Haitian Diaspora

One of Tens of Thousands: Diaspora Doctor Continues to Help Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 02.26.2012

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Most Americans think they know Haiti, that squalid, refugee-camp-ridden place somewhere south of Florida. Some Americans think they know Haitian-Amer...

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Top Ten Private Initiatives in Haiti Supplement Big Players in 2010-11

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Sandy Mitchell, Rotary International, Mirlande Manigat, Partners in Health, Marcel Duret, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, DePaul University, Anne Hastings, American Institute of Architects, Leogane, Collaborative Design for Sustainable Housing Haiti, Federation Des Caisses, Jurate Kazickas, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti, Hugh Locke, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Cine Institute of Jacmel, Yele Corps, Port-Au-Prince, International University Center Haiti, International Museum of Art Haiti, YMCA Haiti, Noushin Ehsan, Petite Goave, Orphans International Worldwide Haiti, Konsey Nasyonal Finansman Popile, Stanford L. Luce, Kenneth Merten, Haitian Diaspora, Larry Mellon, Microfinance, Zafen, Haitian Hometown Associations, Bob Cushman, NPH Saint Damien Hospital, Haiti, Fonkoze, Hopital Ste Croix Leogane, Katleen Felix, New Haiti, Teach the World on-Line, Achilles Kids, Ecole De La Redemption, Benjamin Gilman, International YMCA, Deschapelles, Coopcab, World News

Haiti needs hope -- and so many private initiatives doing so much could do even more -- with your support. There is so much hope for Haiti. Let's fund it.

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New University to Rise in Haiti as Higher Education There In Collapse

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Liberal Arts in Action, Marcel Duret, Bartlett Giamatti, Arabic, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, International Library of Haiti, Liberal Arts, Dr. Eunhee Jung, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, State University of Haiti, Social Responsibility, Korea, University Center & Annex, International Students, Tokyo, Nyu, Haitain Ministry of National Education and Professional Formation, Art Restoration, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development, Dr. Arol Buntzman, Haitian Diaspora, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Université D?ÉTat D?Haïti, Dr. Linda Stillman, National School of Administration and Finance, Japan, Dr. Louis Herns Marcelin, Haitian Higher Education, National School for Technology, Haitian Museum of Art, Yale University, Professional Development, Creating Global Citizens, Polytechnic Institute, Université De Port-Au-Prince, Haitian Ministry of Education, Enaf, Menfp, Ueh, Port?Au?Prince, Inured, Iuh, College News

The long-awaited post‐earthquake assessment of higher education institutions in the Port‐au‐Prince metropolitan area by the respected Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) has been released.

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Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Usaid, University of West Indies, Microcredit, Nyu, Housing, Social Responsibility, World Bank, Liberal Arts, Internet Connectivity, Federation Des Caisses, International Developent Fund, Family Care, Harvard, Desjardins Developpement International, Yale, Leogane, Ganthier, Orphan Care, Kiwanis, International University of Haiti, Princeton, Lions International, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Nyu-Polytec, Cheddi Jagan, Skype, Health Care, Agricultural Cooperatives, Rotary, Creating Global Leadership, International Development, Haitian Diaspora, Earthquake, European Union, Croix-Des-Bouquets, Chf, Oiww, New York City, Tourism, Thomas Dudley, Education, Commerce, College of Wooster, New Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Petit-Goave, Professional Development, Hospital St. Croix, Creole Language, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News

Léogâne, Haiti. I am perhaps the most excited I have been in my entire life as I prepare to move to Haiti next month. Ten months after the earthqu...

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Zafèn Haitian Microfinance Effort Engages Haitians to Forge a New Future

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Haitians like Jean-Patrick Lucien are one reason Zafèn, a new online microfinance program targeting small- and medium-sized businesses in Haiti, has ...

