FACTBOX: The biggest disasters of 2008
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.
Thrice-built house embodies Haiti aid shortfalls
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.
For His Glory Adoption Outreach
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.
Kathie Neff Ragsdale: Haiti relief workers detail nation’s agony
One develops a technique for dealing with the beggars of Haiti. It is the only way not to be overwhelmed.
Diana Odasso: Larry Mellon’s Inspiring Mid-Life Crisis
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.
BE GONE 2008!!!
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 healing to come over the home. Like soon. Four are currently not well.
Today Troy and I were driving
Thrice-built house embodies Haiti aid shortfalls – Haiti & Caribbean
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.
Nigeria sixth on world’s kidnapping list
HAITI Being the least developed country in the Americas, it’s only natural that the Haitians make up for their low income with kidnapping.
UNICEF Photo of the Year Features Haiti | Haiti Innovation
There is a Haitian proverb that says what the eyes can’t see, the heart cannot feel.
Project Medishare Receives PEPFAR Support for HIV/AIDS Prevention | Haiti Innovation
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 .