Haiti news

Madison Architects Relief Trip Confirms Much Work Yet To Be Done in Haiti

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:19:38 GMT

Architect Janine Glaeser returned from a relief trip to Haiti in July with stories to tell about the compromised condition of the beleagured countrya s architecture as a result of the earthquakes that hit the island in January.

Rochester woman establishing school for deaf in Haiti

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:19:37 GMT

Tara Thorn is packing her bags and leaving her home in Rochester to take on the daunting task of establishing a new school for the deaf in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Recital to aid Haitian orphanage with ties to Sylvania

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:03:46 GMT

Maya Bennardo, a violinist who is a senior at Oberlin Conservatory, will perform at a concert Sunday at the Sylvania United Church of Christ to benefit an orphanage at which a Sylvania Township reside...

Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti poll exclusion

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:46:36 GMT

The singer-songwriter Wyclef Jean says he will appeal against a decision to reject his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in Haiti. Lawyers for the Grammy-award winning star said they ...

Haitian-born Pierre Desir making a difference at Washburn

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:54:08 GMT

MIAA schedules This is the story of the Haitian boy who became an American football hero. He is born on the island, in Port-au-Prince, just like his parents and his big sister, and when he is 4 the...

Water For People and SWASH+ Program Bring Water, Sanitation, and Opportunity to 150 More Schools in Central America

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:35:56 GMT

www.waterforpeople.org ), a US-based development organization, announced today that with new funds from the Inter-American Development Bank and The Coca-Cola Foundation, they and their partners will e...

Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:14:06 GMT

By Wadner Pierre published by IPS Photo by Wadner Pierre PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jul 30, 2010 - After weeks of delays, Haitian President Rene Preval confirmed this month that presidential and legislative elections will take place on Nov.

Gonaives Girds for Heavy Storm Season

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:14:05 GMT

Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti, is rushing to prepare for an expected highly active hurricane season.

Mormon Church members resume lives after quake

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:11:27 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Five days after the Haiti earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, I was witness to the massive destruction of a city and an enormous loss of life and misery. To say that covering this scen...

Haiti mission difficult but inspiring

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:42:55 GMT

Jon Pryce who has just returned from a 10-day aid mission to Haiti, displays a banner with the name of a charity he created, called ACCESS, to help fund schools in Haiti. The newest chapter of the cha...

Haiti now: Mormon Church members resume lives after quake

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:14:15 GMT

Five days after the Haiti earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, I was witness to the massive destruction of a city and an enormous loss of life and misery.

Haitians fall short in bid for Congress in Fla.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:17 GMT

Wilson defeated eight other candidates Tuesday, including four Haitian-Americans bidding to become the first of their nationality elected to Congress.No Republican is running in the 17th District, but...

Colombia sends 15 more peacekeepers to Haiti

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:46:26 GMT

BOGOTA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombia said Tuesday it has sent 15 more police officers to join the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah). The contingent, including two female office...

Police delegation to head for Haiti at UN request

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:09:33 GMT

An Israel Police delegation will set out for Haiti on Saturday evening, tasked with assisting Haitian police seven months after a catastrophic earthquake left more than 200,000 dead and approximatel...

Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:08:55 GMT

A Jamaican financier accused of defrauding thousands of investors with an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has been indicted in a Florida court on fraud and money laundering charges, officials...

US sex offender arrested in Dominican Republic

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:08:32 GMT

An American convicted of a sex offense in Pennsylvania nearly two decades ago was arrested in the Dominican Republic at the request of U.S. authorities, local officials said Tuesday.Dennis Alan Crawfo...

Wyclef Jean's lawyer vows appeal of Haiti ruling

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:06:06 GMT

A lawyer for hip hop singer Wyclef Jean said Tuesday that the star will appeal to the Haitian courts, the country's elections board and even international election monitors in an attempt to be include...

