Category: Stories

“I left Haiti a changed man and musician”

“When I traveled to Haiti in November 2015 and met the Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF) team I had no idea what to expect. My experience was like nothing else I have ever encountered. I left Haiti a changed man and musician. The purpose of my presence in Haiti was to

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Come to Haiti!

Moveable Feast Haiti is a moveable feast. With due respect to Hemingway and his eponymous book. I went to Paris, when I was a young man, as the famous writer, who committed suicide, used to recommend, and I have also been there, in the past months, and apart from many

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A story for my friends

November 29th 2015. I am on my return flight from Haiti, heading to Atlanta to get a connecting flight to Rome. I have time to reflect on this mission, on this amazing adventure, and to rethink of the reality where I have been immersed in the last few days. There

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Greetings from the Founder

Dear Friends all over the world, also this year, God willing, we are close to Christmas season. To all those who are reading, to those who have the kindness to listen to my music and share the challenges of the Foundation that bears my name, I would like to send

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Elena Brunelli, ABF Volunteer – A Birthday in Haiti

Unexpected greetings from hundreds of children, a drove of eyes like curious and lively embers, an orchestra of voices, unknown but friendly more or less the age of my granddaughter Virginia or slightly older. It has been one of those presents you would not even dare to think of, the

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