Disasters that hit world headlines in 2008: - Cyclone Nargis lashed Myanmar on May 2 and 3, leaving 138,000 people dead or missing, 2.4 million homeless and devastating rice paddies.

The farmer camps in a crude tent of broken sandbags as he guards the foundation of his destroyed home and his last possessions: a pickax, a hoe and some charcoal.

It is 4:30 in the afternoon and two of Haitia s thousands of homeless children recline against a broken car, likely their shelter for the night.

One develops a technique for dealing with the beggars of Haiti. It is the only way not to be overwhelmed.

One year ago, I visited Haiti for the first time. A small group of us had been invited by the Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, Central Haiti.

I won’t go into boring long drawn out details about the ailments, the who and the what, or any of the current drama - I will just humbly ask for prayers for our family to be healthy and ready to travel to the wedding of our oldest daughter by "go time" later this week. We need a miraculous...

The farmer camps in a crude tent of broken sandbags as he guards the foundation of his destroyed home and his last possessions: a pickax, a hoe and some charcoal.

HAITI Being the least developed country in the Americas, it’s only natural that the Haitians make up for their low income with kidnapping.

There is a Haitian proverb that says what the eyes can’t see, the heart cannot feel.

Project Medishare, an NGO supporting medical and public health programming on Haiti’s Central Plateau, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant through theA U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief .