The next Oprah maybe?
#LiveCivil
Blogger and entrepreneur Karen Civil, 30, who is of Haitian descent, celebrated her birthday today by donating $41,000 to build a playground in Haiti at Nouvelle Zorange in Village de la Renaissance. She was also working with the Miami-based Sow A Seed organization. The Live Civil Playground will be constructed with environmentally sound and recycled materials. It will also be for 500 students from Pre-K to 9th grade and for over 1,000 children in the community.
I believe in the power of play. Unfortunately, Haiti does not have many safe environments for children to play and express themselves. Coming from a Haitian-American home, I thought it was necessary to give back to the country in which my parents were raised. That is why I believe in Project PlayWorld’s efforts to provide secure playing spaces for the children of Haiti with the Live Civil Playground.
Moreover, the Brooklyn native was overwhelmed with joy. She tweeted:
Please understand I’m overjoyed with the outpouring of love being shown to me today and especially for the changes being done in Haiti! LOVE
— Karεn Ciѵil (@KarenCivil) November 8, 2014
Also, earlier today, Civil uploaded pictures of her in Haiti on her twitter account which can be seen at the gallery above.
Happy Birthday Karen Civil!
Sherley Boursiquot is also of Haitian descent and she couldn’t be more proud of Civil’s humanitarian work. Follow her on twitter @sherleybee_
