WYCLEF JEAN - WYCLEF SETS UP YOUTH PROGRAMMES IN HAITI

WYCLEF SETS UP YOUTH PROGRAMMES IN HAITI

WYCLEF JEAN has launched a number of youth programmes in his native Haiti, in an effort to encourage "change" in the Caribbean nation. The Fugees rapper, 35, set up the projects via his charity Yele Haiti, which will fund the building of new classrooms, counseling for jailed gang members and establish a youth scholarship and soccer programme. He says, "If you want to change a country, unfortunately, you're not going to be able to help 8 million people at one time. "But if you can get one or two or three and start to make that change, that will make the difference." Jean was made a roving ambassador of the country in January (07) to help improve Haiti's image abroad.