posted by Le Flambeau Following are the remarks delivered by Le Flambeau Foundation Scholar Ruchama at the Le Flambeau Foundation 10th Anniversary Awards Celebration, held on October 26th, 2017; at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Gleacher Center, in Chicago Illinois. Good evening, It is a great privilege to be at the University of Chicago to celebrate … Read more
The following remarks were received in the form of a letter and presented by Le Flambeau Foundation Board Director Joseph Puchner at the 10th Anniversary Awards Celebration held on October 26th, 2017; at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Gleacher Center; in Chicago IL. Vicktho Desforges is a past Le Flambeau Foundation student, a … Read more
On Thursday October 26th, 2017, at the Le Flambeau Foundation 10th Anniversary Awards Celebration held at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Gleacher Center in Chicago; Consul General of Haiti in Chicago Lesly Condé, delivered the following message. Distinguished guests, Dear friends of Haiti, Dear compatriots, Ladies and gentlemen, I am thrilled to … Read more
Commentary written by the late Dr. Luc L. Colas of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on December 10, 1998 – the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Noted is Senator Emile Saint-Lôt who joined Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in Paris in 1948 as a Haiti delegate, and who helped draft and was a signatory of the Universal … Read more
December 10th is officially recognized throughout the world as Human Rights Day, today celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established in 1948. Human rights is a topic that is front and center as we read the news and face shared realities around the world. Did we walk forward, reverse, or stand still? The … Read more
THE SPARK of Le Flambeau is an on-line language exchange program focused on extending educational opportunities to bright under-served youth in Haiti, now in its eighth year. The program aims to improve fluency in English language reading and writing in preparation for TOEFL and improve access to more immediate employment options in Haiti, for youth in … Read more
The grand winners of the recent fall 2018 session of THE SPARK of Le Flambeau program were announced at a recognition ceremony held in Cap-Haitien Haiti at Institute Dr. Luc L. Colas on Saturday November 17, 2018. Three winner certificates were presented with the grand winner also receiving a TOEFL test study kit along with … Read more
The following perspective is from a youth participant in the fall 2018 session of THE SPARK of Le Flambeau. The students are in the early stages of learning English and have been challenged to share their views on important topics, in English. All class participants for this session are location in the Cap-Haitien area, in Haiti. Discussion Topic: December 10th, 2018 will … Read more
Learn about Haiti’s connection to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (click here). Register and join us for the celebration in Miami on December 10th, as noted in invitation below (click here).
Le Flambeau Foundation , Inc., April 2018 April 7th, 2018 is the 215th anniversary of the death of Toussaint Louverture; a founding father of an independent Haiti. Toussaint Louverture died at Fort Joux (Doubs, Savoie France), where he was incarcerated on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, for opposing by arms, to the reestablishment of black slavery. Following … Read more