Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Apr. 2 — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently announced the approval of a loan of up to $4 million to help Willbes HA, a subsidiary of The Willbes & Co Ltd, headquartered in Cheonan, Republic of Korea, to expand its existing ready-made garment facility at the Parc Industriel Métropolitain in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The...
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Photo by Emily de Santos The fashion in Haiti is about to get a little more Hi-Tech. The Hi-Tech fashion group hosted a Dresses for Haiti service project Friday in the apparel design and manufacturing sewing lab. The finished dresses were donated to the Dresses for Haiti organization. In addition to those sewing in...
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DAYTONA BEACH — Yung Wong can’t forget the children he saw in Haiti. Some had lumps near their bellybuttons caused by intestinal problems from contaminated drinking water. The memory has made Wong passionate about the importance of purifying water. “(Seeing the children) just reinforced what we are trying to do with Project Haiti,” said...
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Mission Le FAES a pour mission d’accompagner les communautés défavorisées dans le développement de leurs capacités et la valorisation de leurs potentialités en vue de dégager une vision commune de leur avenir en apportant l’appui nécessaire à leur renforcement et en finançant des projets prioritaires identifiés par ces communautés. De ce fait, il constitue...
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A mes amis d’Haïti ! Parce que j’ai démissionné de mon mandat d’Expert Indépendant sur la situation des droits de l’Homme en Haïti lors de la présentation de mon rapport devant le Conseil des Droits de l’Homme des Nations unies, il m’a se A mes amis d’Haïti ! Parce que j’ai démissionné de mon...
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WATCH THE STUNNING VIDEO OF THE FLIGHT OVER BEAUTIFUL SCENERY vimeo.com/44587335
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Above: Haiti’s northwest coast (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nation’s International Organization for Migration has received $100,000 from the United States Department of State for a programme that discourages “dangerous irregular migration” from Haiti’s northwestern coast. The programme, which first started in 2009, focused on two main aims: providing direct...
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The first U.S. brand — and Haiti’s second luxury hotel to open in three months — will welcome its first guests Thursday. Designed for the business traveler, the Best Western Premier, a 106-room seven-story hotel in tony Petionville is finally making its debut. A soft-opening is planned for April 4, but guests will get...
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Port au Prince, Haiti. Photo by Ketounette This past Monday, Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Luis Almagro, handed to the Haitian Delegation in the United Nations the amount of $3,477,770 million, which represents the solidarity of each Uruguayan with the Haitian people. Foreign Minister Almagro visited New York to participate in a series of activities related...
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Xinhua | 2013-3-28 8:52:03 By Agencies United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced his appointment of Lieutenant General Edson Pujol of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). “Lieutenant General Pujol succeeds Major General Fernando Rodriguez Goulart, also of Brazil, who completed his assignment on 27...
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