Baseball in the Time of Cholera started out as a film about Haiti's first little league team but soon took on international importance as a cholera epidemic infected over 500,000 Haitian people.
UPDATE, 3/16: Abe Sauer emails me today to report some good news: Danny Pye has been freed. With any luck, he will soon be in the company of his wife,...
Two months ago, Dr. Reynold Savain was the director of the most state-of-the-art hospital in this country. Now, he walks the empty corridors of the 43...
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...
Indo-American Arts Council founder and executive director Aroon Shivdasani has lived all over the world but has called New York home for about half he...
As Haiti struggles to rebuild itself, it's vital that we keep a close watch on who's doing good work and who's trying to take advantage of the disaste...
In Haiti three days of "memorializing the dead," of prayer and fasting have begun.
We drive downtown, past blocks where some houses are still erect a...
Nothing can prepare you for Port-Au-Prince. Not watching the devastation on CNN for a week. Not viewing a Time magazine photo montage of blue-tinged bodies in rigor mortis. Nothing.
The hope, for Haitians and ourselves, is that although there will always be cracks, it is through these broken places that our awakening is prompted in our hearts.
Since December 30, when Jean Montrevil, a Haitian community leader, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his immigration check-in, hundreds of people have rallied and sent letters demanding his release.
There have been too many tragic deaths in the immediate aftermath of the quake, but now there will be thousands of unnecessary, preventable deaths from the consequences of the lack of medical care.
Global Philanthropy Group consistently compiles news and information regarding relief efforts in Haiti. Here is the update for January 21, 2010, court...
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...
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 ...
Making Bush a point man on the Obama Haitian relief team helps burnish Obama's image as the president who still deeply believes in working with one and all, one all Republicans that is, to get things done.
For King, giving money to Haiti would not be enough. In order to be good citizens of the world, it is not good enough to just to give money, we must make sure to end the economic and social climate that led to the disaster.
Wyclef Jean posted a video statement on YouTube today to respond to accusations against his Yele Haiti Foundation, which has been collecting Haiti rel...
The easiest way to help the relief efforts in Haiti right now is to donate. The problem? Many potential donors are worried that their money will fall ...
In the day and a half since a 7.0 earthquake hit off the coast of Haiti, the international community has pledged support to the recovery process, and ...
Web sites and mobile phones are helping individuals to contribute record amounts to Haiti relief efforts. Since launching it's mobile fundraiser on Tu...