Self-defense courses for women

A self-defense course was offered by trainer Joseph Dominique Moleto last month for members of women's groups close to "Kay Fanm" and women newly welcomed and supported by the organization. Certain self-defense techniques allow you to free yourself from dangerous situations even when the aggressor is stronger than you. Once the pandemic has passed, Kay Fanm hopes to be able to open self-defense workshops to the general public.

53 Covid-19 test sites in Haiti

53 sites are available throughout Haiti to test and diagnose cases of Covid-19, according to the list published by the Ministry of Health.

Download the list of sites : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/sites-prelevement-covid-19.pdf

"RÈL" exhibition at Maison Dufort

Eight artists Celeur, David Boyer, Dubréus Lhérisson, Guyodo, Jhonny Cinéus, Killy, Max Grégoire Benjamin and Paskö, unfold and reveal themselves in about fifty creations. An exhibition presented by Le Center d'Art, in partnership with Haiti and Printemps de l'Art, to be discovered until February 27, 2021, at Maison Dufort (9 de la 2e Rue du Travail).

Solar powered reading centers

The Reading and Cultural Animation Centers (CLAC) of Grande Rivière du Nord and Trou-du-Nord received this week, their new solar energy system, as part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Culture, the International Organization of La Francophonie and the National Book Directorate (DNL) for which the relaunch of CLAC activities must include the renewal of basic infrastructure, the equipment of spaces with solar energy. The DNL also clings to the reorientation of the mission of the animators towards more modern initiatives and responding to technological (access to the Internet) and communication requirements.

Canadian Caucus of Black Parliamentarians

The Ambassador of Haiti to Canada Wien-Weibert Arthus had a virtual exchange with Greg Fergus, President of the Canadian Caucus of Black Parliamentarians on Haitian-Canadian bilateral relations and on the major projects of Haiti for 2021

Haiti - Spain

"I spoke with Mrs. Anna Terrón Cusí, Director of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), as part of the series of institutional meetings aimed at consolidating relations between Haiti and Spain. We have explored avenues of cooperation around the modernization of the State, constitutional reform and the possibility of twinning between Haitian and European public administrations ”declared the Ambassador of Haiti to the Kingdom of Spain, Dr. Louis Marie Montfort Saintil.

HL/ HaitiLibre