Month: December 2013
Country singer Paul Brandt inspired to give back in Haiti
By Paula Worthington, Calgary Herald Paul Brandt plays for kids in Repatriote. Photograph by: Photo courtesy Paula Worthingto , Handout HAITI — The narrow streets…
Should where you live determine whether you live or die from a preventable disease?-We DON’T Think So
Should where you live determine whether you live or die from a preventable disease? We don’t think so, which is why we work with 41…
Haiti minimum wage increase ignites competition row in textile industry-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Protest over small salary increase inflames workforce conflict with an industry concerned about being uncompetitive A clothing and shoe factory at Caracol industrial park in…
Haiti AIDS research clinic wins top global health prize
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a…
Lessons learned: growing rice in Haiti and Vietnam
A new method for coaxing more rice from the land with less water and fertilizer is beginning to take root in Haiti–as it has in…
5 Haitian migrant women drown, among men, as smuggler’s boat capsizes
http://womennewsnetwork.net The islands where migrant Haitians navigate on smugglers boats can be seen here. From Haiti many migrants hope to reach the coast of Florida…
Bound by the sounds of Haiti
“I always wanted to make a difference in the area of music,” says former Montrealer Milena Sandler, general director of the Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival,…
What we learn from Haiti, the Republic of NGOs
philstar.com “The problem is I don’t know who is receiving aid, what they are doing with it and where it goes.” That was a statement…
Humanitarian assistance mission provides help to Haiti
By Airman 1st Class Klynne Pearl Serrano, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs / Published December 30, 2013 Tech. Sgt. William Hyde and Staff Sgt….
Rival tablet manufacturers launch in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Two tech companies have launched rival ventures to build Android tablets in Haiti, a country with little recent experience in electronics manufacturing….
Distribution of educational toys at the Accommodation Centre of Delmas
29/12/2013 10:16:02 Friday, one month after the inauguration of the Accommodation Centre of Delmas (CAD) http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9859-haiti-social-inauguration-of-the-first-transit-center-for-street-children.html , Charles Jean-Jacques, the Minister of Social Affairs and…
Mission of Hope develops holistic model for rebuilding Haiti
With the four-year anniversary of Haiti’s devastating, 7.0 magnitude earthquake just two weeks away, Mission of Hope (MOH) a Christian nonprofit headquartered in Haiti, has…
Martelly Visits the infrastructure built in the neighborhoods of Nerette and Morne Hercule
Friday, President Michel Martelly, accompanied by the Mayor of Petion-ville, Ms. Jolicoeur Yvanca Brutus, officials of the Unit of Housing Construction and of Public Buildings…
At least 17 migrants from Haiti die after boat capsizes during tow to Turks and Caicos
A marine unit of Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force intercepted the overloaded boat and was escorting it when it suddenly overturned. Scene off…
Two tablet companies launch manufacturing in Haiti
The Verge.com A new pair of tablet companies are setting up in an unexpected place: Haiti. Surtab and Handxom SA both began production last month…
IF IT’S NOT BROKE – DON’T FIX IT!!!! LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER?? – RUMOR SEES EDUCATION MINISTER VANNEUR PIERRE REPLACED BY DAUGHTER OF GERARD GOURGUE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
December 29, 2013 MICHAEL COLLINS Years ago, Gerard Gourgue, as head of his school, took funds set aside for poor childrens’ scholarships and paid his…
Spare a thought for Haiti this Christmas
Marie Matte Mayan, 26, sleeps on the floor with her twins, Maudeline and Maudena Pierre, at a shelter Sunday in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, after being deported…
Haiti faults orphanage run by well-off US church
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At the Olde Good Things antique store on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a French crystal chandelier can go for tens of thousands…
Rehabilitation of the Champ-de-Mars
The rehabilitation of the Champ-de-Mars, the largest public square in Port-au-Prince, will begin in January and should be completed in June 2014, if there is…
Solar Micro-Grid Aims to Boost Power and Food in Haiti
EarthSpark, the project’s leader, won a Powering Agriculture grant for clean energy development. A little girl reads by the light of a solar home system…