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Vijaya Ramachandran: Is Haiti Doomed to Be the Republic of NGOs?

2012-01-12T15:31:00Z

Haiti's challenges are enormous and there are no easy answers. However, a two-pronged strategy --- registration and monitoring of NGOs and a governmental and donor focus on "core governance" -- may be a good start.

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Deji Olukotun: Soccer in Haiti: 2 Years After the Quake

2012-01-12T13:08:00Z

The world has focused on rebuilding Haiti after this tragedy, but it's important not to lose sight of Haiti's rich traditions. One of them is soccer.

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Maria Bello: Two Years Later -- Reimagining Haiti

2012-01-12T09:51:00Z

Haiti is not just "rebuilding" with cement and muscle. Haiti is "reimagining" a nation, with a bold vision and collective dream.

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Dave "Mudcat" Saunders: U.S. Content to Sit on Haiti Aid

2012-01-12T08:13:43Z

Two years ago, President Obama promised the people of Haiti: "You will not be forsaken. You will not be forgotten." From what I've seen, working with those already in Haiti who have a record of getting things done is the only way the United States can fulfill that promise.

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Dr. Joia Mukherjee: Two Years After the Earthquake

2012-01-11T23:54:50Z

To place blame solely on the earthquake is to miss the political and historical underpinnings of poverty in Haiti.

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Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.: Remembering Is Important: The Second Anniversary Of The Earthquake In Haiti

2012-01-11T21:42:49Z

More than simply recalling the day, it is important that we quite literally re-member -- that we reconnect and attach ourselves again to that part of the body of humanity that was severed.

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Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori: PHOTOS: Two Years Since Haiti Earthquake, A Cathedral Rebuilds

2012-01-11T21:22:24Z

We are all diminished by the reality of the situation in Haiti. Reconstruction has been painfully slow, funds promised by other nations have not yet been paid or paid in full, and many, many people still live in tents.

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Christian Fuchs: Clean Water Benefits Haitian Community (PHOTOS)

2012-01-11T15:47:54Z

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Rev. Susan Baller-Shepard: Forget God. How Are We Helping Haiti?

2012-01-11T17:10:33Z

This notion that God caused this earthquake as a good thing for the people of Haiti is troubling theology. Where is that "good thing" in the midst of the suffering?

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Chris Herlinger: Is Haiti Hopeless? Not if You Believe In Grace

2012-01-11T17:13:10Z

Anyone who has lived or worked in Haiti for any length of time is bound to be asked if Haiti is hopeless. That will certainly be the case this week, when Haitians commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake.

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Sheldon C. Good: Two Years After A Devastating Earthquake, Hope For A New Haiti

2012-01-11T17:14:35Z

Hope, as theologian N.T. Wright says, "is a mode of knowing, a mode within which new things are possible, options are not shut down, new creation can happen."

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Andrew MacCalla: Have We Made Progress?

2011-01-10T14:51:58Z

Last night, I was talking to a reporter friend who had been with me one year ago when I came to Haiti to help respond to the earthquake that killed ne...

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David Serota: My Mind-Changing Response to Visiting Haiti

2010-03-23T19:52:19Z

I tend to enter a situation with a knee-jerk didactic mindset. The places I have been fortunate enough to travel to have reduced this response to a certain extent, but Haiti has changed it for good.

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Amanda Lin Costa: 6 - 5 - 10

2010-08-05T17:30:14Z

Six -- last week was six months since the earthquake devastated Haiti. Five -- this month is five years since Katrina destroyed parts of New Orleans. Ten -- next year it will be ten years since the Twin Towers were reduced to rubble.

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Amanda Lin Costa: Haiti - Destination Unknown

2010-07-13T12:53:16Z

I spent the six month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti discussing donations, distribution and the state of Haiti at this juncture with Claudinette Jean.

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Amanda Lin Costa: Haiti's Newest "Hot Spot"

2010-07-02T12:00:13Z

Paolo Chilosi, who runs Multilink, a leading internet provider in Haiti, boldly stated that the internet is as vital as food and water for Haiti less...

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Dr. Jon LaPook: The Desperate State Of Haitian Health Care

2010-04-29T18:53:22Z

During my recent trip to Haiti, I stood by with my heart in my throat as I watched a nurse take away oxygen from a premature baby in order to give it to a mother in labor whose unborn child had a faltering heartbeat.

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Andrew MacCalla: Hope For Haiti's Future

2010-06-28T16:59:25Z

This article originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee.

Since the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, I've spent nearly three mont...

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Louis Belanger: Haiti: Life in Camps Continues -- Oxfam Staff Diary

2010-04-27T18:29:05Z

A few weeks ago the government identified a temporary relocation site for those most vulnerable to the rain in the settlement camps. Last week people began to be relocated there. The camp now houses five thousand people.

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Matthew Sheard: Many Kinds of Help in Haiti's Clinics

2010-04-27T15:00:40Z

Today we did our first Clinic. We travelled a rocky and uneven road to a small village, Corridor 2. The Clinic was held in the family home of one of...

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Andrew MacCalla: Gas Shortages in Haiti: A Long Ranging Problem

2010-04-26T11:58:14Z

A gas shortage in Haiti doesn't just mean fewer cars on the streets, it means that houses, hospitals, schools and businesses can't run their generators to keep their lights on or the equipment running.

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Matthew Sheard: A Day In Haiti's Hospitals

2010-04-23T15:59:14Z

The local and international medical workers here in Haiti are performing miracles every day. But the resources aren't adequate. Babies are still dying from poverty and lack of medical care.

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Amanda Lin Costa: The Aftermath Of Disaster - Bearing Witness

2010-04-22T18:00:01Z

Haiti Earthquake Aftermath Montage from Khalid Mohtaseb on Vimeo.

Khalid Mohtaseb was on the ground shooting in Port-au-Prince less than a week afte...

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David Fitzsimmons: Haiti Kids Kino Project: Showing Movies In Haiti

2010-04-22T11:11:29Z

The Haiti Kids Kino Project (HKKP) is a temporary social cinema for children in Haiti affected by the earthquake. The project screens films for children and provides workshops where possible to make their own films.

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Andrew MacCalla: Healthcare In Haiti: A Catch-22

2010-04-21T11:47:07Z

Since the devastating earthquake on January 12th, hospital services in Haiti have been provided to patients for free. No matter what your status or ...

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