Lancement de Rising Up

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A"L’OCCASION"DE"LA"JOURNEE"INTERNATIONALE"DES"FILLES"
LANCEMENT"DU"LIVRE"PHOTO"RISING"UP"
Exposition"et"vente"signature"le"10"octobre"à"5"pm,"Villa"Kalewes,"PV"
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Rising"Up!est!l’aventure!photographique!inspirante!d’un!groupe!d’adolescentes!vivant!dans!un!
camp!de!personnes!déplacées!après!le!tremblement!de!terre!de!2010!en!Haïti,!qui!ont!appris!à!
travers!la!photographie!et!l’art,!à!comprendre!leur!valeur,!à!s’autonomiser,!à!s’exprimer.!!
Cette! aventure! a! été! rendue! possible! grâce! à! un! programme! d’éducation! artistique! innovant,!
lancé!par!la!photographe!américaine!Nadia!Todres,!à!travers!le!Centre!pour!les!Arts!à!PortGauG
Prince.!Rising!Up!est!raconté!par!les!sujets!euxGmêmes,!photographes!et!témoins!de!leur!propre!
expérience!d’épanouissement.!«!Ce!livre!est!dédié!aux!jeunes!filles!de!Siloé!avec!l’espoir!qu’elles!
prendront!leur!envol!et!réaliseront!leurs!rêves!»,!explique!t’elle.!
Le!livre,!préfacé!par!Didi!Bertrand!Farmer!(Partners!in!Health)!sera!présenté!par!Nadia!Todres,!
initiatrice!du!projet!Centre!pour!les!Arts,!entourée!des!21!jeunes!filles!qui!y!ont!contribué.!Une!
exposition!de!photos!extraites!du!livre!sera!installée!à!l’occasion!de!la!Journée!Internationale!
des!Filles,!les!10!et!11!octobre!2014!à!la!Villa!Kalewes,!99!rue!Grégoire!à!Pétionville.!!
«!Dans!l’après!tremblement!de!terre!de!2010!en!Haïti,!les!filles!sont!confrontées!à!de!nombreux!
défis,!l’accès!difficile!à!l’éducation!et!le!manque!d’opportunités,!le!risque!de!grossesse!chez!les!
adolescentes,! l’exploitation! sexuelle...! Les! filles! dont! l’art! remplit! ce! livre! sont! un!
bourdonnement!constant!de!créativité!de!sagesse!et!de!persévérance!dans!leurs!mots!et!dans!
leur!art!»!!!exprime!Pamela!Nathenson!de!World!Connect.!
Ce!livre!et!cette!exposition!ont!été!rendu!possibles!grâce!au!support!de!:!World!Connect,!
Michael!Stars,!Abundance!Foundation,!Digicel,!Digilab,!SurGTab,!Fokal!et!l’ambassade!des!Etats!
Unis!en!Haiti.!!
Le"Centre"pour"les"Arts"de!PortGauGPrince,!fondé!par!Nadia!Todres!après!le!tremblement!de!terre!de!2010!
s’emploie!à!autonomiser!les!adolescentes!haïtiennes!à!travers!les!activités!artistiques!éventuellement!
rémunératrices.""
Rising"Up"
Editeur!délégué!Nota!Bene!Editions.!72!pages!couleurs.!Couverture!cartonnée.!Edition!bilingue!octobre!2014.!
Information!presse!:!Wellcom,[email protected]!G!31323332!
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On"the"occasion"of"
"THE"INTERNATIONAL"DAY"OF"THE"GIRL"
LAUNCH"OF"THE"PHOTO"BOOK"RISING"UP"
Photo"exhibition"and"book"signing"on"October""10th,"5"pm,"Villa"Kalewes,"PV"
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Rising"Up!is!the!inspiring!photographic!journey!of!a!group!of!adolescent!girls!in!Haiti,!living!in!an!
encampment!of!displaced!!persons!after!the!earthquake!of!2010,!who!have!learned,!through!
photography!and!art,!to!understand!their!own!value,!gain!confidence!and!express!themselves.!!
Their!journey!was!made!possible!by!an!innovative!arts!education!program,!launched!by!
american!photographer!Nadia!Todres,!through!the!Center!for!the!Arts!in!PortGauGPrince.!Rising!
Up!is!narrated!by!the!subjects!themselves,!as!photographers!and!as!witnesses!to!the!
blossoming!of!their!own!empowerment.!«!This!book!is!dedicated!to!the!girls!of!Siloe,!with!the!
hope!that!they!will!rise!up!and!fulfill!their!dreams”!explains!Todres.!
The! book! foreword! by! Didi! Bertrand! Farmer! (Partners! in! Health)! will! be! launched! by! Nadia!
Todres,! who! initiated! the! project! Center! for! the! Arts! in! PortGauGPrince,! together! with! the! ! 21!
teenager!girls!who!contributed.!An!exhibition!of!photos!form!the!book!will!be!presented!on!the!
occasion! of! the! International! Day! of! Girl,! from! October! 10th! to! 11th! at! Villa! Kalewes,! 99! rue!
Grégoire,!Pétionville.!!
“In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, girls in Haiti are facing many challenges:
lack access to education and opportunity, risk of teenage pregnancy, sexual exploitation, and
violence... The girls whose art fills this book are a constant hum of energy, creativity,
wisdom, and perseverance in their words and their art” shares Pamela Natheson of World
Connect.
This!book!and!exhibition!have!been!made!possible!with!the!generous!support!of:!World!
Connect,!Michael!Stars,!Abundance!Foundation,!Digicel,!Digilab,!SurGTab,!Fokal!and!US!Embassy!
Haiti.!!
The"Center"for"the"Arts,!PortGauGPrince!is!working!in!Haiti!to!empower!adolescent!girls!in!the!arts!and!create!
incomeGgenerating!activities!in!the!arts.!
Rising"Up"
Publisher!Nota!Bene!Editions.!72!pages!!full!color.!Hard!cover.!Bilingual!edition,!Octobre!2014.!
Information!presse!:!Wellcom,[email protected]!G!31323332!