By Gemma Pitcher PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 7, 2010 (ENS) – Spend two hours in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s ramshackle capital, and the likelihood is that at least one will be passed in a traffic jam. Already poorly maintained, the city’s infrastructure was hopelessly damaged by the January earthquake. Piles of concrete rubble from destroyed buildings block...
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BALTIMORE — A local church is still sending help to those affected by the earthquakes in Haiti.The Empowerment Temple wanted to send 5,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti, but by the time they were packing the truck, the group said it had tripled that amount.The group said it loaded up 15,000 pairs of shoes...
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Alix Filsaime Tent cities are bracing for a promised dangerous hurricane season with no real solution on the immediate agenda. Political process has not been cleared for schedule elections in November. Time is running short and decay and chronic instability looms. Pledged funds are not upcoming. No real upsurge on job creation will create...
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Associated Press – June 7, 2010 10:45 AM ET LEBANON, N.H. (AP) – A team of doctors and nurses from New Hampshire’s Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has canceled its trip to Haiti after hearing that conditions weren’t safe. The crew was seventh team from the hospital being sent to help victims of January’s earthquake. But...
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