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Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Long Distance Learning Institute, Mdgs, Luce Group Investments, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Commerce, Jérémie, Iraq, NYU Polytechnic, Cayes-Jacmel, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, Oiww, Belo Water, Liberal Arts, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Social Programs, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Global Leadership Institute, Gonaives, Institute for Haitian Stability., Oloffson Hotel, International Film Institute, Integrated Development, Education, Cholera Epidemic, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Microfinance, Art Restoration Institute, New York City, Haiti, Vocational Studies, Tsunami, Private Initiative, Marshall Plan, New Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Haitian Museum of Art, International University, YMCA Léogâne, Luce Group Integrated Development Plan for the New Haiti, Professional Development, Ganthier, Luce Publications, Orphans International Worldwide, Integrated Import-Export, Jacmel, Betaville, Cap-Haïtien, World News
Jim Luce

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

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The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Jeremie, Gateway to Haiti?S South, Togo, Cayes-Jacmel, Jacmel, Coffee Merchants, Sri Lanka, Mario Benjamin, Leogane, French Quarter, Citadelle, Ewe, West Africa, Artibonite, Kenscoff, Dante?S Inferno, Franketienne, Poverty, Caribbean, Neuschwannstein, Ghana, Earthquake, Benin, Oiww, Rene Preval, Southern Province, Tourism, Nobel Prize, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Petionville, Gonaives, Petit-Goave, Saint-Marc, Port-Au-Prince, Central Plateau, Impact News
Jim Luce

There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.

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Orphans International Worldwide Unveils New Website for Sponsoring Kids - Including Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership in Helping Humanity, OIWW Global Standards, Miss J, Emmanuel Jal, Ambassador Giulio Terzi, North Sulawesi, Family Care, Orphelin at St-Paul, Oiww, Indonesia, Malagasy Orphaned Children, John Lee, Gonaives, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Bali, Aceh, Italy, Classical Music Education Program, Morgan Freeman, America?S Next Top Model, Manado, College Prep Leadership Training Program, Child Soldiers, Royal House of Rajpipla, Full Care, Haiti, Jay Alexander, J. Alexander, Tsunami, Michael Bierman, Child Slaves, Hurricane Jeanne, Musical Education, Italian Ambassador to U.S., Gua Africa, OIWW- Haiti, Sudan, Global Citizenship Award, CharityHelp International, India, Madagascar, Orphans International Worldwide, Oiww-Madagascar, Oiww-Indonesia, World News
Jim Luce

Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) unveiled its new website, the third since its founding in 1999. I created the first, which was indeed primitiv...

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Haitian Leadership Mentoring Program for Orphans Growing in Leogane

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: N.Y.U. Polytechnic Institute, Raising Global Citizens, Project Leogane, Leogane, Child Sponsorship, Orphan Care, End Orphanages Globally, Connectivity, Haitian Students, College Prep Leadership Training Program, NYU Polytec, Japan, Haiti, Leadership Mentoring, France, Oiww, Hurricane Jeanne, Internet, Israel, U.S.A., Scholarships, Gonaives, Orphans International Worldwide, Refugee Camps, Mentoring Children, Ecole De La Redemption, OIWW Family Care, January 12, World News
Jim Luce

There is no reason for Haiti to be a hell hole. It has abundant and beautiful natural resources, an incredible and indomitable people, and is only tw...

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Airplane Interview with the American Ambassador to Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Lady of Haiti, Earthquake, Miami University, Justice, Beijing, United Nations, Leogane, Kenneth H. Merten, Agriculture, American Ambassador, Thought Leaders, Reconstruction, Stanford L. Luce!, Global Citizens, U.S. Secretary of State, Security, Oiww, Ohio, Port-Au-Prince, U.N. Blue Helmets, Gonaives, Bill Clinton, Rene Preval, Morgan Freeman, Health, University of Akron, Haiti, New York, Harvard University, Family Care, Hurricane Jeanne, U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti, Hillary Clinton, Orphans International Worldwide, Energy, U.N. Donors Conference, World News
Jim Luce

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Returning from a recent post-disaster trip to Haiti, I was pleasantly surprised to bump into the American Ambassador, the Hon....