Jean to appeal Haiti vote rejection before rights commission

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:34:33 GMT

Wyclef Jean smiling as Trilogy International Partners presented him with an ACE Award for Corporate Excellence by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Department of State in Washington, D.C....

Red Cross Criticized For Haiti Relief Efforts

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:30:53 GMT

Protesters criticize the American Red Cross for only spending a third of the money raised after the earthquake in Haiti on relief efforts there.

Haiti election: Wyclef Jean has a role to play, but it's not as president

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:28:38 GMT

The hip-hop singer can most help his country by ending his bid gracefully and working for a peaceful, fair election.

Chile Pepper Festival Returns to Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:09:27 GMT

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN a ' One of the globea TMs most ubiquitous foods will once again inspire Brooklyn Botanic Gardena TMs Chile Pepper Fiesta a ' coming on Saturday, Oct.

Jean to appeal Haiti vote rejection before rights commission

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:17:53 GMT

Haiti Quake Victims Get Off-Roading Wheelchairs

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:13:34 GMT

Whirlwind Wheelchair International has been designing durable, off-roading, locally-repairable wheelchairs since 1979. After the Haiti earthquake, the company knew its RoughRider model would be invalu...

Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:13:25 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti???In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country???with little camp...

Red Cross Criticized For Haiti Relief Efforts

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:45:00 GMT

Protesters criticize the American Red Cross for only spending a third of the money raised after the earthquake in Haiti on relief efforts there.

BBC Caribbean News in Brief

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:22:30 GMT

But he has told BBC Caribbean that there are some questions that need to be addressed including what he claims are inconsistencies in the vetting process.

Wyclef Can't Appeal Haiti Poll Exclusion: Council

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:13:13 GMT

A ruling by Haiti's electoral council that disqualified hip-hop star Wyclef Jean from running for the presidency is final and cannot be appealed, a council lawyer said on Tuesday.

Wyclef Jean appealing Haiti election ruling, says 'trickery' used

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:13:07 GMT

Wyclef Jean's lawyers announced the hip-hop star is appealing the ruling that barred him from running for president. The Haiti election commission's political independence has been questioned before.

Fete Jacmel as photographed by local teens

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:04:41 GMT

People celebrate at an art exposition on Congo Beach in Jacmel. Armed with digital cameras, eight students from Jacmel aged 12 to 18 have been capturing images of life in the Haitian town as it recovers from January's earthquake Published on Tuesday, Aug.

Environmental Factors Inform Plans to Resettle Displaced Haitians

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:04:01 GMT

Washington — For many of the 1.5 million Haitians living in relief camps since the January 12 earthquake, shelter that is sturdier, more weatherproof and more secure cannot come soon enough. But the...

Haiti Charity, Revisited: The Blessing of Friends, 7 Months Later

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:44:09 GMT

perform surgeries , but to help facilitate further funding for the University Hospital and to feel and see with my own eyes what changed, what hasn't and what needs to. The world has moved on to the n...

Haitian Election Officials Disqualify Wyclef Jean’s Run for Presidency

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:44:08 GMT

Wyclef Jean’s bid for presidency. The hip-hop star was presumably ruled out of his campaign for not meeting requirements. In a statement released on Friday, Jean told the

Wyclef Jean deemed ineligible for Haitian presidency, appeal planned

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:44:06 GMT

is ineligible to run for president of the Caribbean nation, but Jean plans to fight the ruling. Haiti's electoral council gave no explanation for the decision. However, Jean said in a statement that ...

Wyclef Jean: Haiti election council used 'trickery' to stop me

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:59:20 GMT

Wyclef Jean is lashing out at the country he wants to lead. On Monday, the hip-hop singer accused Haiti's provisional election council (CEP) of using "trickery" and violating the constitution when they barred him from running for president.

Road to Recovery: How to Donate in Haiti

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:45:58 GMT

Coming up on the six month anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake, ABC News travels back to Haiti to see where progress has been made. We have compilied a list of charities that are helping on the ground in Haiti.

