Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
The Politics of Disaster Relief: China, Taiwan and the Haitian Earthquake
By: Daniel Erikson After a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, the aftershock reached China in ways that few observers could have…
U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Ten Americans who were detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday…
Don’t rebuild Haiti; let’s re-imagine it.
By STEVEN VAN ZANDT | 2/2/10 5:02 AM EST As I watched “Meet the Press” host David Gregory recently ask former Presidents Bill Clinton and…
Analysis: Is Haiti’s René Préval buckling under? He should resign! Commentary added in article
February 03, 2010 -Olivia Ward: Haitian President René Préval has been rightly criticized for his refusal to rally the nation after Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12…
UN picks Clinton to head Haiti aid co-ordination
By Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on Wednesday named Bill Clinton as chief aid and reconstruction co-ordinator for earthquake-ravaged…
Frustration growing at Haiti aid bottlenecks
By PAISLEY DODDS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The aid flooding into Haiti by plane and boat is not reaching earthquake victims quickly enough to stem…
Cowell’s Haiti charity single gets first airing
LONDON – A star-studded British single to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti has had its first radio airplay. The cover of…
Daily Report- Titanyen , FEBRUARY 1, 2020
TITANYEN, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Yesterday, I took part in a memorial service for over 50,000 of my Haitian friends, buried in a mass grave at …
Crowded Haiti camps exacerbate children’s health problems
By Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 2, 2010; 1:39 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Children are increasingly suffering health problems from the hardships…
Haiti earthquake: voodoo high priest claims aid monopolised by Christians
Haiti’s voodoo high priest has claimed believers have been discriminated against by evangelical Christians who are monopolizing aid sent to the earthquake-stricken country. Max Beauvoir,…
BUTCHERS!!! PR to investigate MDs for Haiti Facebook pics
`By DANICA COTO The Associated Press Saturday, January 30, 2010; 3:59 PM SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rican medical doctors who appeared on Facebook…
US to resume shortly Haiti medical evacuation flights
The United States will resume within hours emergency evacuation flights for critically injured Haitian quake victims, the White House has said. The airlifts stopped last…
Haiti arrests US nationals suspected of child smuggling
Haitian police have arrested 10 US nationals on suspicion of trying to illegally take 33 children abroad. They say the Americans were held on the…
U.S. Seeks Options for Airlifting Haitian Patients
By SHAILA DEWAN and LIZ ROBBINS MIAMI — Days after the United States military suspended medical evacuations of critically injured earthquake victims from Haiti, officials…
US Military Center Assesses Haitian Needs
The U.S. Army has set up a data collection center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to assess the needs of residents in the aftermath of the massive…
UK to ship corrugated iron to build shelters in Haiti
The government has purchased all of the UK’s available corrugated iron sheets to provide shelters for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Gordon Brown announced the…
Turks and Caicos patrol picks up Haiti migrant boat
More than 100 Haitians have been picked up off the Turks and Caicos Islands by marine police after trying to flee quake-stricken Haiti in a…
UN: Crucial to House Homeless in Haiti Before Rains Begin
UN: Crucial to House Homeless in Haiti Before Rains Begin The International Organization for Migration estimates more than one million earthquake victims in Haiti are…
Push to Send FEMA Trailers to Haiti Stirs Backlash Industry push to send leftover FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash, called ‘self-serving’
The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea…
Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti
NEW YORK – Sean “Diddy” Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert and telethon to benefit Haiti on Feb. 5….