Carlo Vieux receives the Excellence Award at the Haiti Impact Awards in Paris

Singer Carlo Vieux received the Excellence Award at the first Haiti Impact Awards in Paris. He announced it himself, thanking "everyone who voted" for him and praising "a really great initiative."

The ceremony was held on Tuesday, November 10, at the 360 Paris Music Factory. It honored about twenty Haitians in several categories: entrepreneurs, artists, scientists and athletes.

A first for the diaspora in France

The singer congratulated the other winners and thanked his team and the Paris audience for their welcome. "Ayiti se fyète nou!" ("Haiti is our pride"), he wrote.

The organizers have not yet published the full list of winners.