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HELP Jamaica! got nominated for the IRAWMA Awards!!

// March 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

We are very proud to inform you that HELP Jamaica! got nominated for the International Reggae & World Music Awards –IRAWMA for the ‘Special Community Service Award 2009’. It is an honor for HELP Jamaica! to be nominated as the only non-Jamaican project for this big award together with such great charitable projects from international stars like Usain Bolt, Shaggy , Capleton and Queen Ifrica.

Category 31^st – Community Service Award

Nominees:

* Capleton “A St. Mary Mi Come From”- (Jamaica)
* Queen Ifrica (Jamaica)
* HELP Jamaica! (Germany)
* Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
* Shaggy and Friends- Save a Life (Jamaica)

Please support us and vote for HELP Jamaica! on Category 31^st – Community Service Award. You don’t have to register to vote – it is just one click!

The 29^th IRAWMA will be held on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at the York College Performing Arts Center in Queens, New York.  Visit www.IRAWMA.com for more info about the Awards.

http://www.irawma.com/vote-2010-irawma.html

Very good written article about HELP Jamaica!

// March 5th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

United Reggae is a strong supporter of HELP Jamaica! – please read this very good article about HELP Jamaica! and learn more about our aims, what we do and why we do it!

Education For A Change!

HELP Jamaica! supports the Trenchtown Reading Centre with a donation of 1.500,- €

// March 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // News

As you all know HELP Jamaica! is supporting the Trenchtown Reading Centre (TRC) since the early days of our organisation. The TRC was the impulse to found HELP Jamaica! in the first place. You can read on our website, the TRC is something like a role model for our own Education Center.

Click here for more information about the TRC…

Roslyn Ellison and her organisation ‘Friends of the Trenchtown Reading Centre’ (FTRC) who are the moving spirit behind the TRC received a donation of 1.500,- EUR from HELP Jamaica! to help to cover the operating costs for 2010.

Our donation will cover the complete costs for the TRC’s 2010 Literacy and Drama/Spoken Word programs as well as a part of the costs for the weekly Art program on Saturdays!

With the support of HELP Jamaica! the TRC was able to expand the offered programs over the last years – big up to Roslyn Ellison and the staff of the TRC for doing such a great job in Trenchtown since 1993!

Thank You Letter from R. Ellison:

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Party Galore at ‚Reggae Nights‘ in Bremen!

// March 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // News

The Charity Dance @ Club Römer was the hell of a party. We did celebrate until 6:30 in the morning and still patrons never wanted to leave.

At the end our new mascot the HELP Jamaica! piggy-bank was fed with 668,84 EUR.

Thanks to the Roots Ashanti Sound crew for organizing the successful party with Selecta Hille from Soundquake.

Here are some pics from the event:

HELP Jamaica! gets full support by the ‘Reggae Jam’ Festival

// February 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

The promoter of the Reggae Jam Festival in Germany (which was once more voted by the RIDDIM Magazin readers to be the best Reggae Festival in Europe) will be supporting HELP Jamaica! in the future.

Bernd Lagemann, the main person behind the Reggae Jam Festival, better known as ‚Sheriff’ is supporting the establishing of the first HELP Jamaica!-operated Education Center in the community of Cassava Piece in Kingston 8 with a covenant donation of 5000,- EUR right after the Reggae Jam Festival in August 2010.

But that’s not all – HELP Jamaica! will benefit from a closer collaboration as the Festival is going to support the organisation on their public relation efforts and is additionally going to give them the chance to have an information-booth at the Festival ground, to get in touch with many reggae fans from all over Europe.

„Those who have been to Jamaica before, especially to Kingston, know of the need for educational projects and children day care offers. Poverty, violence and criminality are unfortunately a part of the everyday life of many people in Kingston. HELP Jamaica! aims to establish Education Centers, where all people, but especially kids and youths get the chance to learn to read and write, to learn how to use the Computer, get help with their homework or simply being creative in an secure environment. I think these are important educational opportunities to better the chances for some of the youth. And that’s exactly why we have decided to work closely with the HELP Jamaica! organisation and support them financially in the future” says Bernd Lagemann.

The HELP Jamaica! Team wishes to express their gratitude towards the donation and offer of general support and is looking forward to a long and positive cooperation with the new ‘strong’ supporter: The Reggae Jam Festival in Bersenbrück.

Visit the website of the Reggae Jam and make sure you check out the trailer for the nice video DVD from last years Festival (voted to be the Best Reggae DVD for 2009 by the RIDDIM Magazine readers!) and get your copy for a reasonable price before its sold out.

HELP Jamaica! teams up with a comic hero!

// February 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Dread & Alive Comic Book Series by San Francisco based Nicholas Da Silva creator of the first Jamaican Superhero/Comic book series is supporting and teaming up with HELP Jamaica!

The Dread & Alive comic series just started with the release (digital and print version) of Issue #1 on February 6th 2010. The fascinating story is placed around the Maroons in cockpit Country, Jamaica and its hero is up to fight the evils of Babylon! Please check it out @ the Dread & Alive website!

‘Nik’ Da Silva not only setup a very generous distribution deal where HELP Jamaica! is getting 30% (!) of all digital sales and 10% of all print sales of Issue #1.

