Haiti Help

Officials Say Haiti Cholera Outbreak Not As Dire As Predicted

AP | JACOB KUSHNER | Posted 05.25.2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A cholera outbreak showed signs of easing Monday after killing more than 250 people in a sweep through rural Haiti, but ...

Haiti Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

It's been six months since a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti and decimated buildings and infrastructure across the country. Over $2 billion dollars have b...

Miami Man Builds Tent City In Haiti

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.25.2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Miami property developer, volunteering after Haiti's earthquake, was horrified to see children sleeping in the dirt ...

Nonprofit Builds and Donates Low-Cost, Durable Wheelchairs To Haiti

Posted 05.25.2011

For thousands of Haitian amputees and injured in urgent need of durable, low cost wheelchairs, Ralf Hotchkiss of the nonprofit, Whirlwind Wheelchair I...

Blind Musician Recovers From Quake, Plays With Help From Stevie Wonder

Posted 05.25.2011

Concert violinist Romel Joseph lay buried under the rubble of his music school mentally running through all the concertos he had ever played before be...

'Cause Commando' Couple Comes To Rescue In Rural Haiti

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

A couple that raised more than $10,000 from family and friends in the gay community has now taken their relief mission online to fund direct delivery ...

Haitian Amputees Face Tough Future

Posted 05.25.2011

As Haitian amputees heal from their initial injuries from the Jan. 12 quake, their long-term futures remain uncertain. Securing regular work and livel...

Haiti Aid Groups Collaborate To Save More Lives

Posted 05.25.2011

Along with an unprecedented number of injuries and amputations following Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake, aid groups are demonstrating an uncommon effort a...

26 Orphans Escape Harm In Earthquake, All Get Adopted

Posted 05.25.2011

The 26 orphans of Haiti's Angel House were lucky to escape the Jan. 12 earthquake entirely unharmed. But thanks to some quick thinking by orphanage ad...

Aid Groups Debate Shelter For Haiti's Homeless As Rains Loom

Posted 05.25.2011

More than 700,000 people have been left homeless from the earthquake in Haiti three weeks ago and as seasonal rains approach, there is increasing deba...

WFP Staff Heroes in Haiti Keep Working Despite Personal Losses

Francisco Espejo | Posted 05.25.2011

Francisco Espejo

All of our staff in Haiti have suffered losses and hardships, great and small, but nearly everyone is back on the job, helping even less fortunate compatriots who are hungry and homeless.

Haiti Earthquake and MLK Day: Strive to Make a Difference

Silda Wall Spitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Silda Wall Spitzer

There is no more appropriate time to live MLK's call to make service a part of the Amercan family by helping in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.

Hairdresser Brings Kindness To Haiti Quake Victims

AP | ISTRA PACHECO | Posted 05.25.2011

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — With bright elastic bands and simple care, Claudia Martinez is smoothing the edges of suffering for some of ...

U.S. Giving More To Haiti Than To Asia Post-Tsunami

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Donations to U.S. charities for Haiti earthquake relief are outpacing donations from the days after the Asian tsunami in 2004 but h...

Haiti Relief Updates From Global Philanthropy Group

Posted 05.25.2011

Global Philanthropy Group consistently compiles news and information regarding relief efforts in Haiti. Here is the update for January 21, 2010, court...

Doctor's Decision To Amputate Saves Two Lives

Posted 05.25.2011

As a 15-year-old Haitian girl lay slowly dying while pinned under a slab of concrete by her arm, Dr. Marc Grossman faced a difficult decision. Amputat...

Haiti Relief: Feeding The Hungry

Posted 05.25.2011

On the one-week anniversary of the devastating 7.0 earthquake near Haiti, miraculous stories are coming out of Port-au-Prince of survivors pulled out ...

Larry King Telethon: CNN Raises $5 Million For Haiti

Posted 05.25.2011

In a special two-hour broadcast on Sunday, a CNN telethon hosted by Larry King pulled in $5 million in donations for UNICEF and the American Red Cross...

Haiti Relief: Aid Gets To People Most In Need

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU and MIKE MELIA | Posted 05.25.2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Precious water, food and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the s...

Sam Stein

GOP Candidate Chuck DeVore's Spokesman: World Community Should Leave Haiti ASAP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Earlier today, I wrote about the push by several major foreign policy voices to ensure that America's role in restructuring Haiti extends beyond emerg...

NASCAR Team Lends Planes For Haiti Relief

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports has loaned an airplane and two flight crews to an organization that is participating in the Haitian earth...