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We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn His Voice - Rocky’s life storiesWhat a privilege and honor to present another episode of dear colleague and guardian angel, Rocky Paurice. He’s a friend and co-founder of N a Sonje Vèt which has dedicated its work to the same philosophy of permaculture which is to take care of the earth and take care of people, whenever we are! N a Sonje2025-05-0527 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Rocky and NanniThis is a very special episode for us as it is with our very special colleague, close friend and confidant, Rocky Paurice. His mother, unbeknownst to her, is also included, with her permission, her personal story of Rocky’s birth. This is our offering together with Rocky and his mother, full of interesting details and explanations of life here from these awesome people whose hearts glow even in the midst of these extremely dark and difficult times here in Haiti but entire world. It is an honor to Rocky’s and his mother’s voices with a few bars from a...2025-02-2126 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - US news testimony, Mona and 2 Roots Haiti in Mourning and Catastrophe before the CatastropheRemembering once again the tragic day January 12, 2010. 15 years ago but still trembling in the societal fallout today in 2025. Perhaps children lost in the rubble searching for parents, family members in that quake, have become the lost bandits of today wreaking havoc, creating quake after quake of devastation that was so engraved in their brains on that fateful day so many years ago-perhaps. Or perhaps its just the continuation of the catastrophe that civilization is wreaking on our planet?Our show notes include the total translation of the abridged audio of Mona Augustin's original song composed right after...2025-01-1222 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Noam Chomsky and the Women of Solino, HaitiWe believe finishing the year with wisdom, knowledge and yet together with the anguish that exists so close to all of us will help bring more understanding to where we are for a new year to be lived with more compassion.Noam Chomsky is world renowned for his pioneering in linguistics but also his very astute study and experience of the world and in particular the US’s relationship to Haiti so his 96 years on the planet are extremely valuable and important!I tried to translate not just the wo...2024-12-3131 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Battle CriesThis episode, unfortunately held up by the low internet, includes a reposting of renowned Haitian historian, Eddy Lubin as he recounts the worldwide fateful events of November 18th-19th 1803 because it was the last battle for independence that all Haitians believe they continue to pay for their freedom to this day. It is quite detailed, enjoy the drama Eddy provides! We also include a very recent short speech by now former Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mdm Dominique Dupuy as she decries the violent and forceful eviction of Haitians who had fled the terror the gangs in their homes to try...2024-11-2346 min
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We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Our Voices - more stories part 2Part 2 of an episode featured on Earthkeepers podcast done with Ron and Carla during their forced "exile"
The music from the stars recorded in space and sent to earth from Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist
@Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA
http://polarisprogram.com/music
Paypal: nasonje@gmail.com
our Youtube channel
The N a Sonje Foundation website (in desperate need of updating)
The link to Najee's Etsy shop
Our band's award winning song "Women" video on our YouTube channel
O...2024-10-1529 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Our Voices - From the sea to the stars back to earthAn episode from an another podcast with permssion from Earthkeepers podcast from 2022, more of Ron and Carla's own personal story still relevant in 2024, unfortunately. Music from the stars on the Polaris star craft orbiting the earth accompanied by the youth orchestra in Haiti as well as in several other countries around the globe.
Paypal: nasonje@gmail.com
our Youtube channel
The N a Sonje Foundation website (in desperate need of updating)
The link to Najee's Etsy shop
Our band's award winning song "Women" video on our YouTube channel
Our band's album on Spoti...2024-10-0130 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Yaya - Konpè - Former cabinet memberThis episode brings more on the ground context to the cultural and political context of today’s extreme crisis, but also take a listen to the previous episode before this one, season 2 number 5, to get information about what you can do to help through democratic participation to the struggle to stop the smuggling illegal weapons into Haiti. You will hear our beloved staff member, Yaya (who has 3 previous episodes), another friend of ours of 40 years who’s been through it all as a peasant leader, and then a former cabinet member of a previous government all speak about the situ...2024-09-2344 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Our Voices - Peace and Justice activists call for a stop to weapon smuggling to Haiti“Join Us in Calling On The U.S. Government to
Stop Illegal Arms To Haiti”
This is a special edition to inform our listeners to a webinar, plus our own opinions about the disastrous policies that are causing the dear Haitian people to seek safety and work in a place they "thought" could give them those dreams for themselves and their families, all driven by the senseless destruction by heavy, sophisticated automatic weapons manufactured in the United States and primarily smuggled from Florida! Listen to learn how you can also participate in pressuring congress through your o...2024-09-171h 08
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Yaya Part 3Links to videos mentioned in all of Yaya's episodes:
A video of Bertine singing and dancing while showing a group of visitors how to roast and pound coffee.
The N a Sonje Foundation website (in desperate need of updating)
A short video of Jutith’s commerce thank you.
Manno’s video on our Youtube channel
The N a Sonje Foundation YouTube channel
The link to Najee's Etsy shop
Our band's award winning song "Women" video on our YouTube channel
Our band's album on Spotify
Folk band "Chouk Bwa Libète" lin...2024-09-0947 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Williamson Jacques or Yaya Part 2The episode photo is of Yaya, his birth mother Clairdora Véillard or as affectionately called "Dodo" and myself at Yaya's going away to college party in 2016. All nicknames in Haiti originate from loving relations who grow up knowing that giving respect in this tender way makes one's nickname very special.
Here are some links to see Yaya in action in a video and other supporting links:
Yaya and I doing a fundraising video to rebuild our "beloved" choukoun
The historical mime/drama "3 innocents and a spirit" from our 5 year anniversary celebration on o...2024-08-2843 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Williamson Jacques or Yaya Part 2Links to some videos with Yaya:
fundraising for the choukoun:
3 innocents and a spirit YouTube (even though Yaya is not in this particular presentation as he was already at college in the US)
The N a Sonje Foundation, our home and Yaya's community on google maps location.
And a link to the “Memory Village blog” that we started when they idea came about in 2002 that Yaya mentions.
A short video of Judith’s commerce thank you.
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We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Williamson Jacques - Yaya Part 1The episode photo is in the Bluntschli home at the N a Sonje Foundation center in Gwo Jan with Yaya in the back far left with children from the local youth organization along with our 2 grandchildren in the mix.
Here are some of the links I refer to in the episode:
To see Yaya's mother/aunt in fine form on our YouTube channel here
Yaya and I making a fundraiser for our "choukoun" or meeting house gazebo in the middle of the N a Sonje Foundation center.
To visit the site...2024-08-1146 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceJuly 4th and N a SonjeWe're back for season 2! We thought we would have been able to go back to Haiti before this so we put a hold on our podcast thinking it would be disrupted if we were to go back but we're still waiting with hope! For more info about the music in the other sections of the podcast go to the episode "Ground Zero" but still a shout out to Mona Augustin and our 2 Roots band as well as "Chouk Libète". Peace and blessings to all!
Here are the lyrics and the link to the awesome little reggae s...2024-07-0434 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Women's voices in word and songThe women of our community spoke about their reality in a recording I did in 2022 but still is relevant if not even more so in 2024! Enjoy the variety of ages and stories from their lives in this episode.
We, of course, feature our band's award winning song "Women I'm Defending Women". It is a music video as well that you can see at this link
And you can also find that song as well as the songs from the Intro and Outro portions of each episode at this link on spotify or on amazon here...2024-03-0825 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Songs of LoveLooking for some unique and original music for your Valentine's Day? Take a moment to listen to Mona Augustin's songs that our band, 2 Roots (2 Rasin (ra-seen in Haitian Creole) recorded a couple of years ago and Najee's beautiful song about the essence of love! We hope your day was filled with the love that is embued in our universe, we just have to tap into it!
The music in the intro is from our album with the UN award winning song "Women, I'm Defending Women" as the title song which you can see our music video here and ab...2024-02-1432 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceGround ZeroWe Will Remember is the English version of the Haitian Creole phrase N a Sonje which we use to name our Foundation, the N a Sonje Foundation.
Our first or Ground Zero episode is where we weave our own band's music, 2 Roots and music I recorded in Haiti over the years adding some of Ron's special fingerpicking audio together with the voices of co-hosts Carla and Ron (that's us), currently refugees in the US along with audio in Haiti from our Haitian colleagues, co-founders of N a Sonje Vèt, Rocky (see them in this video) and Najee.
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We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Happy Birthday Surprise for Ron BThis is/was a surprise edition dedicated to co-host Ron Bluntschli for his 69th birthday. Enjoy the diversity of voices, songs, wishes, and wisdom from our home community in Haiti, Canada, the US, the DR and even Costa Rica! Ron's guitar makes the day!
The video Djalòki refers to is one that our granddaughter made while Ron was making his ritual ramen and egg breakfast, it's quite a hoot! Things you do when in exile!
Blessings and many thanks to all the voices and well wishes from everyone and to those who take the t...2024-01-2932 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voice - Dieuny and Rocky for EducationA UN designated day for Education, January 24th. To be educated, what does that mean, especially in Haiti, what does it take? Amazing stories from our community and this is just the tip of the iceberg. As always we believe that each life and each story on our podcast represents thousands of others, like precious gems in a toolbox, as well.
Dieuny is staff with the N a Sonje Foundation and the photo for this episode is Dieuny, me and Mackencia in costume for a history presentation we were giving to a university in the Dominican Republic...2024-01-2454 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Honoring survivors of the Jan 12 2010 EarthquakeJanuary 12th 2010 - 14 years ago a more than deadly earthquake hit Ayiti. As a memorial to the day, we offer this episode to the memory and the miracles that happened not ever forgetting the instantaneous death that has haunted the streets of the capital for years and perhaps to this day as we will share these stories of our community with you.
To see the actual Discovery channel YouTube that I refer to and the damning evidence for the extreme level of death and destruction of "Goudougoudou" (Haitian's nickname for the earthquake) watch the video we watched even a...2024-01-1249 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Independence Day & Pumpkin SoupA double portion episode as Independence was fought and WON and then Pumpkin Soup brought health and healing right afterwards until this very day!!!
Some notes for the first part, Madison Smartt Bell's trilogy of the Haitian Revolution, if you don't have time for 3 books, the first, All Souls Rising, is well worth the time!
If you want to know more about the author of the Act of Independence and his writings, he can be found with his name, Boisrond Tonnerre.
If you want to watch a documentary about the real defeat of...2024-01-0145 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Noel Has Arrived!In spite of the extremely difficult situation for the people and the country, we wanted to bring the variety of traditions in Haiti for this particular season, Noel or Christmas to honor the different types of the end of the year celebrations even though this season has all but extinguished some of them. Haiti's people are like a kaleidoscope of colors, traditions and beliefs coming from continents far away as well as ancestors native to the land.
