Day: April 4, 2014

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Treaty’s tighter adoption rules kick in for Haiti

By TRENTON DANIEL  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Foreigners seeking to adopt a child from Haiti will now have better assurances the new family member wasn’t…

2014-04-04
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Drought worsens food crisis in poverty-stricken Haiti

By Agence France-Presse Friday, April 4, 2014 17:07 EDT The World Food Program sounded an alarm Friday over arid conditions in northwest Haiti that have…

2014-04-04
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti and Hurricane Katrina inspire revolutionary new disaster shelter

The Guardian.uk Cheap, portable, reusable Exo shelters aim to improve how governments come to the aid of victims of natural disasters • The shelters redefining…

2014-04-04
Posted in Ag/Farming

Heineken: $100Mm investment in Haiti brewery

By TRENTON DANIEL PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Dutch brewer Heineken announced Friday that it is investing $100 million in its Haiti production plant that…

2014-04-04
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti cholera plan drags as rain begins

By jacqueline charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com When Haiti’s health ministry reported it had only registered 2,228 cases of cholera at the end of a two-month period this…

2014-04-04