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Film Shown at U.N. Donor Conference on Collapse of Haiti's Presidential Palace

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Undp, Syria, White House, French, Thirty-Five Long Seconds: Haiti?S Deadly Earthquake, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Leogane, Kenneth H. Merten, Canada, China, Paris, U.S. Secretary of State, Towards a New Future in Haiti, Indonesia, Haitian School of Law, Palmyra, Ban Ki-Moon, Helen Clark, Port-Au-Prince, Haitian Presidential Palace, Gonaives, Bill Clinton, Thought Leader, Elisabeth Delatour Préval, Rene Preval, Morgan Freeman, Washington D.C., Mario L. Delatour, European Union, Ecole D?Architecture, Amistad Films, Brazil, U.N. Donor Conference, Haiti, New York, France, Film Producer, Tsunami, Place L?Ouverture, Cap Haitian, Haitian Interim Commission for Reconstruction, Haitian Government, U.N. Development Programme, Overpopulation, U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti, Global Citizen, Hillary Clinton, India, Jacmel, Spain, World News
Jim Luce

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The film "Thirty-Five Long Seconds: Haiti's Deadly Earthquake" was screened recently as part of the recent Donor's Conference ...

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Sharing Strength and Sowing Seeds

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gabriel London, Yele Haiti, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Partners in Health, Bob Kerrey, Gonaives, Trees for the Future, Timberland, Cat Cora, Billy Shore, Haiti, Reforestation, Wyclef Jean, Haitiblog, World News
Jeffrey B. Swartz

I traveled to Haiti a few weeks ago for the second time since January's earthquake. I'm not so naive that I thought I'd find miraculous progress had ...

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No Word Yet From Our Orphaned Children in Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, International Relief Agencies, Minustah, OI Haiti, Cyvadier Plage Hotel, United Nations Peacekeepers, Thought Leaders, Global Citizens, Oiww, Indonesia, Family Care Model, Leogane., Prince Albert of Monaco., Port-Au-Prince, Gonaives, Peter Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow, Olafson Hotel, Cite De Soleil, Emmet Murphy, Monaco Red Cross, Haiti, Jacques Africot, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, American Red Cross, Orphaned Children Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Jacmel, Chernik House, Norwich Mission House, U.S. State Department, Cyvadier, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Jim Luce

I cannot imagine, however, how bad Haiti is at this moment -- and we cannot reach our project there outside Jacmel. We have just gotten through to our American neighbor there.

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In Sri Lanka: The Basics for Americans

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Islam, India, Funny Boy, Galle, New York State, Kandy, Jaffna, Jacmel, West Virginia, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hindu Mythology, Colombo, Hinduism, Rama's Bridge, Indonesia, United Nations Peacekeeping Mission, Serendib, British East India Company, New Hampshire, Yala National Park, Adam's Bridge, Indonesian Shadow Puppets, Commonwealth of Ceylon., Buddhism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Sanskrit, Unawatuna, South Asia, Terrorism, Malaysia, Manado, Galle Fort, Tsunami, Shyam Selvadurai, Tamil, Kotte, Orphans International Worldwide, Sinhalese, Sinhala, Gonaives, Port-Au-Prince, Mount Washington, China, World News
Jim Luce

As I travel through Sri Lanka, covering the nation as it seeks reconciliation among its diverse population after decades of conflict, I am receiving e-mails from my friends at home asking me to review the basics.

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Traveling as Press vs. NGO Head: Same Adventure

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Lome, United Nations Department of Public Information, Hong Kong, Guatemala City, Sri Lanka, Galle, Air France, South America, Asia, Ngo, Guyana, Chennai, Dallas, Paris, Singapore, Peru, Indonesia, Port-Au-Prince, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Miami, Dominican Republic, Aceh, Dubai, Swine Flu, Mexico City, Journalist, Africa, Ghana, San Salvador, Central America, International Development, Santo Domingo, Mexico, Colombia, New York, Haiti, Refugee Camps, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Tamil, Tsunami, Hurricane Jeanne, Togo, Post 9/11, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Huffington Post, JFK Airport, Bangalore, Gonaives, Bucharest, Media News
Jim Luce

I have flown from Haiti to Peru to Guyana in the Americas, Hong Kong to Indonesia to Sri Lanka in Asia, and Togo to Ghana in Africa.

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