Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Cholera cases down 60 percent in Haiti – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The number of cholera cases reported in Haiti through Apr. 8 this year is down significantly compared to the same periods in 2015 and 2016, according…
Leonardo DiCaprio Goes Incognito as He Supports Friend Sean Penn at Haiti Benefit
Theo Wargo/Getty Images Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted at a benefit for Haiti Takes Root — a 10-year long initiative dedicated to the reforestation and development…
Trump must do better by Haitians than Obama did
BY PATRICIA ELIZEE patricia@elizeelawfirm.com Currently, an estimated 58,000 Haitians are living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS is a special immigration…
Senate Democrats to Trump administration: Let Haitians stay
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com Sixteen U.S. Senate Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York, are urging the Trump…
Renew protected status for Haitians
Boston Globe- There was at least one immigrant group that President Trump didn’t demonize relentlessly while he was campaigning for the White House. “Whether you…
Vaccination campaign necessary to stop the spread of cholera in Haiti, says UF researcher
UF News A mathematical model of cholera transmission in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake suggests that current approaches to cholera control and elimination, which focus…
Let them stay: U.S. must show compassion to threatened Haitians
Haiti has suffered one catastrophe after another (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, April 22, 2017, 4:10 AM When an earthquake devastated Haiti…
LAMOTHE FOUNDATION: Solar energy arrives in houses of Panyol
The Dr. Louis G. Lamothe Foundation (FLGL) and Digicel’s RE-Volt company install a solar kit in some fifty households in Panyol (Kenscoff). Energy is the…
Analysis: What the UN Could’ve Done to Protect Vulnerable Haitians Against Sexually Abusive Peacekeepers
An investigation by the AP revealed that 134 Sri Lankan peacekeepers sexually abused nine Haitian youths in a sex ring spanning three years. (Photo by…
UN inaugurates water supply system in Lascahobas as part of anti-cholera fight
Residents fill their containers at a water capture and distribution project point in a town an hour outside of Port au Prince, Haiti. Photo: Logan…
U.N. peacekeepers are leaving after more than two decades, but where does that leave Haiti?
U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil patrol the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in February. (Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press) Ann M. SimmonsContact Reporter The…
Extend Temporary Protected Status for eligible Haitians
Miami Herald Editorial Board Change is coming at Haiti and its people at a furious pace: Thursday, the U.N. Security Council voted to end its…
Removal of U.N. peacekeepers is a positive action
Post Gazette By the Editorial Board The unanimous decision Thursday by the U.N. Security Council to withdraw the U.N. peacekeeping force from Haiti is probably…
MINUSTAH -THE ABYSS AND OTHER CHALLENGES
MICHAEL COLLINS, April I shouldn’t be stunned, surprised, or even disappointed at the incredibly stupid things those supposedly in control said about MINUSTAH’s departure. There…
Nikki Haley Proclaims UN Peacekeepers Made ‘Great Contribution’ to Haiti- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Atlanta Black Star.com UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday, April 11, that U.N. peacekeeping has made “a great contribution” to Haiti…
AP investigation: 5 things to know about UN sex abuse
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Here are key findings on AP’s investigation into in the U.N.’s peacekeeping crisis: 1. The AP reviewed 12 years of UN…
Justice elusive for victims of U.N. child sex ring
A U.N. peacekeeper opens a gate Aug. 15 at the U.N. base in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to an AP investigation,…
Statement to the Security Council Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Sandra Honoré on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Madam President, I would like to express my gratitude to the United States Presidency of the Security Council, for convening today’s session on Haiti. Je…
UN Security Council to Vote to Close Haiti Peacekeeping Mission
FILE – Children play in the street while United Nations peacekeepers from Brazil patrol in the Cite Soleil slum, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2017….
‘I was devastated by what was going on’ – Garda sergeant given award for charity work
News Irish News 1 Garda Sergeant Ann Byrne Cathal McMahon April 12 2017 3:05 AM When a devastating earthquake struck the island of Haiti in…