Presidential

First Lady Launches Facebook Page

The First Lady of the Republic of Haiti, Mrs. Sophia Martelly, launched her Facebook page on Monday, increasing the social capacity of the new Haitian government.

The page includes a short biography and contact information such as website and an email address. Not a surprise, the facebook page of La Premiere Dame d'Haiti likes Michel Martelly.

Some information from the Facebook page:

Very young, Sophia Martelly was interested already in poorest volunteer. It lent its services to the welfare of Gonaïves hospital.

During more than ten seven years she held its commitments to the poor, the deprived, leashes for account.

You can see it was the period of Noel distribute hot meals has more than two hundred destitute; Toys has more than five hundred children from poor families; toiletries has women in precarious.

For her, concrete, active solidarity makes best people.



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