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Haitian teen gets new leg at Genesis

Deirdre Baker Joverly Charles, 15, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is in Davenport for two to four weeks to receive a new prosthesis and physical therapy. She…

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U.N. role in Haiti cholera epidemic

(CNN) – There is a humanitarian crisis happening in our own hemisphere, but it’s not likely you’ve heard of it. Thousands have died, threatening the…

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Dominican Republic resumes deportation of migrants deemed illegal

Reuters/Reuters – People wait to talk to an enumerator with The International Organization for Migration (IOM) at a camp for returned Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans, near…

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Multiple Scandals in Haiti Expose Weakness of Current Development Model – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

TRNN’s Jessica Desvarieux explores the root cause of the scandals involving USAID and the American Red Cross, and looks at whether there is a way…

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UN must step up, apologize, and help drive cholera from Haiti

Between March and June of 2012, an oral cholera vaccine was distributed in the Artibonite Valley region of Haiti. By The Editorial Board August 12,…

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Migrants returning to Haiti from Dominican Republic struggle to find a place back home

Published August 12, 2015 Fox News Latino The growing encampments on the Haitian side of the border, which lack water, electricity or other services, are…

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Has the international community failed Haiti?

Owen Bennett-Jones. BBC Since its shattering earthquake five years ago Haiti has received billions of dollars of foreign aid. But for all the international largesse…

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Five years after the American Red Cross efforts to rebuild Haiti

Tech.MIT.edu By Claire Lazar OPINION EDITOR August 6, 2015 Summer investigation raises doubts about post-earthquake relief Following the January 2010 earthquake that killed over 200,000…

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Half of Clintons’ charitable giving in 2014 went to their own foundation

By Alana Goodman Half of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charitable giving last year went to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, according to a…

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Site cleaning begins at Haiti’s Holy Trinity Cathedral

[Episcopal News Service] More than five and a half  years after a catastrophic earthquake destroyed Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, on July 20 workers began…

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Project seeks to build Lego-style homes from rubble in Haiti

Holland-based The Mobile Factory aims to turn debris from 2010 earthquake into Lego-style blocks for sustainable housing near Port-au-Prince The Star.com Themobilefactory.org Haitian families will…

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Girls and women key to Haiti’s future

BY DONNA SHALALA clintonfoundation.org As the former President of the University of Miami, I was proud to help strengthen UM’s decades-long relationship with our neighbors…

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JetBlue and Marriott Port-au-Prince Team Up to Give Back to Haiti

July 27, 2015 at 1:37 PM | by Charyn Pfeuffer | You’ve got to love a great partnership. From now until August 29th, 2015, anyone…

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Solar power to light up communities in Haiti

Miami Herald.com By Ismail Ercan iercan@MiamiHerald.com Haiti has long been plagued by electrification issues, with more than 70 percent of the population not having access…

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Clintons’ charities got £50million of British aid cash: UK government accused of trying to buy influence with US power family

The charity’s board includes former president Bill and candidate Hillary It has had £48.9million from the UK – more than £20million last year alone Critics…

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“OVERVIEW OF US POLICY TOWARD HAITI PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS” TESTIMONY OF THOMAS C ADAMS

TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATION COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE, TRASNATIONAL CRIME, CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES “OVERVIEW OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD HAITI…

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Red Cross Unable to Account for Haiti Spending? Internal Docs Come to Light

NonProfitQuarterly.org By Ruth McCambridge Today is the deadline for the Red Cross to provide answers to the questions posed by Senator Chuck Grassley some time…

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Red Cross Response on Haiti Further Inflames Grassley

Rebecca Koenig The American Red Cross defended its relief activities in Haiti in documents released Thursday, saying its management expenses were for functions “indispensable to…

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Members of Congress call for more transparency in US aid to Haiti

Antillean.com Following a number of high-profile exposés of mismanagement of aid money to Haiti, Congress has called on the US Agency for International Development (USAID)…

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Confidential Documents: Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated for Haiti Were Spent

The documents also raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross’ count of how many Haitians it helped, concluding the figures on one project…