Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
PRDN PLAN D’ACTION POUR LE RELÈVEMENT ET LE DÉVELOPPEMENT NATIONAL D’HAÏTI
Contenu 1. Les grands chantiers de la reconstruction. 1 2. 780 millions pour la refondation territoriale. 3 3. Les piliers de la refondation économique. 4…
Floating Your Boat? U.N.’s ‘Flotel’ in Haiti Is Vastly Overpriced, Says Expert-Added COMMETNARY By Haitian-Truth
By George Russell Published June 10, 2010/FOXNews.com Ola Cruises A bar aboard the Ola Esmerelda, a ship owned by a company with close ties to…
HAITI: NO LEADERSHIP—NO ELECTIONS A REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE 111th CONGRESS 2nd SESSION JUNE 10, 2010
Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations CONTENTS Page Letter of Transmittal ………………………………………………………………………………….. v Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Background ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Observations ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
U.S. Moves to Block Some Funding for Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A plan before a congressional panel that is intended to prod the Haitian government to clean up its justice system could end up blocking funds…
Jimmy Buffett helping Briggs & Stratton
The 240 generators donated by Briggs & Stratton Corp. to provide power to areas of Haiti devastated by a January earthquake remain tied up in…
One set of food staples finally cleared in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
After languishing in the Port-au-Prince port for more than a month, the first shipping container filled with Buckets of Hope was released by the Haitian…
Bill Gates offers $10m fund for mobile banking in Haiti
Alongside the billions of pounds worth of aid being pumped into rebuilding Haiti, a new project aims to give Haitians control over their own cash….
CNN: Haiti Interim Reconstruction Commission: Strengthening or Undermining Haiti?
While the international community and President Preval are moving ahead with Haiti’s Interim Reconstruction Commission (HIRC), the Emergency and Reconstruction Law that created that structure…
Still No Shelter
The only thing that seems to be moving relentlessly ahead in Haiti is the weather, with punishing heat and near-daily thunderstorms settling in for the…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH PREVAL PLANS VIOLENT MOVES AGAINST POTENTIAL POLITICAL OPPOSITION
Tuesday, June 8 At special meetings, held in Preval’s personal office in the interim palace, on Monday and Tuesday, Preval and his inner circle planned…
Clearing Haiti’s Streets of Rubbish Means Clearing Crime Too
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…
Church To Send 15K Pairs Of Shoes To Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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…
Haiti Has Not Been Fixed-Ineed, Many Challenges Remain
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…
NH doctors, nurses cancel latest trip to Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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…
Haiti, Six Months Later: Aid from Without, Hope from Within
While covering the Dalai Lama’s recent appearances in New York City, I heard the Nobel Peace laureate twice praise the international response to the horrific…
Haiti’s Latest Problem: Clearing Away the Rubble-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Sitting alongside a pool of water, the women wash their clothes in oversized-tin basins. But the sound of water sloshing against stone washboards is drowned…
UN aid official frustrated with Haiti progress
By KRISTEN GELINEAU (AP) – 9 hours ago SYDNEY — The U.N.’s humanitarian chief acknowledged frustration Sunday with the slow progress in providing shelter to…
Seed Donation to Haiti
June 4, 2010 By G. Young Our statement on the protests in Haiti. On May 13, Monsanto announced a donation of conventional corn and vegetable…
Can farming save Haiti? Added COMMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By RENE BRUEMMER, The GazetteJune 5, 2010 8:41 AM Agricultural officials and aid workers worry that while global efforts to help earthquake victims in Haiti…
Hunkered Down in Haiti with Sean Penn, Humanitarian
If it looks as though Sean Penn is just another Hollywood star courting headlines with a camera-ready cause, look again. With a midlife milestone looming…