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- NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
- NEWS_POSTED_ON: Feb 06, 2015
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- Category : General News
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FEBRUARY 3, 2015 Posted in: COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Location : Columbia, MD, United States
- Phone : 410-531-8600, ext. 2411
- Email : weeks@glenelg.org
- Website : http://www.bizmonthly.com/columbia-residents-invited-to-share-in-haitian-sister-city-excitement/
Overview
Diverse cultural exchange is among the benefits of promise in the proposed Sister City relationship between Columbia and Cap Haitien in Haiti. Columbia Association (CA) has begun the process of exploring the possibilities of establishing a partnership with Cap Haitien, the second largest city in Haiti.
This northern, coastal city with its picturesque “New Orleans French Quarter”-style architecture and ocean views has a vibrant Creole culture. It is home to historic monuments and to the Universite Roi Henri Christophe, a newly established university in 2012.
Seeking to promote a better quality of life for its people through investment in higher learning and economic development, the Cap Haitien’s Mayor’s Office has become attracted to the benefits of a partnership with Columbia through the on-island advocacy work of the Build Haiti Foundation’s (BHF) President Robert Anantua and BHF Board President David Weeks.
Since the earthquake of 2010, the Build Haiti Foundation has secured a strong foothold in the neighboring village of Camp Coq with its investment in a health clinic and in the education of students in local schools.