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Happy 53rd Birthday #GarcelleBeauvais 🎉💗🍦#IceCreamConvos.com #HappyBirthday #ICCBirthdays #StillFancy https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WJPs2Bk5e/?igshid=21fhc6fz4bet

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Happy Birthday Garcelle Beauvais!!! Haitian born American Actress and former Fashion Model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show!!! Today we celebrate you!!! @Garcelle⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #GarcelleBeauvais #islandpeeps #islandpeepsbirthdays #fancy #TheJamieFoxxShow #haiti (at Jacmel Farms Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqqDcm0gA9O/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wibdifzf7yyb

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Spotlight: Garcelle Beauvais

When I first heard about J/P HRO I was with Donna Karen at an event in New York. Sean got up to speak and started talking about the work he was doing in Haiti. I thought it was remarkable to see how involved he had been after the earthquake and the commitments of A-listers in Hollywood to back his work. I wanted to know more and I have been a fan ever since, supporting J/P HRO by attending the annual gala for the past four years. What makes this organization unique is the high number of individual supporters with a deep love and commitment for Haiti, while devastation continues all over the world. They really put their money where their mouth is.

I was born in Haiti in the city of St. Marc. At seven years of age my mother moved us to the United States, arriving in Massachusetts in the dead of winter. I was unable to attend school at first because I did not speak English so I learned the language by watching Sesame Street. I can remember when I started modeling that I was asked if I “came to America on a boat”.

My mother wanted us to have better opportunities, but there was no difference between her and the other women in Haiti other than that she had the opportunity to leave. There is an inherent lack of opportunity in Haiti that continues to hold the most vulnerable back.

But, what I admire most in Haitian people are the characteristics I saw in my mother. We have the ability to hold our head up high even when we have nothing, our faith is through the roof, and we are a resilient people.

My Grandmother lived in St. Marc. I would visit her during summers when I was younger. My sisters would come with me and we would visit these rural parts of Haiti together. At an early age I began to see the power of opportunity to uplift a family.

When I went back in 2015, I visited St. Marc and saw my grandmother’s house again. She had a store on the first floor and she used to have pigs in the back. Everything looked pretty much the same and it was amazing to see the room where I was born.

Haiti holds such a special place in my heart and this year I will take my two nine-year-old boys to Haiti for the first time. It is important for them to understand that they have to have compassion, and to help where assistance is needed. My heart breaks to see the damage that has occurred across Haiti.

As much attention as there has been on the country, Haitian people do not prosper as quickly as those in other developing nations. Women are still held back from career and social progress. This must change; helping women helps families and communities rise together.

There are lots of young men hanging out in the streets not doing anything. If jobs were created these youth would become higher earners and contribute to the bettering of society.

J/P HRO’s Ray of Light School, the community development center, and vocational training partnerships are innovative solutions that will improve the earning power of vulnerable communities. Let’s help Haitians receive education so that we can help them have jobs.

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Happy Birthday Garcelle Beauvais!!! Haitian born American Actress and former Fashion Model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show!!! Today we celebrate you!!! @Garcelle . . . #GarcelleBeauvais #islandpeeps #islandpeepsbirthdays #fancy #TheJamieFoxxShow #haiti (at Port-au-Prince, Haiti)

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