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Film on Haitian Art: In the Eye of the Spiral

Jim Luce | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Thought Leader, Eve Blouin, Film, Paul Haggis, Haitian Art, In the Eye of the Spiral, Blu Putnam, Robert Beevers, Mario Benjamin, Raynald Leconte, Haiti, Global Citizen, Stanford Luce, Isabel Hegner, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dans L?Oeil De La Spirale, Frantz Zephirin, Rachel Nadjarian, Annie Lennox, Port-Au-Prince, International University Center Haiti, Art, International Development, Ram, Franketienne, Kaiama Glover, Oloffson Hotel, Haitian Cultural Foundation, Hcf, Vodou Rock Band, Impact News

We believe that the art of this nation can be the catalyst to begin a positive and expanding spiral for the people of Haiti. I believe in Haiti. I deeply admire its people and have great respect for its artists and intellectuals.

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Has Foreign Aid Hurt Haiti: An Interview with Mario Joseph

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.06.2012

Mario Joseph is Haiti's most influential and respected human rights attorney. Since 1996, he has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, which uses prominent human rights cases and a victim-centered approach in the interest of the poor majority.

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Shooting Haiti: The Rosena's Life Project

Jeroen Swolfs | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Red Cross, Streets of the World, Port-Au-Prince-Haiti, Port Au Prince, Travel, Jeroen Swolfs, Travel Blogs, Haiti, Urban, Travel News

A girl who broke both her legs and lost most of her left hand under the rubble is still fighting for her dream: to become a nurse.

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How Far Can Your $1 Go To Provide Jobs For Poor Through Microloans?

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Microloans, Haiti Education, Video, Haiti Earthquake, Charity, Haiti, Haiti Unemployment, Port Au Prince, Matt Jones, Andrew Jones, Cite Soleil, Poverty Resolutions, Rebuilding Haiti, Impact News

When Matt Jones tells an auditorium full of students that he's rich, they usually laugh. The 32-year-old doesn't quite give off the millionaire imp...

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Philanthropist Shot, Robbed While Picking Up Money For Haiti Orphanage Project

AP | By JENNIFER KAY | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Haiti Charity, Nicolle Bompart, Video, Project Medishare Hospital, David Bompart, Haiti, Port-Au-Prince, Miami, Eyes Wide Open International, Impact News

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS/JENNIFER KAY MIAMI -- A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010's devastating earthquake was tre...

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Haiti Marks Second Anniversary Of Deadly Quake

AP | TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Haiti Quake, Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Port Au Prince, Haiti, Port Au Prince, Haiti Earthquake Memorial Services, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians gathered in makeshift churches and even a United Nations supply base Thursday to mark the second anniversary of...

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PHOTOS: Haiti: Two Years Later

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Natural Disasters, Haiti Earthquake, Exposure, Port-Au-Prince, Photojournalism, World News

Jan. 12, 2012 marks the two-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti and left 300,000 dead and some 1.5 million homeless in t...

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Aid Group Believes It's Tracked First Haiti Cholera Case

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Louise Ivers, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Video, Haiti Earthquake, David Walton, Partners in Health, Paul Farmer, Disease, Haiti, Cholera, Port-Au-Prince, Impact News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A mentally ill man who bathed in and drank from a contaminated river most likely was the first person to be infected in the C...

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Where Did Money Raised For Haiti Go?

The Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Haiti Charity, Habitat for Humanity International, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Pan-American-Development-Foundation, American Red Cross, Port-Au-Prince, International Medical Corps, Relief International, Impact News

International aid charities have spent about two-thirds of the money they raised after the deadly earthquake that rattled Haiti nearly two years ago. ...

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Creating and Bleeding in Haiti's Grand Rue at the Ghetto Biennale

Carine Fabius | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: First World Art, Third World Art, Sculptors of the Grand Rue, Port-Au-Prince, Atis Rezistans, Ghetto Biennale, Oloffson Hotel, Pascal Giacomini, Haiti, Arts News

I happen to like Ghetto Biennale. The artwork -- made by the local artists from trash, junk and found objects in one of the poorest and challenging environments anywhere -- is being created and exhibited in the ghetto.

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No Photos, Please

AP | EVENS SANON | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Oprah, Haiti Earthquake, Sean Penn, Haiti, Port-Au-Prince, Miami News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Oprah Winfrey toured an encampment for Haitians displaced by a massive 2010 earthquake under tight security Monday, with...

