Missionary sees hurricane destruction in Haiti
When Stuart Kelly of rural Hamilton left in August on one of his regular mission trips to Haiti, he expected to work building a new home, or improving the Christianville church or orphanage.
Rotaract Club makes significant donation
Members of the Rotaract Club of Grand Bahama donated much needed canned goods to the Grand Bahama Red Cross Society yesterday for storm victims affected by Hurricane Ike and Hanna.
World Bank: Haiti at `tipping point’
World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned Wednesday that Haiti is at a ”tipping point” after a spate of destructive tropical storms, but offered no immediate debt relief for the chronically impoverished country.
The Haitian Blogger: Colin Powell Is No Hero
Colin Powell endorsed Senator Barack Obama on Sunday. All but a few are impressed by this “Powellful” endorsement.
Local leaders head to Haiti
Elected officials from three Palm Beach County cities and the Port of Palm Beach are about to hop on a plane to Haiti this morning to distribute donated food, clothing, water and medical supplies to Haitians …
Dentist gives back in Haiti
Dr. Alfred Stines grew up in a family where generosity was a way of life. Feeding 15 children in Haiti was no easy task for his parents, but the elder Stines always gave food to children peering through the family’s window at dinner time…
Top UN Humanitarian Official to Visit Hurricane-Battered Haiti
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes will visit Haiti later this week to assess the response to a series of storms which ravaged the impoverished Caribbean nation recently…
Huntsville biologists seeking help after seeing Haiti’s desolation
Biologists Brian Pollock and Troy Moore just got back from a life changing relief trip to Haiti.
On This Day in History: October 21 – Gripping Fingers of Watery Death’
Following an enormous, sluggishly moving hurricane that smashed and crushed its way across Haiti, the province of Jeremie suffered widespread floods on October 21, 1935…
Haitian President Rene Preval makes international plea
Roads are washed out, towns are covered in mud and school children still can’t go to class after four successive hurricanes, Haitian President Ren Prval said Tuesday in an appeal …