiti, and to
have two great artists on stage together in a small island like Haiti will show
the world that Haiti is on course to rebuilding its’ stature in the Caribbean.
It is also monumental that a rap artist such as Wyclef has been named an
official ambassador to Haiti and that too it is cause for celebration.”
The idea was conceptualized by Rosemond, who like Jean, hails from the tiny
island of Haiti.
Details on the benefit concert in West Africa are expected to be announced next
year.