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New charity cooperation with Jamaican graphic designer Freestylee
// June 29th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
We produced a set of ten attractive postcards with magnificent graphic design artwork by Jamaican artist Michael Thompson a.k.a. Freestylee.
Michael Thompson is resident in the United States, when contacted with the idea of this postcard set for the good cause by HELP Jamaica! he supported it and agreed immedialety!
Check out his other excellent work on Flickr or read this blog-article about Michael Thompson.
The set of ten postcards in high quality print are gently shrink-wrapped in transparent foil.
Here is a preview of the featured artwork.
The set will be available on our website soon. Just check our webshop sometime next week.
We will announce other retailers very soon too…
Crossing musical borders – Multicultural Festival in Osnabrueck, GER
// June 22nd, 2011 // No Comments » // News
Not only reggae musicians support our organization – on June 4th it was a so-called ‘multicultural’ mix of Rock, Metal and Hip Hop & Reggae bands performing at the charity event for Help Jamaica!.
Five regional bands performed for free followed by DJ Callisto and Basement Sound who kept the party vibe until the early morning.
Organized by the senior year of Graf Stauffenberg Gymnasium in Osnabrueck a total of 4.200,- EUR (!) was collected and donated, an impressive sum resulting from both the festival and remaining money from 2009’s graduates. To enable education for those who are not as lucky as these German students was the idea behind the charity event that motived promoters Inga Gebel, the Basement sound system and their team.
Big up all the bands and DJs that performed for free that night supporting the good cause and giving the crowd a hell of a show! At the same time big up to the whole class for the generous support and especially Inga Gebel with her team and all the people that came to make the event such a success!
‘Strictly Roots’ charity dance in Bernburg, GER
// June 21st, 2011 // No Comments » // News
‘Best party in years, longtime we haven’t had fun like this!’ were the words of a patron enthused about the ‘Strictly Roots’ charity party in Bernburg, eastern Germany on May 27th.
With singer Cornadoor performing alongside Jahcasulu Movement the promoters organized a party presenting strictly fine roots reggae music. The event held at an atmospheric outdoor location by the river Saale was well-received and attracted a huge number of fans.
Exclusively all the proceeds from the charity dance were donated to Help Jamaica!.
At the end of the evening 2.111,22 EUR were fundraised and already handed over – what a success!
The HELP Jamaica! team salutes to the organizer team, the artists and sounds who performed for free and of course all the people, that turned out that night to support the good cause!
Growing number of festivals to support Help Jamaica!
// June 20th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
With the Swiss Lakesplash Festival in Twaan on the northern bank of lake Biel Help Jamaica! found another great partner to support us this festival season.
(Newsflash! the Lakesplash Production team donated 644,39 € towards HELP Jamaica! after the festival! Big Up, for the support!)
Already since 1998 the team of reggae fans and music lovers promotes its great event attracting more and more patrons each year. Artists such as Busy Signal, Elijah and Phenomden guarantee a fine line-up of local and international reggae and dancehall acts.
Thanks to Lakesplash Help Jamaica! will be provided an info booth over the whole festival weekend on July 8th and 9th – so come by an find out everything about our organisation, our projects and how to support us!
Additionally the event will be donating a part of the revenue to our organization.
Check the line up and visit Lakesplash for a great musical weekend and to help Jamaica!
5 years ReggaeinBerlin.de – Help Jamaica! congratulates and thanks
// June 19th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
Many times promoter Perry Ottmüller and his crew of Reggaeinberlin.de have been supporting Help Jamaica! already.
On July 2nd the website will be celebrating its 5 year anniversary with a big stage show at Yaam lining up artists such as CeCile, ska veteran Dr Ring Ding and Uwe Banton. The party features a top-class cast including Puma from New York’s LP International and Berlin’s finest Supersonic, Barney Millah and City Lock.
Starting at 3pm in the afternoon fun is guaranteed from early with a beach bar, the kids corner and a wide range of sports activities and fine Caribbean and African food.
Help Jamaica! will be represented with an info booth on-site.
Furthermore ReggaeinBerlin will be donating 1€ per guest to support us – so come over to enjoy this extraordinary birthday bash!
Edit: HELP Jamaica! says ‘Big Up -ReggaeInBerlin- for a donation of 667,- €, right after the event!
SUMMERJAM Festival supports HELP Jamaica! by raising funds once more
// June 8th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
Following the successful collaboration at last year’s event the popular Summerjam festival is supporting HELP Jamaica! once again in 2011.
The biggest European reggae festival taking place in Cologne, Germany on July 1st - 3rd will be fundraising for the good cause.
