Wyclef Jean Humanitarian Award

BET Honors Wyclef Jean with its BET Awards Humanitarian Award. Learn more about all he has done for his homeland Haiti.

Wyclef Jean - As a Grammy-winning musician, producer and –most recently—ambassador, Wyclef Jean has long been a vocal advocate for his native land, Haiti.

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Wyclef Jean - As a Grammy-winning musician, producer and –most recently—ambassador, Wyclef Jean has long been a vocal advocate for his native land, Haiti.

Wyclef Jean - As one-third of the rap trio The Fugees, Jean – who was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti – gained international success and fame.

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Wyclef Jean - As one-third of the rap trio The Fugees, Jean – who was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti – gained international success and fame.

Wyclef Jean - Through the Yéle Haiti Foundation he established in 2005, Jean uses the power of music to promote education, health, environment and community projects in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

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Wyclef Jean - Through the Yéle Haiti Foundation he established in 2005, Jean uses the power of music to promote education, health, environment and community projects in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Wyclef Jean - The foundation has provided thousands of scholarships to thousands of Haitian students.

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Wyclef Jean - The foundation has provided thousands of scholarships to thousands of Haitian students.

Wyclef Jean - In 2007, Haitian President René Préval appointed Jean as the nation’s roving ambassador, praising him as “our best asset to promote the country’s image around the world.”

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Wyclef Jean - In 2007, Haitian President René Préval appointed Jean as the nation’s roving ambassador, praising him as “our best asset to promote the country’s image around the world.”

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Wyclef Jean - That same year Jean, singer Akon and music exec Jimmy Rosemond got together to bring a free concert to Haiti. The Yéle Fest, which was in support of Jean’s foundation, was held in the capital city Port-au-Prince. “I will use every influence and power I have to fulfill my role as ambassador to Haiti,” Jean said in a statement. “Our good efforts shall touch the world via music and charity.”

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Wyclef Jean - That same year Jean, singer Akon and music exec Jimmy Rosemond got together to bring a free concert to Haiti. The Yéle Fest, which was in support of Jean’s foundation, was held in the capital city Port-au-Prince. “I will use every influence and power I have to fulfill my role as ambassador to Haiti,” Jean said in a statement. “Our good efforts shall touch the world via music and charity.”

Wyclef Jean - Jean announced a partnership between Yéle Haiti and nonprofit organization Together for Haiti in 2008. Jointly the groups, along with the United Nations, the World Food Program and the Pan American Development Foundation, aim to assist the nation with food distribution and job creation.

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Wyclef Jean - Jean announced a partnership between Yéle Haiti and nonprofit organization Together for Haiti in 2008. Jointly the groups, along with the United Nations, the World Food Program and the Pan American Development Foundation, aim to assist the nation with food distribution and job creation.

Wyclef Jean - Last year, Jean, along with actor Matt Damon, traveled to Haiti to assess the damage from the deadly consecutive hurricanes that devastated the nation, in an attempt to bring international awareness to the nation’s need for aid.

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Wyclef Jean - Last year, Jean, along with actor Matt Damon, traveled to Haiti to assess the damage from the deadly consecutive hurricanes that devastated the nation, in an attempt to bring international awareness to the nation’s need for aid.

Wyclef Jean - Earlier this year, Jean traveled to the nation with former President Bill Clinton and United Nation’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in another effort to bring awareness to the plight of the residents.

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Wyclef Jean - Earlier this year, Jean traveled to the nation with former President Bill Clinton and United Nation’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in another effort to bring awareness to the plight of the residents.

Wyclef Jean - “Haiti is my native country, one I know as the first Black nation to gain independence in 1804,” Jean says on Yéle Haiti’s Web site. “Most other people seem to know Haiti only by the statistics about how bad things are there…The objective of Yéle Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and force that is part of our heritage."

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Wyclef Jean - “Haiti is my native country, one I know as the first Black nation to gain independence in 1804,” Jean says on Yéle Haiti’s Web site. “Most other people seem to know Haiti only by the statistics about how bad things are there…The objective of Yéle Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and force that is part of our heritage."