Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Colette Lespinasse «Woman of Courage Haiti 2014»
Haiti Libre: This Friday, as part of the “International Women of Courage” program, initiated for 3 years by the State Department to recognize the initiatives…
4.5M Earthquake Off Coast of Haiti
Caribbean Journal; Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeast of the…
Décoration en l’honneur du Pasteur Wallace Turnbull hier soir au Palais National
Pastor Wallace very well deserved Congrats Honneur et mérite est décerné au Grade de commandeur au Réverand Pasteur Wallace Turnbull, pour son dévouement et sa…
Why Cholera Persists In Haiti Despite An Abundance Of Aid-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
A makeshift latrine hangs over the water at the edge of Cite de Dieu, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. John W. Poole / NPR/John W….
PHL seeks labor pact with Haiti
GMA NEWS.COM The Philippines is seeking a bilateral labor agreement with Haiti to ensure that Filipinos working in the Caribbean nation would enjoy adequate protection….
Foot soldiers in Haiti’s fight against cholera
By Michelle Marrion As Haiti struggles to overcome the largest cholera outbreak of the century, water and sanitation agents are working in their own communities…
Dominicans must invest in Haiti to avert a catastrophe
Investment opportunity: Artibonito river basin… Santo Domingo.- Vicini Group CEO Juan Vicini on Tuesday proposed dividing the power grid into two systems: profitable and unprofitable,…
Presentation of Project Metrocable of Port-au-Prince-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Thursday, the Company POMA, a global leader in the transport by cable, which carries 6 million passengers per hour on 5 continents in 73 countries,…
Resolving Displacement After Disasters: Insights From Haiti
Editor’s note: Megan Bradley discusses the new study, Supporting Durable Solutions to Urban, Post-Disaster Displacement: Challenges and Opportunities in Haiti, that examines the question of…
Chicago filmmaker experiences life in Haiti while documenting philanthropist’s project
Jack Newell teaches Louis Davens how to work the camera. | Provided photo What am I doing here and why don’t I leave? Filmmaker Jack…
Brazilian commander to take over Haiti U.N. peacekeeping force
By Aaron Morrison Special to the Miami Herald UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appointed Lt. Gen. Jose Luiz Jaborandy, Jr., a Brazilian…
Haiti’s Shadow Sanitation System
by Jonathan M. Katz Russell Leon works under the cover of darkness as part of a small crew sworn to secrecy. He is a bayakou,…
Martelly – Lamothe, the right team for Haiti
By Adma Riché, Haii Hebdo The main objective of any political party or organization is to take power and occupy posts at all levels. Once…
A Heart for Haiti: quality education a luxury for many kids
Sara Forhetz, sforhetz@ky3.com Haiti is known as the poorest country in the world. The World Bank notes that more than 80-percent of Haitians live on…
Back to Dark Days in Haiti?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus Members of Haiti’s new national military force (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) This article is a joint publication of…
Haiti cholera victims file new lawsuit against UN
ticotimes.net A Haitian woman walks by a facility where trash and waste from a hospital that treats cholera victims is burned near the impoverished and…
Birthing Justice for Women in Haiti
Clotilde Josaime St. Jean Laura Carmichael Huffington Post: More than a century has passed since the first International Women’s Day, and as we look back…
Hometown U: A smarter, stronger roof design for Haiti and beyond
Scott Hamel stands on his proof of concept model for his concrete roof at the Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Alaska…
Cholera epidemic in Haiti ‘poses major threat to Latin America and Caribbean’
UN assistant secretary general says deadly outbreak, which has been blamed on UN troops, demands decisive action Mark Tran theguardian.com, Friday 7 March 2014 06.06…
Haiti’s cholera epidemic Immune response
The Economist.com LAST month the United Nations’ Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti delivered his annual assessment (French version here) of the state of…