The Thompson/Gibbons team consisting of Annette and Scott Thompson and Nikki and Terrence Gibbons is heading to Haiti on March 4, 2010. Watch for our updates from the field.

Several cooperation agreements between Brazil and Haiti were signed in this capital, in the presence of the presidents of both nations, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Rene Preval, respectively.

Westborough High School students were in the midst of rehearsals for “Once On This Island,” a musical set in Haiti and rooted in its culture, when the devastating earthquake hit the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince.

Faced with a disaster of overwhelming proportions, Haiti’s fractious political opposition is trying to set aside its differences and work with President Rene Preval to reach a consensus on how to rebuild the devastated country.

Faced with a disaster of overwhelming proportions, Haiti’s fractious political opposition is trying to set aside its differences and work with President Rene Preval to reach a consensus on how to rebuild the devastated country.

Tons of rice and beans tell how the world is helping Haiti. Missing tents, tarps and toilets show how it is falling short.

Tons of rice and beans tell how the world is helping Haiti. Missing tents, tarps and toilets show how it is falling short.

Flooding triggered by heavy rain killed at least 11 people in Les Cayes, Haitia’s third most populous city and an area unscathed by the devastating January 12 earthquake that flattened much of the countrya s capital.

The government here has drafted a broad plan to remake the country after last month’s devastating earthquake, reducing the size of the capital and boosting other population centers in moves that would reverse two centuries of its history.

The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month - yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher.