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Li Le, Li Tan: Children's Health Ministries (Audio)

Mar 21, 2021
In the second hour of the broadcast, a conversation with representatives of Children's Health Ministries. The mission of CMH is to eliminate preventable infant and child deaths caused by malnutrition and lack of access to basic healthcare. The Lakeville, MN-based non-profit invests in Haitians serving Haitians by equipping and empowering Haitian physicians, nurses, and other individuals to deliver dignified and compassionate healthcare and nutrition services to patients and families in Carrefour, one of Haiti's poorest communities. Hosts Carline Murphy and Azouke Legba will speak with Dr. Steeven Joseph, CHM Medical Director; Liz Jean Pierre, CHM's co-founder and director of communications and operations; Max Maura, CHM board member, and board president of ProFamil, a Haitian family planning organization and CMH partner; and, David Scheie, CHM board president. www.chmhaiti.org

The Sunday edition of the "WGXC Afternoon Show" is "Li Le, Li Tan," a Creole Language radio program meaning "it’s the time, it’s the hour." Its mission is to promote Haitian language, music, arts & culture; to raise awareness and to discuss Haiti’s history and its relevance to today’s world; and to share news on current events happening here in the counties and in Haiti. Broadcast live from Columbia County, New York.

Known as Azouke Legba, Gregory Sanon, a native of Haiti and co-founder of HCDP, is a musician with compositions ranging from political protest, to support for children’s rights and health, to spiritual music for Voodoo ceremonies. He fuses his native music with traditional rock music such as that of Jimmy Hendrix and Santana. He has played with the famous dancer and choreographer Kathryn Dunham.