EDJOODELKY LOUIS, ZACHARY AND MANNY HERIVAUX

BROOKLINE, USA – A 15 year old Haitian-Japanese soccer phenom, Zachary Herivaux, has donated his collection of soccer balls and shoes to less fortunate children in Haiti.

It started with a Facebook status posted by Edjoodelky Louis, director of the Hinche Haiti non-profit group, who requested from his fellow Haitian and American friends to help him collect athletic supplies for the Mayor of the City of Hinche. Many responses were received, one of the first, in particular, was in the first 20 minutes from Pedro Manny who asked Louis to give his son a call.

The arrangement was made over the phone by both parties to meet where Louis could pick up the balls. Edjoodelky was surprised to see that Pedro’s son was not any ordinary 15 year old with a hoard of soccer balls but a soccer player, from Brookline Massachussets one of the top 5 players in the world, under 17, ranked by Soccer Magazine.

Zachary Herivaux decided to give all of his soccer balls along with uniforms collected and cleats to the Haitian youth programs in Hinche.

The young footballer said of the gesture, “sometimes making an impact can really be as easy as giving what I have.”

The young Herivaux is a 6’0″ freshman at Brookline High School and is plays for the number 2 ranked, Shalrie Joseph Lions, in the Premier League of the state. He is coached by his father Pedro Herivaux and has received honors, such as:

• being named top 5 in the world by FourFourTwo Europe #1 Soccer Magazine, June 2011
• winning the Golden Boot Award for most goals scored at the US Region 1 U13 Olympic Development Program (ODP) Identification Camp
• scouted and discovered by Christiano Ronaldo, where he spent two weeks training with Sporting Club de Portugal
• offered a spot in the U13 Sporting Academy team, Portugal

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – President Michel Martelly designated Bernard Honorat Gousse to be the next Prime Minister of Haiti. He communicated his decision to the presidents of both chambers at a final meeting Monday night.

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Sorel Jacinthe, made the announcement.

Bernard Honorat Gousse was born and raised in Port-au-Prince. He graduated from the Haitian State University School of Law and Economic Science in 1981.

Upon graduating, Mr. Gousse traveled to France where he completed a degree in International Relations in 1983 and attained a Doctorate in Law from the University d’Aix-Marseille III in 1989.

Back in Haiti, Mr. Gousse has been practicing law since his admission to the Haitian Bar in 1991. He is one of the founding members of Pasquet, Gousse et Associés.

Bernard Gousse is also a professor and has taught Family Law, Contract Law, Tort Law and Private International Law at Quisqueya University School of Law where he also served eight years as its first Dean.

The Prime Minister-designate’s practice focused primarily on international business transactions, private-public partnerships and Haitian regulatory law. He is a specialist in Communications law in Haiti and is instrumental in drafting the new Haitian telecommunications laws.

Gousse is also a member of the Presidential Commission on New Information and Communications Technologies.

The Prime Minister-designate has published several works, The Independence of the Judiciary for the Port-au-Prince Bar Association Journal of Law (1999), The Application of the Warsaw Convention in Haitian Courts for Le Nouvelliste (1991), Legal Aspects of Contracts in E-Commerce at the Summit of Haitian Internet in 2001 andChildren’s Rights and Citizenship Law

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