In an effort to encourage ‘change’ in the Caribbean nation, Wyclef Jean has launched a number of youth programmes in his native, Haiti.The Fugees rapper, 35, set up the projects via his charity Yele Haiti, which will fund the building of new classrooms, counseling for jailed gang members and establish a youth scholarship and soccer programme.He says, “If you want to change a country, unfortunately, you're not going to be able to help 8 million people at one time. “But if you can get one or two or three and start to make that change, that will make the difference.”To help improve Haiti’s image, Jean was made a roving ambassador of the country in Jan (07).

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