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Farmers Plant Millions of Trees in Haiti

Following an extensive tour of pubic screenings, “Kombit: The Cooperative” is now available for free on YouTube. Check out this uplifting story of how small-scale…

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FRIENEMIES – THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI

MICHAEL COLLINS – April 13, 2017 When  searching for possible  Intellectual Authors behind  THE ROCKS OF ARCAHAIE,  there are many. Near the top of the…

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Civil society groups against mining in Haiti

(Photo: CMC) PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Civil society organisations here have called on the new Haitian government to abandon plans for allowing for…

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Hurricane Matthew – Six months on

from CBM Published on 02 Apr 2017 — Six months after Hurricane Matthew, CBM response is ensuring that persons with disabilities and other more at-risk…

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Tour of Moïse of projects in progress of the Artibonite Valley

Haiti Libre: Thursday, President Jovenel Moïse made a tour of the Artibonite Valley to assess the progress of the rehabilitation and cleaning works of canals…

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‘One 17 Challenge’ underway

Third annual fund raiser for Project 117 puts 17 participants to the test Alyx Arnett Jeffrey Bennett had the smells of rice and beans wafting…

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Tackling one-tenth of Haitian deaths and helping the environment-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

It sounds almost too good to be true: a single development investment that tackles one of Haiti’s biggest death-tolls and at the same time combats…

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UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945

The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid “a catastrophe”. UN humanitarian…

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Failed policies in Haiti fuel a post-hurricane food crisis

The church’s roof peeled off an hour before dawn, killing three of the villagers sheltering under it and forcing the rest into a flooded field…

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Hurricane Matthew: UN seeks backing for $2.7bn Haiti recovery plan- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By: James Richards 7 Mar 17 The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane…

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Haiti’s Charms and Challenges Keep Former Habitat Exec Mrs. Blake Motivated- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

March 2, 2017 | Phil BoltonMadam Sonia at the Love A Child Miracle Village in Haiti holding leaves from a Moringa tree often called the…

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Haiti – FLASH : Venezuela becomes the poorest country, ahead of Haiti

While Haiti had occupied for many years the first place of the ranking of countries, as the poorest of the hemisphere, now it is dethroned…

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‘Kombit’ Documents the Struggle to Reforest Haiti (Film Review)

http://planetsave.com January 31st, 2017 by Kyle Field We were recently treated to a preview screening of the film “Kombit” which unpacks the work being done…

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A Phoenix Rising in Haiti

Smallholder farmers throughout the southwestern region of Haiti have risen up to begin rebuilding following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew last October. One image…

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Big Ten universities apply agricultural know-how to help Haiti

Kurt Stepnitz In 2016, Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc upon the Atlantic seaboard and Caribbean islands. A Category 5 storm, Matthew’s effects were felt as far…

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Pervasive charcoal trade getting major rethink in Haiti

MANICHE, Haiti –  Pungent wood smoke wafts daily across the hinterlands of Haiti’s southern peninsula, where villagers stack smoldering wood beneath dirt mounds to make…

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Massive distribution of building materials, three months after Matthew

MSF.ORG Jeanty Junior Augustin Distribution of aid packages by MSF in the most remote areas of Jérémie and Cayes After providing urgent medical care, Médecins…

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Partnership Bringing Electricity to Haiti Orphanage

AUSTIN — Freedom Solar Power and ABC Home & Commercial Services teamed up to bring a 100 percent sustainable off-grid solar system to an orphanage…

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The Farmers, Engineers, and Health Workers Helping Rebuild Haiti After Matthew

Mary Stokes We visited the most affected region to see how communities are recovering after the storm on October 4th, 2016. Two months after Hurricane…

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Sowing seeds of hope for Haiti’s future

“I’ve seen good intentions among the NGOs,” Daniel Tillias said of the thousands of foreign non-governmental organizations that work in his home country of Haiti…