"...Because by the end of last year Arcade Fire, whose much-anticipated third album, The Suburbs, comes out this month, had helped raise more than $800,000 for (DR. Paul) Farmer’s organization. Because Chassagne and Butler, in 2008, went to Haiti and performed at Partners in Health’s facilities. Because Chassagne, alarmed by the chaos bred by thousands of NGOs working in isolation, and often at cross-purposes, is helping to launch Kanpe (Creole for “to stand up”), a project to coordinate nonprofits in the battle against poverty. “We have to be organized,” she says. “We have to do better by Haiti.”"
Full article: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/arcade-fire-201009
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