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Road to Recovery: How to Donate in Haiti

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:07:56 GMT

A man walks amid the rubble and earthquake-damaged buildings still to be found in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 30, 2010. (Alexandre Meneghini/AP Photo) There were unforgettable images: hands ...

Road to Recovery: How to Donate in Haiti

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:43:44 GMT

It has been more than 7 months since the deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti , killing at least 230,000 people and leaving many more people economically and emotionally devastated.

Fond du Lac man melds passions: Motocross for Haiti

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:38:59 GMT

Perry Prichard never had really thought about going to Haiti. But when his pastor at Ascension Lutheran Church in Fond du Lac asked him to go there on a mission trip, he agreed.

Pak disaster a global challenge'

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:29:15 GMT

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has thanked the international community for solidarity and support for the people of Pakistan, in a statement issued in New York by acting deputy spokesman Farhan Haq.

Haiti, 7 months after a 7.0 quake

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:39:59 GMT

FOX TOLEDO NEWS - Haiti was a poor country to begin with, but when the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in January, the devastation was beyond belief. More than a million homeless and the death toll an...

$47 million in grants to help Haiti's hungry

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:07:51 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians affected by January's devastating earthquake are expected to obtain work and food through programs funded by $47.5 million in foreign grants.An estimated 100,000 hous...

NYPD Officers To Help Train Haitian Police Force - NY1

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:54:32 GMT

Six New York City Police Officers headed to Haiti on Monday to help train members of the Haitian National Police force.

Haitian institutions that took in quake victims buckling under strain

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:15:41 GMT

Catholic schools and orphanages in the Haitian countryside that took in thousands of children displaced by the January earthquake are buckling under the increased financial strain, administrators say.

Profits plunge at Ashcroft's Caribbean bank business

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:01:29 GMT

Falling profits at Lord Ashcroft's Caribbean banking business have sent shares in his British holding company towards all time lows. BCB Holdings, which is controlled by the Conservative party deputy...

Haiti Council: Wyclef Jean Can't Run for President

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:27:03 GMT

Haiti's electoral council: Singer Wyclef Jean cannot run for president

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Wyclef Jean disqualified from Haiti presidential election

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:00:12 GMT

Wyclef Jean has been disqualified as a candidate for president election in Haiti, Haiti's electoral council announced.

Wyclef Jean disqualified from Haiti presidential election

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:00:12 GMT

Wyclef Jean has been disqualified as a candidate for president election in Haiti, Haiti's electoral council announced.

Haiti Nursing Foundation Hosts International Symposium to Explore Haiti's Nursing Future

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:06:45 GMT

Members of WHO/PAHO, Haitian Ministry of Health and prominent nurse educators from U.S. and Haiti move forward with plans for Haiti nursing education

33 File for Presidential Race

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:24:26 GMT

Haiti . With the registration now closed, Haiti has 33 other potential candidates, among them Mr. Jean’s uncle, Raymond Joseph, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States. Haiti’s elect...

33 File for Presidential Race

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:24:26 GMT

Haiti . With the registration now closed, Haiti has 33 other potential candidates, among them Mr. Jean’s uncle, Raymond Joseph, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States. Haiti’s elect...

Fanfare, intrigue at sign ups for Haiti election

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:51:33 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Last-minute political intrigue matched the ruckus outside Haiti's election headquarters...

Wyclef Jean leaves Haiti

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:25:00 GMT

Hip-hop superstar Wyclef Jean flew out of his native Haiti on Friday.

Wyclef Jean Eyes Haiti Presidency

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:01:55 GMT

Singer Wyclef Jean considers running for president of Haiti.

