Zanmi Lakay's Jouk Li Jou Kan Foto 2011 was a fantastic success! Staff and students from Kole Zepol in Cité Soleil joined us and Art Creation Foundation for Children (ACFFC) in a first ever collaborative community photography project in Jacmel, Haiti. Seven volunteer professionals came from the U.S. partnering with Haitian staff and translators to work with 43 photojournalism students ages 11-23. Our base camp was at ACFFC, and we divided up into three teams, had three computer editing stations, tracked all daily assignments on a chalk board, and kept Serge, our local Taptap driver, very busy. During the three days of shooting their assignments in ...

Zanmi Lakay has successfully completed our first annual Jouk Li Jouk Kan Foto with an amazing team of young Haitian photojournalists and outstanding volunteer pros. We were inspired by the Haitian saying Jouk Li Jou that means: we'll never stop until the day is over, working hard to see a better life, and we'll keep fighting until the end. Every morning during Kan Foto our students chanted Jouk Li Jou! Jouk Li Jou! for inspiration. When the whole team made our group shot, we all chanted Jouk Li Jou! Jouk Li Jou! At odd hours throughout the days and with raised fists, children would burst out with Jouk Li Jou! Jouk Li Jou! During the opening ...