Everybody on the guestlist for the event is requested to pay a donation of 5,- EUR going directly to HELP Jamaica!.
In 2011 the event will be hosting performances by Jimmy Cliff, Alpha Blondy, Barrington Levy, Ziggy Marley, Busy Signal and many many more on the two huge open air stages on the island.
Check the Summerjam website for more information on the event and this year’s line-up with top live artists as well as the best sound systems and get your ticket before its sold out.
Big Up Contour Music the promoters of the SummerJam Festival for the continous support!
The REGGAE JAM Festival – continuos generous support in 2011!
// May 24th, 2011 // 3 Comments » // News
The HELP Jamaica! team is very proud and grateful to announce the continuous support of the Reggae Jam festival, its promoter Sheriff and his team in 2011.
The event taking place in Bersenbrueck, Germany from August 5th to 7th will donate 5000,- EUR right after the festival – just like they did last year! Additionally the ‘Best Festival’ voted by the readers of Riddim magazine yet again in 2011 is supporting HELP Jamaica! in our public relation efforts and facilitates to have an information tent at the best spot possible right on the festival ground. All visitors and reggae fans feel free to get in touch with our team on-site. At our yellow booth we’re happy to inform you about the opening of our first HELP Jamaica! Education Center in Cassava Piece in Kingston with lots of pictures and videos.
Moreover thanks to the close collaboration, Reggae Jam and Sheriff make it possible for us to collect the deposit cups at our booth as well as on the festival ground. All revenues of the collected and of course also donated cups serve the good of the Education Center as well as the festival’s generous contribution.
So look out for our collection bins on the site – donating was never this easy!
For more information on the Reggae Jam festival check out the great line-up for this year’s staging. Get your ticket before they’re sold out and make sure you don’t miss this exceptional festival full of vibes – always a weekend to remember.
Video of the Reggae Jam and HELP Jamaica! cooperation in 2010
Big up Nippes Yard Production for the video.
June 4th 2011 – Charity Party in Osnabrueck, GER
// May 23rd, 2011 // No Comments » // News
The 2009 graduating class at the Graf Stauffenberg Gymnasium in Osnabrueck is organizing a charity event in support of HELP Jamaica!
They will donate not only the proceeds of this event but also the money that remained from their graduating class back in 2009. Big Up, Inga Gebel and her organizing team, all the performing bands and soundsystems as well as the whole graduating class from 2009 for the support! www.gsg2009.de
The Actions-No-Words organization just donated 1.215,-€
// May 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
The HELP Jamaica! team would like to express its gratitude for the continued generous support. The Actions-No-Words Charity Project is supporting HELP Jamaica! from scratch!
This time it was the sold out 5th anniversary celebration at club YAAM in Berlin, where we had the opportunity to have an info booth. Half the proceeds of the event were donated to HELP Jamaica! – we just received 1.215,- €!! (The other half was donated to: ‘Ärzte für die Dritte Welt’ in Kenya.)
Big up to Dr. VolkanikMan, the mastermind behind the Actions-No-Words Charity Project, the artists who performed that night (check the flyer), all helping hands in the background who made it possible and last but not least the Berlin massive that turned up to support the good cause! Yuh large!!
Manifesto & HELP Jamaica! team up in Cassava Piece
// May 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // News
HELP Jamaica! is proud to announce a new cooperation with Manifesto Jamaica! We are looking forward to cooperate with the young, energetic and ambitious group with which we share the aim to empower the youth by encouraging and promoting their talents!
Peter Wright, one of the Manifesto core members, writes about the cooperation:
As an organization that seeks to empower the youth through art, Manifesto|Jamaica is extremely pleased to see the HELP Jamaica! Library in Cassava Piece. We were blessed with the opportunity to participate in the day’s activities on one Saturday and we thoroughly enjoyed our interaction with the children from the community. We intend to return very soon and assist in formalizing some classes*. We hope that this is will be the beginning of a fruitful mutually beneficial relationship through which we will educate, expose and empower the youth in the community and, by extension, the wider nation. Our organization has definitely become a powerful grassroots movement in recent times and we are proud to be associated with HELP Jamaica, another organization with similar goals and also a similar soul.
Text by: Peter ‘Five Steez’ Wright, Advocacy Champion, Literary Art Umbrella member, Manifesto|Jamaica
*Notice: The Manifesto team is now coming every second Saturday of the month to our Center in Cassava Piece and supports our activities as well as implementing on courses. Great input and teamwork – Big Up Manifesto to the fullest!
check out Manifesto @ www.manifestojamaica.com
Some pictures from the Manifesto team taken at the HELP Jamaica! Education Center
HELP Jamaica! Charity Shop
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