Global IssuesNews headlines for “Haiti”, page 11
HAITI: Disorganised Diaspora on Fringe of Post-Quake Decisions
- Inter Press Service
For years, Haitians living overseas have been the lifeline of the troubled country, sending billions of dollars to relatives back home.
HAITI: Displaced Fear Expulsion from Makeshift Camps
- Inter Press Service
For decades, the Saint Louis de Gonzague school has groomed some of Haiti's most elite political players. Francois Duvalier, the iron-fisted dictator who ruled Haiti for 14 years, sent his son to the school. About 1,500 children of Haiti's wealthiest class attend each year.
HAITI: Rebuilding Waits on Promised Aid
- Inter Press Service
A week ago, 59 U.N. member states, international institutions and NGO coalitions pledged nearly 10 billion dollars towards rebuilding Haiti over the next decade.
JAMAICA: Haitian Refugees Sent Home
- Inter Press Service
On the evening of Jan. 12 when Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake, Jamaica, which lies just 160 kilometres to the west, sought to assure President René Préval that Jamaica was is in the process of organising a 'practical response' to their plight.
HAITI: Donors Pledge 15 Billion Dollars in Aid
- Inter Press Service
Eleven weeks after an earthquake killed over two percent of its population and flattened its capital city, Haiti is looking towards a long and complex rebuilding process.
HAITI: Looking More and More Like a War Zone
- Inter Press Service
On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial zone across from the slums of Cite Soleil, a group of women are gathered around a single white sack of U.S. rice. The rice was handed out Monday morning at a food distribution by the Christian relief group World Vision.
HAITI: U.N. Gears Up for Major Aid Meet
- Inter Press Service
Although the humanitarian crisis in Haiti remains dire, with over a million still homeless and hundreds of thousands in need of adequate shelter for the upcoming rainy season, the international community has started looking towards the country's long-term reconstruction.
HAITI: Watching the Sky with Dread
- Inter Press Service
With the spring rains and hurricane season just around the corner in Haiti, some 600,000 people are still living in camps, many in areas prone to flooding. And plans to provide solutions for the survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake are moving forward slowly.
HAITI: Artists Join UN to Rebuild Cultural Life
- Inter Press Service
As international donors prepare to meet at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss ways to rebuild Haiti, after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, the country’s artistic community has been mobilising to make culture a key aspect of reconstruction.
DEVELOPMENT: Haiti Must Destroy Before Rebuilding
- Inter Press Service
When the Jan. 12 earthquake struck this mountainous country, in less than a minute, it transformed it from one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere to the largest construction site this side of the Atlantic.
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