Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Training Program of IFC for Haitian bankers
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, organized in Port-au-Prince from 22 to 26 April 2013, a 5-days training program,…
Haitian groups seek more accountability from UN workers-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Canadian police officer fled Haiti following alleged sexual assault Human rights groups in Haiti are demanding the United Nations be held more accountable after a…
Manhattan Concierge Runs a Foundation to Help Haiti
Librado Romero/The New York Times DOUBLE LIFE Yves Deshommes’s home in Brooklyn is full of Haitian art that he sells to raise money for charity….
Stencil Street Artist C215 Explores Haiti in Full Color
Parisian street artist C215 has been traveling again, this time to Port Au Prince in Haiti, where he drew many curious audiences during the week-long…
This is Haiti – for better or worse
A Haitian tap tap MichelleWalz under a CC Licence Port au Prince saps energy: the heat, the noise and the people. At the market it’s…
Tens of thousands of families stuck in Haiti camps – IOM
Source: alertnet // Anastasia Moloney Haitians living in a camp for people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake look on after tents were vandalised in…
Another Study Points to Nepal Origin For Cholera Outbreak
Above: a cholera treatment centre in Haiti (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff Another new study is pointing to Nepal as the likely…
Superstorm Sandy Shook the Earth
Wavemaker. As Hurricane Sandy churned off the East Coast last 28 October, waves at the ocean’s surface triggered seismic waves in Earth’s crust that were…
Haiti, FIFA to Establish Task Force on Football Development
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and FIFA President By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and FIFA have agreed to establish a task force to…
Construction of a new hotel «Monte-Cristo Hôtel & Suites»
The project « Monte-Cristo Hôtel & Suites » has received the approval of the Interministerial Commission of Investments (CII). Consequently, this project will benefit of…
Connecting with Haiti: Local prof uses old BlackBerrys to help Haitian principals
WATERLOO — Wondering what to do with your old BlackBerry? Steve Sider has a plan for it. The assistant professor in the faculty of education…
Michaëlle Jean in Washington
Haiti Libre Thursday, April 18, Michaëlle Jean, the UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, will take part in Washington, at ministerial meetings of the World Bank…
Brazil issues work permits for Haitian migrants to Acre
Acre, in the Amazon region, has asked for additional funding to cope with the influx. More than 900 Haitian immigrants to the Brazilian state of…
US aid to Haiti: Top implementing partners-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
As Haiti rebuilds, questions continue to hound the country’s government and its donors about how aid money is being spent. When it comes to U.S….
Haiti Still in Need Following Hurricane Sandy
An HI representative gives a ShelterBox kit demonstration to a group of aid recipients, Haiti 2013. We were forced to live under a tarp for…
Haiti news: The Silence after the Quake
Haiti’s earthquake that buried her father alive, has left Darline an orphan and her country completely in ruins. Director: Tessa Boerman “We all lost someone…
Haiti – Warning : Ban on «Tyno» in Haiti
Dr. Marie Guirlaine R. Charité, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP), advises health professionals, importers and distributors of pharmaceutical products…
Haiti cholera mutations could lead to more severe disease
eurekalert.org Strain is evolving to be more like virulent 1800s cholera CHICAGO — The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin…
Number of people displaced by Haiti quake now 320,050, down 79 percent from peak 1.5 million
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A humanitarian agency in Haiti says the number of people still displaced by the earthquake three years ago is 320,050. That’s a…
Ants can sense earthquakes a day in advance
Subodh Varma, TNN Apr 12, 2013, 06.36PM IST NEW DELHI: Ants know when an earthquake is about to strike, researchers have discovered. Their behavior changes…