With much talk about how other countries are helping rebuild Haiti post-quake, not enough is known about how Haiti helped to build the New World – liberating other colonies and inspiring many to fight for their freedom.

Well, now there's an app for that. Boynton Beach's own Yanatha Desouvre has developed a new content-based app called Proud Haitian, which allows iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users to explore the proud history and contributions of Haitians to the world.

IT specialist and poet Desourve tells the National Weekly, "Earlier this year, I was fortunate to do a keynote presentation 'The Republic of Haiti, the Beautiful Struggle - Past Present Future.'" He continues, "I talked about Haiti's past and on its impact on the whole. And I just found all these amazing stories that are just not shared. All we see in the news is Haiti being the poorest nation, but never about it being the second free republic in the Western Hemisphere, or about how Haiti helped free so many other countries... We are a rich country that has so much to offer to the world."

The Proud Haitian app offers an easy-to-navigate history of Haiti and its impact on North and South American history. A database also provides profiles on influential Haitian-American figures throughout history, from Nintendo America division president Reggie Fils-Aime to the first settler of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Users can also test their Haitian awareness with fun quizzes.

And if all this cultural digging leaves you hankering for some good Haitian bouillon, the Proud Haitian app can guide you to the Haitian eatery nearest you.

Born in Haiti and brought up in Brooklyn, New York, Lynn University alumni Desourve also developed the app as his own dedication to his family and friends lost in the 2010 earthquake. For the month of January, a dollar from every download of Proud Haitian will be donated to the Lynn University Global Citizenship Memorial Fund, founded in the memory of the Lynn University students and faculty members who died in the earthquake. The fund "will provide monies for students to experience university-designed and approved educational and service opportunities with a focus on communities and cultures in need at the international, national and local levels."