Haiti Disaster Relief

Haiti Journal #3 -- The Highs and Lows of Fieldwork

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.25.2012

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Everyone was astonished by the condition of both buildings from the earthquake ... and the tent camps that still remain in the main square.

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Second Anniversary Of Haiti Quake Brings Little Progress

www.theroot.com | Posted 03.13.2012

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On the Road in Haiti

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 07.31.2011

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The key may be in Haiti's time-tested agricultural or faming tradition and expertise. Workers are ready to work and the lucky ones have cooperatives led by people who care about their employees' well-being.

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A Revolution Out Of Garbage In Haiti

Uma Viswanathan | Posted 07.22.2011

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The unique cornerstone of Nouvelle Vie Haiti is to shift the mindset of an entire generation. Wilner and the rest of his team are doing just that.

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Notes on Haiti

Kieran Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

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When you dash in and out of people's lives, whatever assistance you offer is always limited, and sometimes entirely hamstrung, by the complexity of a new and separate reality. If I am grasping nothing else, it's that Haiti's reality is very complex.

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Can Haiti Get Beyond Politics as Usual?

Pascal Robert | Posted 05.25.2011

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At some point, the progressive forces who seek to liberate Haiti from the constant cycle of detrimental Western influence will have to get beyond their political differences.

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Roadies, Refugees and the One World Futbol

Tim Jahnigen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Inside this crew, there's a core group of folks that are determined to take this quiet competence and use it to contribute to solving bigger problems -- all while being ready for sound check at 4:00 p.m.

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Haiti and the Year of Sorrow

Pascal Robert | Posted 05.25.2011

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In order to get a better perspective of what was happening on the ground, on January 11, 2011 I interviewed the President of Yele Foundation International, Hugh Locke while he was in Haiti.

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Haiti One Year Later: How One Analyst Returned To His Roots To Help Rebuild A Nation

The Huffington Post | Carly Gillis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacques-Philippe Piverger deals with money. In his professional life, he's managed billions of dollars in assets as an analyst in venture capital an...

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Haiti One Year Later: Still Waiting to Volunteer

Stacy Twilley | Posted 05.25.2011

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I won't be going to Haiti soon. But I continue to support the expert International Medical Corps volunteers who are still needed there.

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Building Hospitals For Haiti's Future

Andrew MacCalla | Posted 05.25.2011

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An hour and a half after leaving the crowded streets of Port-au-Prince, we arrived at the gates of the new Camejo Hospital in Leogane, a town only 20 miles outside the capital city.

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Haiti: Cholera Outbreak Metaphor for No Accountability

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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It began as a trickle of questions and sketchy information last night. An email from a friend and colleague in Haiti: "Do you know what is happening a...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart To Author Linda Polman

Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalist Linda Polman discussed corruption and aid organizations, the topic of her new book, "The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong With Humanitarian Aid...

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Haiti Relief Is Not Charity: A Rights-Based Approach to Aid

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Six months after the quake, the people of Haiti have a right to know who promised aid, when delivery can be expected, and what recourse they have if deadlines are not met.

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Haiti: Human foundation key to recovery

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Haiti has rarely been a country that makes the news for the right reasons. But six months ago the whole world's attention was focused on this small C...

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Report Questions NGO Accountability in Haiti

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Disaster Accountability Project found that of the 197 organizations identified as soliciting money for their activities in Haiti following the earthquake only six have provided factual situation reports itemizing their activities.

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Not displaced, just going home

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mariela is down to just one goat. Three months ago, the grandmother in her seventies had four of the creatures living in her simple home in Haiti's ...

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Meetings with Remarkable Haitians--Dr. Jean Hugues Henrys and Dr. Alex Larsen

James S. Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

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Our last full day in Haiti brought us another unexpected and auspicious meeting. On our first visit to Haiti the month before, Rosemary and I had met ...

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Meetings with Remarkable Haitians: Drs. Guiteau & Amedee-Gedeon

James S. Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the sure but less obvious signs that our work is going well, and that it is meant to go well, is the increased incidence of synchronistic exper...

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Camp Obama Demonstrates The Shortfalls Of Haiti Aid

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti — You name it, Camp Corail has got it. And Camp Obama does not. The organized relocation camp at Corail-Cesselesse ha...

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Haiti Offers Opportunity to Begin New Era for U.S. Foreign Assistance

Samuel A. Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

The end goal should be a new era for foreign assistance; one that does not rely on Cold War-era rationales. Still, though, the window to enact lasting change is closing.

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Michelle Obama Visits Haiti

Rebecca Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, Michelle Obama, the first lady, and Jill Biden, the wife of vice president Joe Biden, visited Haiti. The visit, Mrs. Obama's first solo t...

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Letter to a Young Haitian-American

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

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The young generation living in Haiti will view the country through an earthquake-tinted lens. Put aside all politics and get at the truth that underlies the oppression and depression in this nation.

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Haiti Faces a New Threat With Hurricane Season

Coco McCabe | Posted 05.25.2011

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What misery might Mother Nature have in store now? It's bad enough that for nearly five months residents have woken from sleep only to stumble back into the same nightmare: the camps.

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How We Assembled Our Haiti Team: Directly After The Fall Out

Matthew Sheard | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was the day after the earthquake in Haiti. I was at the Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps office in Brooklyn. We were watching the news. The C...

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