12/31/22 IS THE LAST DAY TO GET YOUR DONATIONS IN FOR FREEDOM SOUP!
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HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE HAITI'S INDEPENDENCE?

FREEDOM SOUP

The spirit of Freedom is in sharing

For the last 22 years, Fondation Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines commonly known as FONDASYON FÉLICITÉE (FF) has honored the legacy of Empress, Marie Claire Heureuse Félicitée Bonheur Dessalines, with its Annual Freedom Soup Distribution Program, now nicknamed Freedom Soup. 

In the last few years, FONDASYON FELICITEE has distributed over 50,000 bowls of Freedom Soup in over 31 cities throughout Ayiti (Haiti).  Now, freedom soup is offered in various cities like Montreal, New York, Miami. International organization have declared the Haiti’s independence soup a treasure for humanity. This year, with the support of communities across the world and generous people like yourself, we strive to continue this tradition of sharing and tremendously expand our reach.

We invite you and your network to join us this year in sharing the legacy of freedom!

Men anpil chay pa lou (Many hands lighten the load)
  who we are
FONDASYON FELICITEE (FF) is a registered 501c3 Community Foundation whose mission is to elevate people to achieve self-knowledge through the sharing of ourtorical ("historical") research, essential human-centered values, and principles governing education, health, and justice.
  OUR WORK 
FF's work focuses on developing wholesome, self-confident people who adequately grasp their past and efficiently assess the present in order to forge and lead towards an ever-improving destiny.
LEGACY of LA FÉLICITÉ
& the HISTORY of 
soup joumou (fREEDOM SOUP)
Over two centuries ago, Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines, the first empress of Ayiti (Haiti), began the tradition of distributing Soup Joumou (a squashed-based soup), AKA Freedom Soup, across the island.

Her mission was to honor this renewed freedom for many Haitians by promoting health, education, and justice. She and her team would prepare Freedom Soup every year, in its authentic fashion, purely vegetarian. One of her famous quotes: “When those who have plenty share with those who have less the world is balanced.”

Today, people from various parts of Haiti receive training on how to properly prepare and are given the means to procure and cook the soup in their localities. In some cities, barrels of soups circulate to reach those who wish it as well as those who could not access the resources to prepare the delicious and highly nutritious Freedom Soup, some also call it Felicite’s Soup. It is often distributed in hospitals and prisons.

During Empress Felicite’s time, the distributions occurred from sunup to sundown and lasted for the entire first week of January. This spirit of sharing is the legacy that FONDASYON FELICITEE wants to continue to carry onward! Wouldn’t you care to give a helping hand?

THE ANNUAL FREEDOM SOUP DISTRIBUTION
MEN ANPIL CHAY PA LOU
Many Hands Make Lighter The Load
"When you visit the foundation, you are taught the  original recipe of Freedom Soup which doesn't include meat or  preservatives. Members of the foundation also remind us of  how important it is to share the soup and the knowledge about our history!"
- FF Volunteer
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Volunteer
Name
CULTURE LIVES BECAUSE OF LEGACY
Bayyinah Bello
Founder/International Representative
Professor Bayyinah Bello is an ourstorian, educator,  writer, and humanitarian worker. She advisor in the fields of Ayitian ('Haitian') ourstory, primary education and  linguistics.

Professor Bello  is founder of Fondation Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines, commonly known as FONDASYON FELICITEE (FF), an organization for historical research, and cultural identity building. 

The  foundation is  named in honor of after Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines, the first Empress of Hayti and wife of the revolutionary leader of Hayti, Jean Jacques Dessalines.                 

Professor Bello's energy is concentrated in the advancement of FONDASYON FELICITEE  and sharing Ayiti's incredible ourstory with learners all over the world.                                                                                                                                               
219 YEARS OF LEGACY!
January 1, 2023, AYITI's INDEPENDENCE DAY
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