Month: January 2012
Two Years Later-A Detailed Photo Gallery
Blood flows along the street in the aftermath of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. Reuters Haitians left homeless in the aftermath of Tuesday’s…
CANADA HAS SENT 90% OF PROMISED FUNDS
sunnewsnetwork.com Haiti’s President Michel Martelly waves during the plenary session of the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Caracas,…
Haiti recovery progress ‘disappointing’ two years after earthquake: Ottawa
Andy Blatchford The Canadian PressMONTREAL—The Canadian government is expressing disappointment over Haiti’s plodding reconstruction two years after a powerful earthquake slammed the fragile island nation….
Haiti earthquake two years on: “Discrimination against older people is rife”
Over three million people, including 200,000 older people were affected by the Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010. Since the earthquake, HelpAge has provided 25,000…
Haiti quake: Martelly ‘wants to get rebuild right’
BBC news: Two years after the earthquake which devastated Haiti, the country’s president has told the BBC “things are changing and moving”, but that the…
Haiti in ruins two years after quake
Haitians have flocked to churches to mark the second anniversary of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake that killed a quarter-of-a-million people in the poorest country in…
Can a Vaccine Cure Haiti’s Cholera?
Scientific American The cholera epidemic in Haiti has cast a stark light on deep development holes and disagreements about whether a short-term patch—in the form…
Uruguay will question Haitian about alleged abuse
By Ariel Gonzalez Boston.com MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay—A Supreme Court official promised Wednesday that Uruguay’s justice system will reach out to a young Haitian man who has…
Haiti earthquake: Where has the aid money gone?
Two years on from Haiti’s devastating earthquake, find out which donors have not delivered on their pledges and who has received the aid money paid…
2 years on: Haiti, Lest We Forget…
2 years on: Haiti, Lest We Forget… By Lindsay Johns Dailymail.uk Last updated at 12:35 PM on 12th January 2012 Comments (0) Share Today is…
JANUARY 12, 2012
TWO YEARS WITH LITTLE OR NO PROGRESS AS PEOPLE WRITE EXPENSIVE PROPOSALS FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN….HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS COLLECTED FOR HAITI HAVE GONE…
Haiti’s Vodou: A World of Wonder and Surrender
Huffingtonpost: January 10 is international Vudon Day in Benin (formerly Dahomey). Celebrations will take place everywhere honoring the religion. I can’t help reflect on this…
AND PEOPLE CONTINUALLY CLAIM THE FADH WAS BRUTAL. LOOK WHAT THE LA SHERIFFS DOES!!!Confrontation between sheriff’s deputies, bus rider caught on tape
A “use of force” investigation has been opened into a confrontation Monday night in which one L.A. County sheriff’s deputy struck a female bus passenger…
International groups launch Haiti cholera alliance
By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:28am IST (Reuters) – U.S. and international health officials on Wednesday formed an alliance to end…
Alleged Haiti abuse victim ‘ready to testify’
Al Jazeera.com Haitian man disputes prosecutor’s claim that he has failed to co-operate over alleged assault by Uruguayan peacekeepers. The Haitian victim of an alleged…
Why is Haiti taking so long to recover?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Inquirer.net PORT-AU-PRINCE—A catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti two years ago, killing between 200,000 and 300,000 people in one of the worst natural disasters of modern…
Lettre ouverte de Pascale Théard à la rédaction de Magazine du Monde
La Nouvelliste: Haïti: Attn : Madame Marie-Pierre LANNELONGUE Rédactrice en chef de M, le magazine du Monde. Port au Prince, le 9 janvier 2012 Madame,…
Pair Survives Plane Crash at Sea On Way to Charity Mission in Haiti
By Matt Gutman Jan 10, 2012 9:07am After surviving a harrowing plane crash off a sparsely populated Bahamas island – during which their lives were…
In Haiti billions in aid donations remains undistributed, thousands still live in tents
Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:20 AM EST By Ron Allen NBC News Correspondent Two years after it was rocked by a devastating earthquake, Haiti is…
Uruguay Frees Soldiers in Haiti Abuse Trial
By EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti January 10, 2012 (AP) A prosecutor in Uruguay says he may have to shelve an abuse case against six U.N….