The recording quality varies due to the authenticity of each person's location so we hope you "enjoy" that as well...2023-12-2638 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Prayer for Human RightsThis episode is dedicated to the world but especially to Haiti at this time and offered as a prayer of simple hope. Many thanks for all 31 friends who participated in sending these aspirations through this podcast as a prayer of hope that someday they might become reality! N a Sonje!2023-12-1035 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Her Voice - Mackencia Jean PhilippeToday's episode is in honor of the World AIDS Day, albeit one day after, that the World Health Organization has established in order to bring solidarity and more awareness to this pandemic since the 1980's. But for us it's more specifically about the stigmatization that Haiti underwent during the beginning stages of this crisis. You may be aware that Haiti was listed as one of the "4 H's" that were supposedly the causes of the disease, as if a person's land of birth could be the origins of a deadly virus. But, as most Haitians believe, their fight for freedom...2023-12-0238 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - The Last Battle for Freedom by Eddy LubinThis past weekend is a celebrated time of history not just for Haiti but for all the people and countries involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Most remarkably, most US citizens probably don't know much about it but should know this story as it is the reason the continental US is what it is today!!! Listen, maybe follow the map, and Google the rest! This is a complicated history but nevertheless an absolute triumphant victory over domination!!! Please forgive some of the sound quality and small translation errors along the way and again, all in the effort to bring...2023-11-2140 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn his Voice - "Welele Doubout"We return to the south of the country again to hear from a young man, a child grown from the moutains outside of the town of Bainet. A searcher of truth, tradition and roots, sharing what he finds with all who have ears and hearts to hear. Although steeped from his upbringing in Catholism, along the way he felt those gentle arms of Ayiti taking him even deeper to find more of himself. We were and still are blessed to be on his path and to have his physical, cultural and spiritual presence in our home for many years. There...2023-11-1450 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Her Voice - Part 2 Madanm Antoine Theus - DieulaWe continue the story that pays tribute not only to the Theus family but to the thousands of women and men who give their lives' energies, who give up their dignity and freedom to work in the cities so that they can feed and provide education for their children. Their lives represent the determination and force of will in spite of the dangers, disappointments and often betrayal in the midst of the struggle for survival where the most profound wisdom is learned and shared! Many thanks to the voice over translations by, of course, Rachel Stoltzfus for Dieula's voice...2023-10-3147 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn Their Voices - Jean Jacques Dessalines by Bayyinah BelloIt is a duty and an honor to provide this episode as a remembrance on this day, October 17th to one of the greatest heroes of Haiti, Jean Jacques Dessalines. Professor Bayyinah Bello shares with her audience history rarely exposed taken from her deep dive into forgotten historical documents and puts together an inspiring story of a fearsome and courageous man. Also enjoy the 7 minutes plus of music played with permission by the Haitian traditional roots band "RAM" from their 2008 Carnaval hit song "Papa Dessalines" as well as the Haitian/Dominican band Azuei and their song "No Discrimination". The...2023-10-1731 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn her voice - Dieula or Madame Antoine Theus Part 1"Ma" is my oldest and "bestest" friend since the first day our family arrived in Haiti January 19, 1985 as volunteers with the Mennonite Central Committee. That's a relationship nonstop for 38 years! It's also when we met MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) directors Eldon and Rachel Stoltzfus who had chosen us as volunteers so they are responsible for all of this! Madame Antoine was born and raised in the mountains of the southern side of the Department of the South known as the Tiburon Peninsula. You can google that area here and perhaps follow some of the areas she talks about to...2023-10-1436 min
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn his voice - Djalòki Dessables Part 2We continue with Djalòki sharing from his life and experiences that embody important aspect's of the Haitian story in just a few minutes that captures generations of history of the Haitian people! And all with the unfailing attributes in the face of collapse, of hope! Respect for Djalòki, Ayibobo pou Djalòki!!! Visit his website to know more about his work. In the best way we could possibly have imagined we began our "on the ground" interviews for this podcast bringing Haitian voices to the public, when we were honored to have our very long time and dea...2023-10-051h 01
We Will Remember Haiti - In Their VoiceIn his voice - Djalòki Dessables part 1In the best way we could possibly have imagined to begin our "on the ground" interviews for this podcast to bring the Haitian voices to the public, we are honored to have our very long time and dear friend, Djalòki. Djalòki Dessables (he/him) is a Creole from Ayiti (Haiti) with Taino, African, and European ancestry, Ayisyen 1,000 percent, to share about his life, his family, his vision of Ayiti, complete with his special vision for humanity. Djalòki's current work is as he describes on his website: "If you feel that there is more to you, to lif...2023-09-2747 min