From all other following issues of the series (print and digital sales) HELP Jamaica! will be getting 10%!

Print Version: $4.99 (.49¢ for HELP Jamaica!)
Digital Version: .99¢ (.09¢ for HELP Jamaica!)

But the cooperation is not only based on financial support alone…. (check this out!)

‘Nik’ Da Silva will be trying to put us (Birte Timm and Hilmar Keding) inside the story. The main character of the story ‘Drew Mcintosh’ will be supporting HELP Jamaica! and the idea is, that somehow we will be appearing as drawn characters and meeting him in the future story…. to help to push the awareness for our works worldwide!
Well that is something that I never thought would happen’ to my life – I am looking forward to see myself as a cartoon character. Big things a gwaan!

Please feel free to spread the news, or even better purchase a copy of Dread & Alive and HELP Jamaica!

Next Charity Dance in favour of HELP Jamaica!

// January 17th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

At February 13th 2010 the Roots Ashanti Soundsystem Crew is organizing a Charity Dance at Club Römer in Bremen, Germany. The February edition of the event series called ‘Reggae Nights’ is dedicated to fundraise money for HELP Jamaica! The money made at the door (Adm. 5,- EUR) will be completely donated towards HELP Jamaica!

Sounds / Selectors of the night are: Roots Ashanti Sound alongside Hille (Soundquake Sound)

If you live nearby Bremen, make it a date, come with all your friends and party with us for a good cause!

Di Ting Sell Off!!

// December 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // News

We are very happy to announce that the limited edition of 250 copies of our Charity Calendar 2010 sold faster than we ever expected!

Thanks to each and everybody who purchased their copy(s), supported HELP Jamaica! and made the calendar project a huge success!! We will be definitely working on a second edition for 2011 – and we do promise to print a larger amount of calendars next year!

YOUR VERY LAST CHANCE!

Here is a last chance for all of you who couldn’t purchase a copy due to the fast selling – we will give out the last 5 Calendars for the first 5 people who apply for a HELP Jamaica! sustaining membership!

Log on to: http://www.helpjamaica.org/support/membership/ and download the ‘Sustaining Membership Application’ complete it and send it back to us.

The first 5 new ‘Sustaining Members’ will receive a free ‘2010 Charity Calendar’.

As soon as the 5 Calendars are gone we will post it on www.helpjamaica.org and let you know. So don’t hesitate too long and make sure you don’t let this chance to get your hands on the very last copies and do something good the same way pass by!

Have a blessed Christmas Season
The HELP Jamaica! Team

Upcoming Charity Events for HELP Jamaica!

// December 14th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // News

The Christmas Season is just about to start and everybody is looking forward to the holidays… don’t we!? To start the celebration proper and in the right spirit we would like to point towards two more Charity Dances coming up in support of HELP Jamaica

First comes the officially ‘Actions No Words’ Event on Saturday the 19th of December in Münster, Germany, organised by Volkanikman and his ‘Action No Words’ Team together with the Reggae Ambassador Crew. The money fundraised with this dance will be divided 50/50 and donated to the ‘Action No Words’ Project as well as to HELP Jamaica!

Big respect and thanks to the ‘Action No Words’ Team for the continuous support!! Yuh Large!
Line Up: Dr. Volkanikman (Berlin) Oneness Movement (Essen) Dreadeye (Dresden) Sun Fire Soundsystem (Hückeswagen)

On Friday the 25th of December there is a next promising event: The Run Di Riddim X-Mas Special Charity Dance in Freiburg to be held at Klub Kamikaze in Freiburg!

The Line Up features the upcoming roots & culture artists Nature live from Kingston Jamaica! Nature has a very versatile and clean voice and great song writing abilities. Blessed with such a talent he is definitely going to make his way in the international reggae scene, so watch out for Nature in the future. Or better check him out in Freiburg on the 25th of December alongside Conqueraw Sound and the Ruff Song Movement and Dr. Chalice.

Thanks to the Ruff Song Movement for the organsiation of the charity event for HELP Jamaica. Nuff Respect!

If you live nearby Münster or Freiburg make sure you attend these events and party for the good cause and support HELP Jamaica! the same way!

Have a blessed season !

Party ’till da morning….

// December 10th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // News

The charity dance last weekend in Tragwein (AT) organized by Good Vibration Sound was a huge success. The dance which featured Good Vibration Sound the ruling Sound of Austria alongside Irie Sensation & Sensi Sound was ram and full of vibes with patrons partying until the early morning!

Good Vibration Sound was able to donate 1000,- EUR(!) after party. The money was already transferred to our bank account!

HELP Jamaica! wish to say Big Up and thanks for this  great support! Nuff respect to all participating Soundsystems, everybody who lend a helping hand to make this event happen and of course all the patrons who attended the dance and partied for the good cause!

If you read this and are saying to yourself: ‘Hey I could do the same and organize a charity party with my sound’, don’t hesitate to send us a mail to: info@helpjamaica.org and get in touch.
We are going to provide you with Infoflyers, Infoboards, a Banner for the stage as well as press texts and everything else you need. Sounds and Promoters… link up!