Sex attacks blight lives of Haitian girls
Inside Haiti’s foetid slums, where criminal gangs use rape as a weapon to control the millions struggling to survive extreme poverty Link to this video The government of Haiti is being urged to take action…
Reminder
Isaac must have known this message would be important for us today.(One of Paige’s Favorite Songs)By Shawn McDonaldAs I sit here and think About all that You’ve done About how You gave me Your one and only Son And I’m trying to fathom All that You are, but so far, Lord You’re so beyond me I
Giving Hope Ink
The other day I picked Hope up from Kindergarten. When I squeezed her I noticed she felt kind of puffy. I set her on my lap and saw her jammie bottoms showing out of her navy blue uniform skirt. I asked, "Why are you wearing full pants under a skirt?" She said, "Mmmmaaaaa, I don’t like to have to change after school." The p.j. pants above were bunched up under her skirt … and voila! she
Journey to health
Samuel, 3 weeks old and already 1,400 miles away from his native Haiti, was born with parts of his spinal cord and nerves tangled into a kiwi-sized bulgeat the bottom of his back. During the surgery, an anesthesiology resident asked from behind his mask, “How did this baby get here?” “It took God opening all the doors,” said Vanessa Carpenter, a Salem resident and director of Angel Missions Haiti.
Haiti visit by U.N. Security Council members aims to bolster support…
Haiti visit by U.N. Security Council members aims to bolster support Members of the U.N. Security Council will visit storm-ravaged Haiti next week in a bid to raise global awareness of its desperate situation…
UN expert urges US not to deport thousands back to hurricane-ravaged Haiti
An independent United Nations human rights expert today asked the United States Government to reconsider deporting tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants in light of the physical and financial damage inflicted on the impoverished Caribbean nation by a series of hurricanes last August.
Saturday Bullet Points
Lydie and Phoebe went cruising the town. Don’t write us about the missing car-seats… Noah was driving, that should worry you more.We had a great evening with Britt and Chris here. The married grown up kid thing still seems slightly surreal to me … Our visit went way too quickly of course and now they’re gone to the north side of this island. I gave my son-in-law a haircut, which was totally
Give Haitians a fair chance
In terms of natural disasters, 2008 was catastrophic for Haiti. It was hit by four back-to-back hurricanes that killed hundreds of people and made tens of thousands of others homeless.
World Bank gives Haiti $5 mln to rebuild schools
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti : The World Bank is giving Haiti $5 million to rebuild 15 public primary schools damaged last year in four hurricanes and tropical storms.
State Department Releases 2008 Human Rights Report for Haiti | Haiti Innovation
Each year, the State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is mandated to release country specific human rights reports. While some progress was made in 2008, it is clear that we still have a long way to go.