Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
By the Caribbean Journal staff Malnutrition rates in some parts of Haiti have increased since last fall as more and more people in the country do not have enough food to eat, according to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Food shortages are now affecting seven of 10 departments in...
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By the Caribbean Journal staff There are “significant” problems in the way the United States delivers aid to Haiti, according to a report from the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. The report, Breaking Open the Black Box: Increasing Aid Transparency and Accountability in Haiti, found an “overall lack of transparency on how the...
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MUNCIE — Ball State women’s soccer coach Craig Roberts attended a game between the Haiti and Australian national teams last year, and he took that opportunity to chat up Haiti coach Shek Borkowski about the prospect of playing his Cardinals in the spring. Borkowski promised to see if a date opened in his schedule....
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France Francois says the organization has done far more harm than help in the quake-stricken nation. Despicable: United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal infected a quake-stricken Haiti with cholera by polluting the Artibonite River with fecal matter from a faulty septic tank in 2010. To date, the cholera epidemic has killed over 8,000 Haitians, sickened...
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“Haitians, U.S. taxpayers unable to verify how U.S. aid funds are being used on the ground” Image: LYNNE SLADKY/AP/SIPA A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) identifies significant problems with the delivery of U.S. aid in Haiti and finds an overall lack of transparency on how the billions of dollars obligated...
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Miami Herald Editorial OPINION: Political infighting threatens to paralyze the recovery without elections By The Miami Herald Editorial HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com Sixteen months after Haiti was supposed to hold a critical round of elections, the voting procedure remains on hold. The country’s warring political factions can’t agree on a date or the membership of the panel...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations says a growing number of Haitians are not getting enough to eat. The U.N. mission in the Caribbean nation of 10 million people said in a monthly bulletin Tuesday that a spike in malnutrition has been recorded in some areas since October. At least one in five households...
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By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Church reconstruction in Haiti is moving forward at a faster pace after months of discussions as Haitian and American church leaders gain confidence in the process they established to oversee the massive rebuilding effort. Planning for two new projects in the earthquake-damaged capital of Port-au-Prince...
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Michaëlle Jean, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, begins this Tuesday, April 2 a one-week mission in Haiti, where she will guides members of the Institute NOW in Cap Haitien and Limonade, to examine the sensitive urban areas, in order to revitalize them at the benefit of the population. NOW Institute, based at the University...
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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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