Haiti has a ‘better chance’ than other emerging market, Ban says
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sounded an optimistic note for Haiti, saying its future looks better than any emerging markets thanks to US trade legislation approved by Washington last year.
Immigrants From Battered Haiti Should Be Able to Stay in the U.S.
Immigrants from the storm-ravaged island should be allowed to stay in the United States.
Vedette
Vedette is one of the women in the Heartline Women’s Program sewing purses to be sold at www.haitiancreations.com.
Fourth-graders at Boonton school collect supplies for Haitian kids
At least once a month, students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School participate in a service project to help others less fortunate.
Haitian PM visits Chinese peacekeeping squad in Haiti
Haitian Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre Louis visits the medicine storage of Chinese anti-riot peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, March 28, 2009.
Op-Ed Columnist – A Boy Living in a Car
As America’s unemployment rate rises, those paying the severest price aren’t necessarily in Detroit or Miami. One of the newest street children here in this northern Haitian city is a 10-year-old boy whose father was working in Florida but lost his job and can no longer send money home. As a result, the family here was evicted, the mother and children went separate ways to improve their odds of finding shelter, and the boy found refuge in an abandoned wreck of a car.
Every Day is TB Day | Haiti Innovation
World TB Day was on March 24.A If this were a blog about HIV/AIDS, I could write about the progress that Haiti and the rest of the world is making.A However, this is a blog on tuberculosis and a fight we are losing.A More than two billion people, one third of the worlda TMs total population, are infected with TB bacilli…
Church organist brings Haiti mission home
Shirley White holds a child at an orphanage in the Port-au-Prince area that is supported by the International Village of Hope.
An Open Letter to a Tropical Disease – From Troy
Dear Malaria,Words can not adequately express how I feel about seeing you again right now. (No words suitable for public consumption, anyway.) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that you made your appearance while I am here caring for a large tribe of little people without my wife – you’ve always had impeccable timing like that. I apologize for not recognizing you immediately upon your arrival
Canada Launches Major Vocational Training Initiative for Haiti
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced a major initiative that will help Haiti build a skilled workforce necessary for sustained economic growth.