[IAEP] Fwd: Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean Announce Commitments for Haiti

[Edward Cherlin]

Why aren't we in this, Nicholas? Haven't you been talking to Bill?


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From: Clinton Global Initiative <enews at clintonfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Subject: Matt Damon and Wyclef Jean Announce Commitments for Haiti
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Today, President Clinton will announce a number of commitments aimed
at helping Haiti recover in ways that will strengthen education,
health care, nutrition, and business enterprises, and help people
rebuild their lives. A series of hurricanes and tropical storms
ravaged Haiti from all sides, flooding roads, destroying homes,
closing schools, and leaving many without what little food they had.

Highlighted Commitments Include:
Wyclef Jean and his foundation Yele commit to provide hot school meals
for 14,000 poor children, food for 20,000 families a month, thousands
of new agriculture jobs, micro-enterprise grants for 165 small
businesses, 36,000 farmers with seed, fertilizer, and training, and
implement a broad communications campaign to engage international and
local Haitian musicians in the Together for Haiti Campaign.
Matt Damon and Frank McKenna of the ONEXONE Foundation commit to
raising at least $3 million to support local NGOs working in Haiti.
Good Energies Foundation commits to catalyzing the development of
renewable energy in Haiti through research, and will support the
installation of solar systems for rural health centers at Partners In
Health clinics.
Habitat for Humanity International will invest $7 million to repair
1,500 homes, build 1,000 new homes, provide financial support and
training for 300 tradespersons and micro-entrepreneurs in the
low-income construction sector, and train 1,000 families in disaster
prevention and mitigation.
This announcement is part of the final plenary session featuring
closing remarks by President Clinton to conclude the fourth annual
meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. Watch the final session
today live via webcast.

You can help, too. What will your commitment be?



PLENARY SESSION: The Global Impact of Rural Innovation
Friday 9/26/08, 9:00 A.M. — 10:00 A.M.

Program Participants:
Steve Gunderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Council on Foundations
Wangari Muta Maathai, Founder, Green Belt Movement, Kenya
Elsie Meeks, President and Chief Executive Officer, First Nations
Oweesta Corporation
Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Church
Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank


SPECIAL SESSION: Poverty Alleviation in Unique Environments
Friday 9/26/08, 12:00 P.M. — 1:00 P.M.

Program Participants:
President René Preval, Republic of Haiti
Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
President Ernest Bai Koroma, Republic of Sierra Leone
Helene Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE USA


CLOSING PLENARY
Friday 9/26/08, 1:00 P.M. — 2:30 P.M.

Summary by President Clinton.




Established in 2005 as a project of the non-partisan William J.
Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes
global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of
the world's most pressing challenges. Since 2005, CGI members have
made nearly 1,000 Commitments to Action valued at upwards of $30
billion to improve more than 200 million lives in over 150 countries
around the world. Through past Annual Meetings, CGI has brought
together more than 80 current and former heads of state, hundreds of
top CEOs and non-profit leaders, major philanthropists, and 10 of the
last 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

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