Brandi Disterheft Quintet
While most Canadians spent the last week of January enjoying blizzards and the windchill factor, jazz musician and composer Brandi Disterheft was playing music in Haiti.
The Haitian Coup: An Unresolved Injustice After Five Years
In essence this act provides for an investigation into what actually transpired in the period around the February 2004 coup. It seeks to ascertain, among other things, the role of the US government in supporting the coup.
GRANT!!!Growth Opportunity
Heartline Women’s Program UpdatesThe Women’s program had plenty of heavy moments today. We have a new lady with whom we needed to share HIV + test results. That is never easy. One lady threw up. Four ladies were so anemic we are not sure how they were able to get to class. One had her baby girl on Sunday and brought her to show us.As always, we pumped them all full of teaching, vitamins,
Dozens of unrelated topics and photos
Tipap has been off of school for the week. Like it or not he ends up being back-up baby helper and is quite popular with the ladies. He is willing to push them on a little baby bike for hours – no one else is … it should not surprise him that the little girls all seem to gravitate toward him. Lydie calls him "pap" and leaves off the Ti. She looks as ornery as she is in this photo. While I am
Gaetjens’ legacy lives on for the U.S.
It had to be a typo. When Englanders woke up on June 30, 1950, the newspaper had to be wrong. (The story of Haitian soccer legend Joe Gaetjens.)
214 Haitians returned by Coast Guard
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter returned 214 Haitians to their homeland Monday after the migrants were intercepted Friday night in a makeshift sailing freighter just east of Cuba.
Coast Guard rescues, returns 214 Haitian migrants
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returned 214 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Monday after the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island located a grossly overloaded sail freighter…
One Acoustic Evening Benefit Concert March 15
On Sunday, March 15, a number of individuals and groups will provide a great variety of music to support ongoing relief efforts in Haiti.
Fat Tuesday
Troy has borrowed a vehicle to provide sober-cab around the city tonight … all of Port au Prince collectively sighs with relief.go troy.
Luther student escaped life of poverty in Haiti
The life of Luther College sophomore Junette Maxis closely parallels that of the fictional Jamal, the hero of the movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” which is expected to clean up at tonight’s Oscar awards show.