Earthquake/CHOLERA

Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti

RÉSUMÉ DE L’INTERVENTION DU SEM LAURENT SALVADOR LAMOTHE A LA RADIO METROPOLE à l’Espace Le Point

April 10, 2013
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RÉSUMÉ DE L’INTERVENTION DU SEM LAURENT SALVADOR LAMOTHE A LA RADIO METROPOLE  à l’Espace Le Point

Updated April 10: Le premier ministre a répondu parfaitement à toutes les questions.Il a souligné que pour le present moment le pays est en chantier et concretement tout le monde le voit. Il a parlé des grands efforts que le gouvernement a fait pour diminuer presqu’au point zero les centres d’hebergement. Il a parlé...
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2nd Annual HCX | Haiti Film Fest 2013, May 9-12th In NYC

April 10, 2013
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2nd Annual HCX | Haiti Film Fest 2013, May 9-12th In NYC

by Tambay A. Obenson April 9, 2013 1:38 PM For you folks in New York City… HCX | Haiti Film Fest 2013 will include the opening night celebration, an emerging filmmakers event and two full days of free films from contemporary Haitian filmmakers, films about Haiti’s Diaspora, as well as films from the beginning...
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U.S. help for Haiti is a fraud and a shame

April 9, 2013
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U.S. help for Haiti is a fraud and a shame

By FinalCall.com News | Last updated: Apr 9, 2013 – 1:36:12 PM A resident sits at a destroyed area after a major earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince, January 14, 2010. Today the country remains beset by non-profits that deliver services that should be handled by government, which strengthens these organizations and further weakens Haiti’s...
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US military company gets $48.6 million contract in Haiti to staff officers for UN mission

April 9, 2013
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US military company gets $48.6 million contract in Haiti to staff officers for UN mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  A leading U.S. military contractor announced Tuesday that it won a contract for up to $48.6 million that will help support a U.S. contingent to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. The Falls Church, Virginia-based DynCorp International received the contract from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and...
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1% Of Haiti Aid Went To Local Companies: Study

April 9, 2013
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1% Of Haiti Aid Went To Local Companies: Study

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country’s devastating earthquake finds most of the money went to U.S.-based operations. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake. The group says a lack of transparency makes it...
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Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti

April 9, 2013
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Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti

Solar panels light up the night on this avenue in the Haitian capital. Credit: Jean Reniteau/IPS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Apr 4 2013 (ipsnews.net) – While Jean Reniteau mulls over the idea of using solar panels to light his house, Frantz Fanfan is wondering how to expand production of biomass briquettes to replace the use of charcoal...
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Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls

April 9, 2013
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Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls

Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls April 9, 2013 · By Staff Writer ·stabroeknews.com During his visit here in March Haitian President and sitting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Michel Martelly provided confirmation of what we already knew …that more than three years after a devastating earthquake that claimed thousands of lives...
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Author Inspires Stuart Girls With Tales of Haiti and America

April 8, 2013
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Author Inspires Stuart Girls With Tales of Haiti and America

Girls at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart on Friday welcomed award-winning author, Edwidge Danticat, the fifth writer to come to Stuart as part of the school’s Lies, Light, McCarthy Visiting Author Program. Danticat is a storyteller who navigates the terrain of lives lived in both Haiti and America. Her award-wining memoir, Brother,...
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Tribute to the memory of Toussaint Louverture

April 6, 2013
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Tribute to the memory of Toussaint Louverture

Lesly Condé, Consul General of the Republic of Haiti in Chicago, reminds the Community as a whole that, Sunday, April 7, 2013, brings the 210th anniversary of the death of Toussaint Louverture. “It’s time to pay tribute to the man, who in the eighteenth century, challenged the world order, his lucidity and courage, showed our...
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More than half of US earthquake aid to Haiti went to US firms, organizations, study finds

April 6, 2013
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More than half of US earthquake aid to Haiti went to US firms, organizations, study finds

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country’s devastating earthquake finds most of the money went to U.S.-based operations. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake. The group says a lack of transparency makes it...
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