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WATCH: Boy In Haiti Rescued From Deep Hole, Possible Sex Trafficking (VIDEO)

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Dominican Republic, Port-Au-Prince, Yves Prophete, Child Trafficking, All of God's Children Orphanage, Haiti, Video, Impact News

Badly baten, naked and hungry, a Haitian child now called Miguel had been left in a deep hole for days. Haiti officials believe he was put there by...

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Aid Group: Cholera Cases In Haiti Triple

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Cholera, Video, Port Au Prince, Haiti Cholera, Haiti, Impact News

By TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in ...

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Haiti's Capital Sees Threefold Jump In Cholera

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Doctors Without Borders, Haiti Relief, Haiti Cholera, Haiti, Cholera, Port-Au-Prince, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The number of cholera cases seen in the Haitian capital has jumped about threefold in recent weeks, an official with a foreig...

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WATCH: Ben Stiller On Haiti Art Fundraiser

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Artists for Haiti, Art Auction, Bill Clinton, Video, Haiti Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Ben Stiller, David Zwirner, Port Au Prince, Hulu, Movies, Arts News

On Monday, the Huffington Post reported on a charity fundraiser that will be co-hosted by former President Clinton, actor Ben Stiller and New York art...

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World Vision Prepares Quake Survivors, Warns of Flooding Threats as Tropical Storm Emily Approaches Haiti

World Vision | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Hurricanes, Emily, Port-Au-Prince, World Vision, Tropical Storm, Haiti, World News

By Rachel Wolff, Sr. Director for World Vision News Bureau Aug. 3, 2011, Port-au-Prince -- As Tropical Storm Emily approaches Haiti and the Dominican...

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Haiti To Reclaim Parking Lot, Pay Refugee Families $250 To Leave

AP | By TRENTON DANIEL | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Port Au Prince, Haiti Earthquake, National Stadium Parking Lot, Pierre-Richard-Duplan, Haiti, Impact News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- People began moving off the parking lot at the National Stadium in the capital Friday after Haiti's government paid them to c...

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Haiti's Displaced (AUDIO)

Kimberly Abbott | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Michel Martelly, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake, United Nations, International Crisis Group, Haiti, World News

In Haiti, more than 650,000 earthquake victims are still waiting for permanent housing after a year and a half in emergency camps, where they are now vulnerable to criminal violence and the summer storm season.

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Displaced Women Demand Justice in Port au Prince

Bill Quigley | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Haitian Women, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Delmas Haiti, Camp Django, Impact News

The government is using force to try to force thousands to leave camps without providing any place for people to go. The people are fighting back.

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Keeping Hope Alive in Haiti's Tent Cities

Rep. Yvette D. Clarke | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Internally Displaced Persons, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, World News

Almost 700,000 Haitians who lost their homes in the quake are still living in appalling conditions. The majority of these people still lack access to basic services like healthcare, clean water, toilets, sanitation and live in tattered shelters.

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Haiti's Pop Star-Turned-President Looks To Rebuild Embattled Nation

csmonitor.com | Ezra Fieser | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Michel Martelly, Port Au Prince, Haiti Earthquake, Sweet Micky, Haiti President, Haiti, World News

Back in 1995 when he was a flamboyant musician with few political aspirations, Michel Martelly quipped that he'd dance naked atop Haiti's National Pal...

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U.S. Deportees In Haiti Struggle With Post-Quake Conditions

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake, U.S. Deportees, U.S. In Haiti, Serge Michel Dorval, Haiti, Impact News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With his gold teeth, shiny earrings and a life spent mostly in Florida, Serge Michel Dorval is afraid he looks like a ri...

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Haiti: Is Empathy the Road to Truth and Understanding?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Earthquake, Empathy, Haiti-Elections-Protest, Compassion, Haiti, Champ De Mars, World News

Can it be that only the thin veil of a tattered tarp separates us? Does it take burning tear gas canisters to pierce the veil and help us bridge the distance between "us" and "them"?

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Creating a Cycle of Haitians Helping Haitians

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Decentralization, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Marc Kielburger, Sustainable Development, Development, Craig Kielburger, Foreign Aid, Port-Au-Prince, Free the Children, World News

We found a group of Haitians rebuilding their country in a sustainable, scalable model through decentralization. Unfortunately, foreign aid tends to overlook this in favour of short-term, surface relief.

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Midwifery: A Smart Investment in Haiti

Isobel Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Haiti Earthquake, Afghanistan, Midwifery, Economic Development, Haiti, Haitian Women, Low Education Levels, Port Au Prince, Tents, Transportation, World News

Expanding midwifery and family planning programs to women across Haiti can yield long-term gains that will benefit all Haitians. Let's give the next generation a chance.

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