Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Friday, Sept. 9, was a big day for the Amputee soccer team.
On Thursday, Sept 8th I took some of the leaders of the Haitian Association of Amputee Soccer to visit the Mission of Hope in Haiti….
Rebuilding Haiti and the lives of the disable
Sep 17, 2010 11:32 AM Last week, an Argentine entrepreneur announced he would be building a 33 million dollar business hotel in Port-au-Prince, the capital…
Canada Extends Commitment to United Nations Mission in Haiti
Sep 17, 2010 08:51 ET OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 17, 2010) – Today, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence announced the Government of…
DIGICEL plans rollout of mobile money services in Haiti
Friday, 17th September, 2010 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Digicel today announced details of the initial phase of its ground breaking mobile money service project in Haiti…
MediSend International Plans Significant Role in Reconstruction of Haiti’s Healthcare System
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 15, 2010 MediSend International Plans Significant Role in Reconstruction of Haiti’s Healthcare System Haiti is still in desperate need of basic…
Haiti Only Receives 19 Percent of Promised International Assistance
United Nations.— Eight months after the terrible earthquake which ravaged Haiti, that Caribbean country has only received 19 percent of the promised international assistance for…
No plan in sight for Haiti’s homeless
No one knows where to relocate more than a million people displaced by the Jan. 12 quake, or how to determine exactly who owns what…
Haiti’s Disaster Capitalists Swoop In
Who benefits when refugees are moved from camps into garment and cell-phone industry “work zones?” — By Siddhartha Mahanta Tue Sep. 14, 2010 3:07 AM…
Haiti braces itself for Hurricane Igor-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The government of Haiti has made plans to relocate thousands of homeless Haitians living in displaced persons camps as Hurricane Igor threatens to bring further…
Two Major Caribbean Organizations Join to Develop Haiti’s First Airport Hotel
Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, WIN Group, join to develop much-needed hotel PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept 13 /PRNewswire/ — Argentine entrepreneur Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, President & CEO of Basic Energy…
A World Bank view on Haiti’s recovery
PATRICK FARRELL/MIAMI HERALD STAFF SCHOOLS A PRIORITY: Youngsters attend classes in tents in Port-au-Prince. Pamela Cox, the World Bank’s vice president for Latin America and…
The Catholic Church and the Haitian political saga-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Jean H. Charles To eavesdrop on the locals and gauge the situation on the ground, instead of traveling by plane, I took the long…
Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared
By TAMARA LUSH (AP) – 1 hour ago Photo Credit: Amanda Kijera PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — From the dusty rock mounds lining the streets to a…
Franketienne: Haiti’s First Nobel Laureate – Hopefully
As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient…
Forced EVICTIONS at IDP Camp in Haiti
This Video Slide Show shows forced evictions from IDP camps in Haiti-CLICK HERE TO VIEW For more information, reports and to find out how you…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH 8:41 P.M. AND HIGH WIND, LIGHTNING DRIVEN RAIN DELUGES TENT CITIES IN PORT-AU-PRINCE AREA
8:41 P.M. AND HIGH WIND, LIGHTNING DRIVEN RAIN DELUGES TENT CITIES IN PORT-AU-PRINCE AREA. STREETS FLOODING AS LARGE ROCKS WASHED DOWNHILL FROM THE MOUNTAINS. BILL…
Operation Blessing to send fish to help in Haiti
By Lauren King The Virginian-Pilot September 9, 2010 On Friday, about 2,000 tiny fish in Mississippi will be sent to Haiti to help with Operation…
The Haiti and New Zealand Quakes: A Fair Comparison?
Analysis by Michael Reilly At first blush, the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday was the spitting image of the one that ravaged…
Interview de Jean-Claude Duvalier par Deborah Ball pour le Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Questions were supplied to President Jean-Claude Duvalier in English. He replied in French. Following the English/French version is one in which we…
Haitian survivors find refuge in Dominican Republic clinic
Santo Domingo, Sept. 3 (CNA) Although Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the same island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, they are worlds apart. Haiti…