UN official: Haiti aid ‘inadequate’ after storms

Oct 30th, 2008No Comments

GONAIVES, Haiti a ‘ Haiti needs an immediate boost in relief funding to help hundreds of hungry people still living in shelters nearly two months after a string of devastating hurricanes, the U.N. humanitarian …

One million Haitians homeless after spate of tropical storms

Oct 30th, 2008No Comments

Impoverished Haiti is suffering one of the worst catastrophes in its history after the recent onslaught of tropical storms and hurricanes, the U.N. humanitarian aid chief said on Friday.

Area missionaries deliver message of Hope to Haiti

Oct 30th, 2008No Comments

If a trip to Haiti does not seem like a typical vacation, that’s because it is not.

UN appeals for more than $60 million for Haiti

Oct 30th, 2008No Comments

The U.N. humanitarian chief appealed to donor countries Monday for more than $60 million to help storm-ravaged Haiti recover from probably its worst disaster in 100 years.

Haiti: UN fund to step up support for hurricane survivors

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

Survivors of this season&#39s four devastating hurricanes in Haiti will receive a boost from the United Nations fund set up to help in the wake of major disasters, the UN relief chief has announced …

UN humanitarian chief moved by Haiti hurricane destruction

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes said Friday he is overwhelmed by the damage wrought on this seaside city in the north of Haiti when Hurricane Hanna struck last month.

3,000 rally in WPB to stop deportations

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

A crowd of about 3,000 traveled by foot, by taxi, even by bus, to rally in front of the federal courthouse Friday afternoon, demanding that Haitians are no longer returned to a country that is falling apart.

Vermonters speak up for Haitians

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

CHARLOTTE — Children in Edmunds Middle School in Burlington are learning about life in Haiti through pictures and letters from their peers on the island.

Helping in Haiti

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

During a trip to bring medical relief to a remote city in Haiti, Karen Christoffels, a registered nurse at Avera McKennan, decided to share her experiences with Argus Leader readers by writing a blog…

A girl stands in a muddy street in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008

Oct 26th, 2008No Comments

More than six weeks after the fourth cyclone in three weeks hit Haiti the relief operation has almost ground to a halt according to a major aid organisation there.

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