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Two percent to Haiti not enough

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:10:51 GMT

Two percent to Haiti not enough Sir Ronald Sanders

Nine places to see before they disappear (3)

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:21:51 GMT

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Haiti slideshow

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:54:35 GMT

Witnessing quake survivors' daily struggle

BLOG: To Haiti and Back

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:03:09 GMT

Tags: blog , disaster , dominican republic , Haiti , Haiti earthquake , hispaniola , youth group Editor's note: Staff reporter Mike Nichols traveled to Haiti with a group of volunteers.

NBC24 in Haiti: Monday, June 14

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:56:36 GMT

Read more: Local , Chance Haiti , Haiti Earthquake , Nbc24 Haiti , Nbc 24 Haiti , Channel 24 Haiti , Chance Walser Haiti , Missions International Haiti , Nbc 24 Missions International , Chancehaiti As Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan continue to recover from a tornado outbreak, NBC24's Chance Walser is taking us to a disaster many of us have ...

08.APR.10 Fill the truck for Haiti

Sun, 16 May 2010 07:50:15 GMT

Fill the truck for Haiti John Maestri is collecting 40,000 lbs. of donations for Haiti.

2720 Cherokee hosts Haiti benefits

Fri, 14 May 2010 09:31:09 GMT

05/14/2010 2720 Cherokee concert club is home to a pair of Haiti benefit concerts this weekend, Blues for Haiti and Reggae for Haiti. Joe Giaimo, guitarist of blues band Jake Austin and the City Limi...

Desperate Parents Abandon Children in Haiti

Mon, 10 May 2010 07:07:24 GMT

In cardboard boxes, in dumpsters, children abandoned in post-quake Haiti.

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Wyclef calls for better education in Haiti

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:41:00 GMT

Wyclef Jean says that the Haiti government should stress education.

Haiti Fund

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:07:41 GMT

The World Bank launches Haiti Reconstruction Fund to help rebuild the quake-hit Caribbean country.

Storms threaten Haiti survivors

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:23:13 GMT

Three months the Haiti earthquake there are concerns the approaching hurricane season could bring another humanitarian disaster to Haiti. The coming storms will put many of Haiti's estimated one mill...

Haiti-Earthquake : Where's the Haiti-bound going?

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:33:00 GMT

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Concert For Haiti Kicks Off Week Of Events

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:55:28 GMT

Miami-Dade's USAR Team In Haiti Earthquake-ravaged Haiti will be a big topic in Little Haiti all week, kicking off with a free concert at the Notre Dame De Haiti Catholic Church. As many as 10,00...

Haiti's Founding Document Discovered

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:18:45 GMT

Haiti declared independence from France on January 1, 1804.

Namibia: Aid Reaches Haiti

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:52:40 GMT

THE Cuban medical brigade in Haiti will deliver Namibia's donation to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.

OCM raises $1.1m for Haiti --

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:53:41 GMT

$1.1 million!

UN: 3 Killed in Quake Collapse in Haiti

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:14:04 GMT

UN: 3 killed when small earthquake collapses building in northern Haiti.

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Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:55:25 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamped homeless camps...

Haiti reveals ambitious reconstruction plan

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:05:44 GMT

Haiti leaders rush to finish post-quake proposal

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:35 GMT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's government and business community are finalizing details of a reconstruction...

Ban in Haiti

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:05 GMT

Obama: Haiti situation dire

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:30:35 GMT

Caring for Haiti's children

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:28:30 GMT

UN honours Haiti 'heroes'

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:14:33 GMT

Haiti looking to reschedule election

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:48 GMT

UN mourns 101 staffers killed in Haiti earthquake

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:48 GMT

Rebuilding Haiti

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:46:40 GMT

Haiti challenge

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:47:12 GMT

Rebuilding a devastated economy

Life goes on in Haiti

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:49:48 GMT

Haiti quake refugees in Chile disaster

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:21:48 GMT

Poetry review: Poets for Haiti

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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WATCH: Worse Than Haiti

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:35:10 GMT

A massive earthquake rocks Chile.

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