Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Is Haiti the Next Travel Hot Spot?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Brianna Coviello Published July 22, 2014 FOXBusiness Apple Leisure Group CEO Alex Zozaya says the next great opportunity for both travelers and investors is…
Towards computer interconnection of 10 Departmental Directorates of Education
Haiti libre: As part of the modernization of system of information management, the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training wishes interconnect the 10 Departmental…
Plans to Rebuild Haiti Capital Displace Families and is coordinated by master thief Jean-Marie Ligonde indicating that more crimes will occur-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jul 22, 2014, 12:06 AM ET By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press The broad avenues in the Haitian government’s promotional material are clean…
Reconstruction or Haiti’s Latest Disaster? Tourism Development on Île-à-Vache Island
Huffington Post: The following is adapted from a presentation by Jessica Hsu of Other Worlds and Jean Claudy Aristil of Radio VKM Les Cayes at…
Vorbe v. Haiti Observateur Group, No. 13 Civ. 20114 (PCH); Handal v. Haiti Observateur Group, No. 13 Civ. 20111 (DLG)
All: As requested, below is a summary of the rulings in the above-referenced cases that were brought against Haiti Observateur. Please feel free to edit…
PAHO Weekly Report: 442K chikungunya cases, 86K increase in Caribbean region
As of July 18, 2014: Total Cases: 442,310 Increase: 86,693 A 24 percent increase… Click here for the latest full PAHO report Stay tuned for…
Scientists optimistic chikungunya vaccine could be available as soon as end of next year
July 14, 2014 By Health Aha Editor’s Pick A joint effort between the Federal Drug Administration, N.C. State and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, and…
Chinese leader woos Latin America with deals-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Brasilia (Brazil) (AFP) – China’s president pressed a charm offensive with Latin America on Thursday, signing deals with Brazil, meeting regional leaders and proposing a…
U.N. chief makes ‘necessary pilgrimage’ to Haiti, meets cholera victims-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
In a show of solidarity with the people of Haiti, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets Haitians hard-hit by cholera and helps launch a sanitation…
How Hurricane Katrina Inspired A Revolutionary New Disaster Shelter
The crisis that followed Hurricane Katrina eight years ago inspired Michael McDaniel to create EXO. The innovative emergency housing system offers a surprisingly simple alternative…
In Haiti, Ban calls for greater efforts to improve water and sanitation, end cholera epidemic
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (third from the right) visits with a family in Los Palmas, Haiti. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras 7 Print 14 July 2014 – Secretary-General…
UN Chief in Haiti Launches Sanitation Program
LOS PALMAS, Haiti — Jul 14, 2014, 10:33 PM ET By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited rural Haiti…
How basketball is helping to heal Haiti after 2010 quake
Thestar.com AP Boys play basketball in front of the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince Bedeviled Haiti usually finds its way into international headlines for the…
Voodoo won’t save Haiti, says cardinal
Traditional faith ‘offers no real solutions for the poor’ and is a big social problem, says new prelate Rashmee Roshan Lall in Port au Prince…
United Nations top official goes to Haiti to promote cholera elimination, elections
While not offering an apology or admission, the head of the United Nations says the global body bears “a moral responsibility” in helping Haiti tackle…
Haitian marathoners train in Boulder
Five marathoners from Haiti and their coach train Friday with Alan Culpepper, right, on the South Boulder Creek Trail. The runners are Bertine Laine, back…
The west’s peanut butter bias chokes Haiti’s attempts to feed itself
Local provider of food to tackle malnourishment faces closure because aid agencies buy subsidised products from abroad The Guardian Online Haitian children are checked by…
International Grace, Danger Blend in Haiti’s Machete Fighting
JACMEL, Haiti — Jul 9, 2014, 9:05 AM ET By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press Two men pivot and slide in a forest clearing, their bodies…
UN rights expert urges durable solutions for Haiti’s displaced, vulnerable
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Chaloka Beyani. UN Photo/Evan Schneider 4 July 2014 – Four years after the massive earthquake…
Virus Strikes Hard in Haiti’s Crowded Shantytowns
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jul 3, 2014, 12:08 AM ET By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press Within a dense cluster of flimsy shacks made mostly of plastic…





