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First Steps Towards Farm Recovery in Haiti

Last Friday my colleague Timote Georges and I were in the southwest of Haiti meeting with leaders representing the 1,200 farm families that we are…

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Shipping containers arrive for Marietta City Schools’ Haiti project

Mary Kate McGowan MARIETTA — After three years of planning and preliminary work, Marietta School District’s engineering pipeline’s project will now become a reality. Thursday…

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Emergency seed distributions help Haitian farmers grow for winter harvest

Men and women line up to receive bags of planting seeds in Jeremie, Grand’Anse Department, one of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Matthew. ©…

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These heart-wrenching photos show what life after Hurricane Matthew is like in Haiti

Photos By Sarah L. Voisin. Writer Nick Kirkpatrick November 17 Nicole Duce, 43, holds her 5-month-old daughter, Fridzadora Loga, in the badly hit town of…

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Haitian cacao farmers scramble to get their ‘success story’ back on track

PRI The World November 18, 2016 · 4:00 PM EST By Amy Bracken Members of the cacao co-op CAUD (Coopérative Agricol Union Développment) spread cacao…

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With continuous support, storm-hit Haiti can make real and tangible progress – UNICEF

Following the passage of Hurricane Matthew in October 2016, there are still children at risk in Haiti, and 600,000 are still in need of aid….

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Haiti: Hurricane Matthew – Situation Report No. 21 (11 November 2016)

Report from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 11 Nov 2016 — View Original Download PDF (228.03 KB) This report is…

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Haiti faces a ‘major food crisis’, its interim president says

11 November 2016 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Privert (in stripy shirt) toured some of the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew The international…

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Haiti Opens a Drive to Vaccinate 820,000 as Cholera Flares

By REUTERS NOV. 9, 2016 LES CAYES, Haiti — Haiti has begun a large-scale vaccination campaign to battle a cholera flare-up after Hurricane Matthew, but…

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NEW FEASIBILITY STUDY SPONSORED BY TIMBERLAND MAKES COMPELLING CASE FOR BRINGING COTTON FARMING BACK TO HAITI

NEW FEASIBILITY STUDY SPONSORED BY TIMBERLAND MAKES COMPELLING CASE FOR BRINGING COTTON FARMING BACK TO HAITI Integrating cotton farming, tree planting and food security with…

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Incredible Rescue Team Helps Over 1,000 Animals Injured in the Wake of Hurricane Matthew

In early October, Hurricane Mathew hit Haiti, leaving the country and its inhabitants in a state of despair. Often in times of natural disaster, people…

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Rebuilding after ‘apocalyptic’ hurricane a hit to Haiti’s struggling tourism market

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com PORT-SALUT, Haiti The almond trees have been stripped bare, and the tropical palms and royal poincianas that once brought life to…

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L’argent de campagne sera utilisé pour acheter des semences pour les victimes du grand Sud

L’argent de campagne du candidat à la présidence du PHTK sera utilisé pour acheter 25 tonnes (60 milles livres) de semences de pois noir, maïs,…

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NEW YORK TIMES: The Opinion Pages- Who Will Speak for Haiti’s Trees?

NEW YORK TIMES: The Opinion Pages By LAURENT DUBOISOCT. 17, 2016 A hillside near Kenscoff, Haiti, showing the effects of deforestation. Credit Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse…

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Dubai’s Emir flies more than £250,000 of aid to Haiti in his private jet

Sheikh Mohammed donated 90 tonnes of emergency supplies in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew Matt Payton United Arab Emirates’ Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler…

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The Herculean task facing Haiti

Washington Post Maniki Cadet, 67, works in a field removing dead banana trees and shoring up the foundations of others, near Les Cayes, Haiti, after…

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Bill Clinton’s Trade Policies Destroyed Haitian Rice Farming, Now Haiti Faces Post-Hurricane Famine

Farrakhan excoriates CLINTON for Ending Haiti’s Chicken and rice production in this video. In 2010, former President Bill Clinton publicly apologized for forcing Haiti to drop…

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U.S. Southern Command sending troops to Haiti for disaster relief

U.S. Southern Command is sending troops to Haiti to provide relief as Hurricane Matthew tears a path through the Caribbean towards the United States. SOUTHCOM…

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U.S. Sends Marines to Haiti as Florida Braces for Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew, the category 4 storm that barrelled through the Caribbean with 145-mile-per-hour winds and left at least 108 Haitians dead over the past two…

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‘Nowhere to go,’ shellshock in devastated Haitian port- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

People walk in a flooded area after Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares By Makini Brice | LES CAYES,…