The ambassadors of the European Union (EU) in Haiti announced Saturday that the 27 alliance would contribute up to 400 million to the program of reconstruction of Haiti devastated by a January 12 earthquake. Read more
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Bill Clintion will coordinate the activities of UN agencies
Bill Clintion who accepted the burden it acquired in collaboration with the Haitian government to “reach to implement the vision that (the Haitian leaders) have for their country.” Read more
Wyclef Jean for President of Haiti
Tonight on the SOS Save OurSelves – Help For Haiti telethon broadcast on BET, Sean Combs aka Diddy called on Wyclef Jean to run for president of Haiti. Could it that Wyclef is thinking of upgrading his current position in Haiti to president? hmmm…. Wyclef Jean for president, what qualifies him to be president? what would be do differently?
Loading ...Those memories that haunt Haiti rescuers
At the other end, one suspects, Chief Warrant Officer Eric Dubois just swallow a sob. “I think the hardest part, now are the memories of the orphanage …” Failing to know it, we imagine this sergeant of the squadron of gendarmerie mobile Antibes strapping broke the rigors of maintaining order. Read more
To rebuild Haiti, get rid of the debt burden already
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti has led to a massive flow of international aid. The first priority was to save lives, deliver water, food, shelter, medicines and other essential supplies to victims. Read more
Ten billion dollars to rebuild Haiti
Participants at the first international meeting on the reconstruction of the island believe that Haiti needs 10 billion dollars over five years to recover. Read more
Reconstruction of Haiti; the puzzle of corruption
Invest tens of billions of dollars in a country ranked among the least favorable business place and the most corrupt in the world is one of the puzzles that should resolve the international community to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake of January 12, that killed at least 170 000 deaths. Read more
MIA LOPEZ’S OPEN LETTER TO CNN’S ANDERSON COOPER & GUPTA
On January 12, 2010 at 7:30pm I turned on CNN and it is the eyes of blue that touched my heart as Anderson Cooper fostered our country and stood strong wondering what the devastation of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake could cause a country already as improvised as Haiti. In the oceans of his eyes I saw rivers of tears and he captured me than. Read more
The perilous challenge of rebuilding Haiti
Rebuilding Haiti promises to be acrobatic. In a chronic weakness, the state has lost its earthquake with the most recent findings. Its customs and taxes, which constitute its main sources of financing have disappeared. Read more
A song for the victims in Haiti
A song to benefit victims of the earthquake that struck Haiti has been broadcast for the first time today in the United Kingdom, with the voices of Kylie Minogue, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams and Susan Boyle particular. Read more
We do not like Haiti
Some of the local assembly of Palm Apparel, maker of cotton T-shirts in the neighborhood of Carrefour, have taken the shock. The workshop is plunged into a silence of a cathedral. Read more
African Union agreed to resettle Homeless Haitians
The African Union has agreed to consider a proposal to resettle thousands of Haitians left homeless by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, and possibly create a state for them in Africa. The idea was suggested by Abdoulaye Wade, the Senegalese president, who said that the history of Haitians as descendants of African slaves gave them the right to a new life on the continent.
Jean Ping, the African Union (AU) chairman, told African leaders at the body’s annual summit that it would discuss the proposal during the three-day event in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. “It is out of a sense of duty and memory and solidarity that we can further the proposal to create in Africa the conditions for the return of Haitians who wish to return after the effect of the disaster that ravaged Haiti,” Ping said. Read more
Several American fundamentalist Christian groups have flocked to Haiti
On the tarmac at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Rose looks on a folding chair. This sprightly pensioner from Florida landed in Haiti a week ago to help because “the Lord told us to show compassion towards the poor.” Read more
10 Year Haiti Reconstruction Pledge
A list of countries and international organizations pledging to help rebuild Haiti that committed Monday January 25, 2010 to a 10-year reconstruction effort in Haiti.
- United States
- Canada
- France
- Japan
- Brazil
- Chile
- Spain
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Peru
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Uruguay
- European Union
- Organization of American States
- United Nations
- CARICOM
Hope for Haiti Now Telethon Raised $58 Million
The “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, shown Friday January 22, 2010 on 25 different television networks around the world, had by Saturday raised $58 million, with organizers saying that donations continue to be received. The donations will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund .
Haiti Government Ends Search & Rescue 10 Days After The Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — According to the Washington Post, “The Haitian government on Friday called off the search for survivors 10 days after the devastating earthquake, and moved forward with plans to house 400,000 displaced Haitians in tent cities in an effort to improve abysmal sanitation and scant security while the capital takes the first steps to rebuild.”
Haiti’s government said there’s little hope of finding more people alive 10 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.
Official Haiti earthquake death toll count rises to 110k
Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 22, 2010 — The Haitian government said Friday that the number of people killed in last week’s devastating earthquake has surpassed 110,000. The latest figure was announced by Haiti’s Interior Ministry, which had previously said at least 75,000 people lost their lives in the country’s worst earthquake in two centuries.
Nearly 200,000 people were injured and more than 600,000 left homeless after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation which shares borders with the Dominican Republic on January 12, 2010 the ministry said. Read more
Haiti, Cry no more
Dry your tears. Today you shall cry no more. We are here for you, our beloved friend. If you can hear her cries, let’s help her.
MTV’s “Hope for Haiti” Global Telethon
MTV’s “Hope for Haiti,” the two-hour global telethon to air commercial-free across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, MTV Networks International and CNN International on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The telethon will be hosted by journalist Anderson Cooper in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, musician Wyclef Jean in New York, and producer/director George Clooney in Los Angeles, California. Perfomances will be made by Beyonce and husband Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and The Edge in London. All donations from the telethon will benefit the not-for-profit organizations involved in the Haiti Earthquake relief effort.
WoW! With so many of your favorite celebrities and musicians, how could you miss this. Mark your calendar and cancel your date for this Friday night, the show starts at 8 p.m. The only way you’ll miss this is if you don’t have access to a television set, which is rare in 2010.
Haiti Earthquake Death Toll May Reach 200k
Experts on the ground in Haiti are saying the Haiti death toll may reach around 200,000. Emergency aid are still not reaching survivors desperate for food, water, and medicine. 200k sounds like a very high figure but it may continue to increase as some survivors will later die of infection and disease.
