Author Archives: Kenbe La Foundation

10.11.11, Stuff: A song of hope for Haiti

A trip to earthquake-ravaged Haiti inspired a Wellington musician to write song for a friend who lost family members in the disaster.

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31.10.11, Voxy: NZ and Haitian musicians release charity track

Local and international artsts have come together to produce an exclusive fundraiser track for Haiti charity, the Kenbe La Foundation.

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29.10.11, Nelson Mail: World video-song release’s big Nelson link

A song for Haiti fronted by Nelson musician Luke Epapara, aka The Kurnel MC, is about to go live in the cyber world.

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24.02.11, Nelson Mail: Quake brings sense of ‘deja vu’

Nelson woman Emily Sanson-Rejouis has been hit hard by Christchurch’s earthquake, which comes as she is working on an inaugural fundraiser supporting Haiti earthquake survivors.

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25.02.11, CNN: Haiti quake survivor helps Christchurch

A Haiti earthquake survivor plans to help the children of Christchurch.

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13.01.11, CNN: Hope emerges from the rubble

A New Zealand woman who lost her husband and two daughters to the devastating earthquake sets up a foundation.

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12.01.11, Stuff: Widow keeps quake pledge

Nelson woman Emily Sanson-Rejouis finds comfort in the knowledge that a year on from the day her world fell apart, she is fulfilling a pledge to her late husband and his beloved Haiti, and two of their daughters lost in a catastrophic earthquake.

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10.01.11, NZ Herald: Mum who lost family in quake wants to help

A year since Emily Sanson-Rejouis lost her husband and two of her daughters in the Haitian earthquake, the Nelson woman says time is not proving to be a great healer.

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08.12.10, Stuff: Quake survivors to return to build school

Two New Plymouth builders are to help Haiti earthquake survivor Emily Sanson-Rejouis rebuild a rural school in the devastated country.  Brian Hill and Russell Mills will accompany New Zealander Mrs Sanson-Rejouis to Haiti in April next year as part of a project run by the Kenbe La Foundation.

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15.09.10, Graduate Institute: Creating a Foundation in memory of an Alumnus

Emmanuel Réjouis has disappeared with his two daughters in Port-au-Prince January 12, 2010, in the earthquake which Haiti was tragically the epicenter.

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