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Haitian-American Professionals Returning to Haiti to Help Post-Quake

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, We Can?T Have That Foundation, Leogane, Ministry of Haitians Abroad, NYU Polytechnic, Wyclef Jean, The Stewardship Report, International Donors, Oiww, Deborah Pierre, Cycle of Dependency, Jlsr, Evens Anozine, Orphans, Port-Au-Prince, Haitian-Americans, Handal Murat, Miami, Haitian-American Professionals, Poverty, Haitian Diaspora, Child Sponsorship, Gramercy Park Hotel, Zafen, Haitian Hometown Associations, Montreal, Mentoring Program, Haiti, New York City, Fonkoze, Katleen Felix, New Haiti, Rose Bar, Leadership Training, Orphans International Worldwide, GreenLight Innovations, Cenaref, World News

Haitian-Americans are becoming increasingly vital to the reconstruction of Haiti. I accompanied several back to their native land last week to work w...

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Haitian Americans Send Aid To Family Members Still Struggling After The Earthquake

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haitian Americans, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Diaspora, Haiti, Impact News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- As Alourds Grandoit hitches her chair across the yard, following the spots of shade, her thoughts linger mostly on the dead: ...

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Zafen: New Interest-Free Microloan Initiative Launched for Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Haiti provides fertile ground for economic experiments. Its people are ready and willing, and when the right program hits, everyone will benefit. Zafe...

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Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multi-National Corporations, Switzerland, Brooklyn, XO Machine, Technology, Western Union, Notebook Industry, Automated Banking, Vital Wave Consulting, Cell Phone, Singapore, Manhattan, Haiti Earthquake, Dr. Andreas Stehmann, Jurgen Samuel, Wincor Nixdorf, Evens Anozine, Cash Remittance Transfer, Classmate PC, Mobile Phone, Moneygram, One Laptop Per Child, Barcelona, Developing-Country Markets, Turkey, Philippines, Germany, Automated Check-Out, GSM Association, Brooke Partridge, Education, Intel, Sicap AG, Haitian Diaspora, Second-Order Impact, Queens, Cam, Connectivity, Healthcare, New York City, France, Fonkoze, Palo Alto, Un-Banked, Atm, Mobile Technology, Senegal, Cash Remittances, Ncr, Business News

Cash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the eart...

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Letter From Paris: Guetty Felin Calls All The Right Shots

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Port-Au-Prince, Closer to the Dream, BelleMoon Productions, Haiti Earthquake, Guetty Felin, Haiti, Haitian Diaspora, Entertainment News

Ms. Felin is a tireless advocate for her Haiti's cultural legacy and film heritage. Most recently her strong humanitarian principles called her back to Haiti after the devastating January earthquake.

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Aftershock and the Haitian Amputees

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Amputee, Haiti Amputees, Haitian Diaspora, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haitian-American, Haiti Amputation, Haiti Aid, World News

I am taken back to a course I took at New York University where I was challenged to look at communities around the world and recognize the impact social, economic, and political standing have in deciding one's life trajectory. In Haiti, socioeconomic stature will now be dictated for many on the absence or presence of a limb.

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Haiti: One Month Later by the Numbers

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti by the Numbers, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Help Haiti, Haitian Diaspora, Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Aid, Impact News

One month later in Port-au-Prince: How many more people will die? How many more building will collapse? How many still have hope?

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Fonkoze: Haitian Diaspora Unites Across U.S.

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anne Hastings, Overseas Remittances, Organized Poor, Thought Leaders, Western Union, Global Citizens, Jimmy Toussaint, Haitian Students Association of Long Island University, Jim Luce, Port-Au-Prince, Father Joseph Philippe, CNB New Jersey and UMASS, HEC Montreal, University of Massachusetts, Alianza International, Barbara Magnoni, University of Fondwa, Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad, Haitian Diaspora, Haitian American Business Network, Inter-American Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development, ?Dollars and Diaspora?, Haiti, Catholic Theological Union in Chicago., Katleen Felix, University of Montreal, Latin American & Caribbean Center, Jennifer Ching, National Association for the Advancement of Haitians, Youtube, Appleseed, Moneygram, Fonkoze, Haitian-American, World News

"The Diaspora is the driving force for the economic development of the country, but in order to reach that objective, overseas Haitians need to be organized locally, state-wide, and nationally."

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