Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Tens of thousands still living in tents 5 years after Haiti earthquake
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com The Morne, a Cabrit housing development in Haiti, was built for victims of the earthquake. But the government has had a…
Family remembers daughter lost in Haiti earthquake on 5th anniversary of her death
HYDE PARK, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) — Monday marks the 5th anniversary of the deadly earthquake that hit Haiti, and Haitians around the world will hold memorial…
Haiti better off 5 years after quake, though still troubled
Children pump water from a well at their new community in the arid hills north of the Capital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 9, 2014….
Voodoo priests, doctors on frontline of Haiti’s mental healthcare
By Anastasia Moloney PORT-AU-PRINCE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Five years after a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and reducing homes to…
Haiti political crisis stalls homebuilding for quake survivors
A Haitian man pauses while collecting bricks from a building destroyed by the January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 7, 2011. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz By Anastasia…
New Home, New Life
It had been a week since Nicole started preparing all the details. Labelled boxes separating her family’s belongings were piled in every corner of the…
Microsoft still believes in feature phones, launches $29 Nokia 215
The Nokia 215 lacks a 3G connection, but has Twitter and Facebook integration. Credit: Microsoft The 2G phone can remain on standby for 29 days…
Shipping container home readying for Detroit debut
By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – An unusual home taking shape inside General Motors’ sprawling Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant is intended to be part…
Still shaken by quake, Haiti now faces a political crisis
Article by: JACQUELINE CHARLES , Miami Herald Hungry Haitians are frustrated with the lack of presidential leadership. Still shaken by quake, Haiti now faces a…
Santé : pas d’Ebola à Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite
La Vice Délégation de Dessalines dément les informations faisant croire que l’épidémie d’Ebola* aurait déjà touché la Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite. En effet, dans les…
Scrooges of the World, Begone!
AP Photo/Jean Marc Herve Abelard Relatives walk to a hilltop, where they will place a cross, in remembrance of those family members who died in…
Hope for Haiti, 5 Years Later: Exclusive Special
Christine Webb (left), with students at the rebuilt Brache Millot School, which had been destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. (PHOTO/Christine Webb, Staff) LEOGANE, Haiti —…
Outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe looks to ‘next chapter’
By JACQUELINE CHARLES Miami Herald PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s embattled Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says he is ready for a new chapter, one…
Bois D’Avril: Classroom Observations
http://haitidreams.wordpress.com Back in Haiti, everyone. Arrived in Bois D’Avril last night and spent the morning observing classes at the local school. If I’m going to…
Discours de l’Ambassadeur Pamela White de la Chambre de Commerce Haitiano-Américaine Réception de fête de fin d’année (AMCHAM) Résidence de l’ambassadeur Port-au-Prince, le 11 décembre 2014
Le 12 décembre 2014 No. 2014/ 04 Discours de l’Ambassadeur Pamela White Réception de fête de fin d’année de la Chambre de Commerce Haitiano-Américaine (AMCHAM)…
Group reports uptick in Haiti cholera patients
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s health system still does not have the capacity to adequately treat cholera patients and there has been an uptick in cases…
Haitian prime minister prospects for business
By Mimi Whitefield mwhitefield@MiamiHerald.com Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe described his efforts to bring Haiti into the digital age Friday as he was saluted as…
Orphans in Haiti gifted with shoes from PBC school kids
Story by Tania Francois, CBS12 News PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The devastation from the January 2010 Haiti earthquake has long left the headlines, but the problems…
How the World Came to Help Haiti and Left a Disaster
In this excerpt journalist Jonathan Katz tells the story of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the chaotic events of the nation’s formation, history…