Wyclef Jean is responding to actor Sean Penn for publicly criticizing him after announcing his official bid for President Of Haiti. As previously reported Penn was quoted saying that the impoverished country’s next leader had to be “genuinely willing to sacrifice” and that he “hadn’t seen or heard of Wyclef since he’d traveled to Haiti […]

Wyclef Jean is making headlines after announcing that he’s considering running for President of his native country of Haiti. The Yele Haiti head has reportedly been considering a bid for presidency since 2007 when he was made ambassador-at-large for the country. Now with the 2010 election on the horizon and President Rene Preval unable to […]

Nearly six months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Wyclef Jean is continuing to speak on his native land. As previously reported the former Fugee’s organization Yele Haiti contributed over $1 million to the country’s relief efforts. Now according to Clef, the relief efforts are far from over and he says the progress is going […]

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Haiti will no longer have to pay an estimated $36 million owed to The World Bank, an international financial institution used to by countries to loan money to other nations. World Bank made the announcement Friday saying that the country could use the money for reconstruction efforts after January’s earthquake. Haiti’s debit was owed to […]

Wyclef Jean made a positive move this weekend, treating three survivors of the Haiti earthquake to a shopping spree. The three recipients selected by Clef and his Yele Haiti foundation are young ladies who lost limbs during the tragedy. The organization worked alongside the Global Medical Relief Fund to fly the ladies and their families […]