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2008 OBJECTIVES: • Build a stadium in Cite Soleil • Consolidate its core activities and expand them in different parts of the country • Promote the Caribbean professional soccer league
OCTOBER 2007 The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) offered its services for a few days (between the 17th and 19th of October 2007) to Haitian NGO Athletique d'Haiti. During their stay, the Brazilian Peacekeepers teamed up with Athletique D'Haiti to offer the children from Cite Soleil and Bois Neuf a day of activities (sports, recreational etc) and services which included haircuts and dental care. The Brazilian Battalion delivered food and water to 200 children from these neighborhoods of Cite Soleil. During their stay, Brazilian Peacekeepers cleared fields during a civic day in the notorious slum of Cite Soleil. The fields will be used as soccer pitches by Haitian NGO Athletique D'Haiti. On the final day, a soccer match between Brazilian Peacekeepers and Haitian NGO Athletique d'Haiti took place, where l'Athletique d'Haiti won 4-0. This final match marked the end of these activities that had for objective to benefit to the improvement of social conditions of under-privileged children living in Port-au-Prince. Click here to see pictures from the events. Click here for more information and details about these events. Click here to access an article wrote by Minustah on l'Athletique d'Haiti:
L'Athletique d'Haiti's management went to Jeremie, which is a city of the department of Grand-Anse with two objectives: a) Meet with local officials to obtain a green space to open another 'Athletique d'Haiti' training center for the children of Jeremie. b) Launch the Caribbean professional soccer league.
L'Athletique d'Haiti reached its goal of installing projector lights for its stadium in Drouillard, Haiti. Currently, l'Athletique d'Haiti has already started to have sports games and practices at night. L'Athletique d'Haiti worked hard for five years to achieve this goal, which costs approximately US $120,000. To reach this goal, l'Athletique d'Haiti had to do the following: a) Buy and install wires to connect the projector lights to the generator. b) Buy and install a generator of 150 KW capacity. c) Build 4 strong platforms to support the projector light poles. L'Athletique d'Haiti would like to thank its sponsors; specifically Comcel Voila and Jean-Marc Larco who helped reach this milestone.
	SEPTEMBER 2007 L'Athletique d'Haiti opened a school for the kids participating in its activities (soccer, basketball, volleyball, karate etc). The school has 10 teachers and 190 kids attend lectures. Everyday, l'Athletique d'Haiti provides a meal to each one of these children right before the lectures start.

JUNE 2007 The L'Athletique d'Haiti team has been invited to Denmark to attend the Brondby Cup and the Dana Cup, two international youth soccer tournaments. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs/The Danish International Development Assistance (Danida) provided travel grants to l'Athletique to cover a portion of the flight tickets. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very positive about the project.

Dana Cup: July 23rd-July 28th
Dana Cup is challenges in sport, a social experience and cultural enrichment. Over the last 25 years more than half a million participants from 100 nations have made Dana Cup famous worldwide. Dana Cup has a unique international atmosphere and at the same time taking place in a safe and secure area, one of the most beautiful in Denmark. Dana Cup is Denmarks largest sporting event and the worlds third largest youth soccer tournament. Click here to learn more.

Brondby Cup: July 30th-August 3rd
In 2006 Brondby Cup grew to more than 2000 participants. Boys and girls from 11 different countries had a lot of great experiences on and off the pitch. Hopefully these experiences will become good memories for many years to come.

Brondby Cup 2006 introduced many new aspects of Brondby Cup in the future. One of the most memorable of the pitch would definitely be the introduction of Ankers Tivoli. On the pitch the introduction of the special designed Brondby Cup trophy was very popular, The medals was presented by Brondby Ifs SAS league players witch also was a popular addition.

In Brondby Cup 2007 we will of cause bring further additions to Brondby Cup. These should help us taking the next step towards becoming the best tournament in Denmark, not the largest but the best. Follow the news on this site if you wish to know more about Brondby Cup. Click here to learn more.

FUTURE PLANS
L'Athletique has a lot of new projects in development including a soup kitchen and a new Stadium in Cite Soliel. The soup kitchen l'Athletique plans to build will be able to feed 7,000 people from the community twice a day - for breakfast and dinner.

The Stadium will be a 10,000 state of the art facility in Cite Soliel. The Stadium will bring revenue into what is one of the poorest areas of Port-Au-Prince, and will be something for the community to rally around. The new Stadium will give people from all over Haiti an opportunity to participate in competitions in a high quality location. The stadium will also bring revenue to other sports clubs in Haiti which will be able to compete and showcase their abilities there.

SUMMER 2006
Under 13 Team traveled to the Dominican Republic and received the Bronze Medal in competition with teams from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico! Players from l'Athletique d'Haiti received awards for the Most Valuable Player and the Highest Scorer of the Tournament.