Something as simple as asking a child what their favorite color is isn’t so simple in Haiti. According to actor Rainn Wilson and his wife Holiday Reinhorn — founders of the year-old Lide Foundation, which provides arts education to girls in the country – many girls they work with hardly know how to respond. “You can tell from the look in their eyes that no one has ever asked them that question. Because no one had valued them enough to ask,” says the actor, known for his Emmy-nominated run on The Office on NBC. The arts, they’ve found, are a way to let them know they matter. On Wednesday night, Dec. 10, the couple, along with foundation director Kathryn Adams, held their first fundraiser for the organization at the Phyllis Morris furniture showroom in West Hollywood, Calif. In one room, mounted photos lined the perimeter, all shot by the youth in the Lide program. In addition to photography, the 450 girls who Lide works with in rural areas of Haiti learn creative writing, visual arts and theater, in some cases workshops taught by Wilson as drama coach.

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