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Recycling hotel soap to save lives

By Ebonne Ruffins, CNN “By Ebonne Ruffins, CNN”; CNN Hero: Derreck Kayongo STORY HIGHLIGHTS CNN Hero Derreck Kayongo, a Uganda native, started the Global Soap…

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Clinton launches Haiti housing project-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Reconstruction efforts; Will bring new industries, thousands of jobs to country: former U.S. president. By RENÉ BRUEMMER, The Gazette Former United States president and special…

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Vaccine summit raises $4 billion, but will it be wasted?

(CBS/AP) “For the first time in history, children in developing countries will receive the same vaccines against diarrhea and pneumonia as children in rich countries.”…

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IMF Country Report Haiti June 2011 No. 11/136

© 2011 International Monetary Fund June 2011 IMF Country Report No. 11/136 January 29, 2001 Haiti: Request for Extension of the Arrangement Under the Poverty…

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Man with plan, for Haiti

A South Floridian has assembled celebrities, activists and fellow entrepreneurs to redevelop Haiti as a hip tourist destination. By David Adams Special from Poder Magazine…

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Figure in Haiti quake kidnapping case gets prison

Updated 09:48 a.m., Wednesday, June 15, 2011 FILE – In this April 28, 2010, file photo, Jorge Torres, right, is escorted to the Supreme Court for…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Flooding Scours the Whitewash From Haiti Aid Efforts

Georgianne Nienaber HuffPost The OCHA Haiti Flooding Situation Report covering the period from June 6-7 does not paint a pretty picture. This grim report was…

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Haiti: Emergency program for solar power generation and lighting for Haiti, as a consequence of the Earthquake Project in Port au Prince

TendersInfo – Project Notices June 13, 2011 GEF Project ID 4219 Funding Source GEF Trust Fund Country Haiti Region Latin America and Caribbean Focal Area…

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U.S. Agency Sabotages Haiti Earthquake Aid-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Glen Ford, Editor Black Agenda Report Saturday, Jun 11, 2011 It was the unkindest cut of all. A U.S. Agency for International Development report…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Canadian, Colombian & US joint medical team saves lives in Haiti

Story by Sgt. Aaron LeBlancGONAIVES, Haiti – Canadian, Colombian and American military medical and dental personnel completed the third of four medical training exercises as…

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Dozens treated for cholera in small town in Haiti’s southwest after storm

Washington Post: By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, June 10, 12:38 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The summer storm that killed at least 28 people in Haiti apparently is…

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Extended Vaccine Coverage Could Save Millions Of Kids’ Lives

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) – Two new studies published in the journal Health Affairs have revealed that by extending the reach of vaccines for kids around the…

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United, Continental add flights to Hawaii, Haiti and Germany

CLEVELAND, Ohio — United Airlines has announced new flights from some of its hubs, but Cleveland is not one of them. “There’s nothing in the…

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Aid group reports 300 new cases per day in crowded section of Haiti capital

Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An international aid group says clinics in one section of the Haitian capital are seeing a sharp rise in cholera,…

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Would A $5-A-Day Minimum Wage Make Life Better In Haiti?

Today, The Nation and Haiti Liberte posted a story about some Wikileaks memos that reveal that “Contractors for Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi’s…

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New York Wings Over Haiti Benefit

In the small city of Elmira, New York – about halfway along the length of the Pennsylvania and New York border – at VFW Post…

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A PIED D’ŒUVRE A PETIT GOAVE DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHOLERA

LA FONDATION DR HENRI GERARD DESGRANGES (FDHGD) A PIED D’ŒUVRE A PETIT GOAVE DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHOLERA Par Jean-Claude Desgranges, MD, FAGS Président…

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Haitian Underwear Workers and Their Small Wages

The Nation recently posted and then pulled a story about the politics behind an increase of the minimum wage in Haiti. (Looks like the premature…

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Earthquake victims in California and Haiti build together in the aftermath

By Emily Ming on June 3, 2011 IMPERIAL VALLEY, Calif.–A plate heaped with rice, sloppy beans, and chunks of questionable meat was lovingly set before…

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Mayo doctors conclude work in Haiti

by Elizabeth Baier, Minnesota Public Radio June 5, 2011 Rochester, Minn. — The last team of Mayo Clinic doctors volunteering in Haiti since the January…