Information About Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The United Nations and the Haitian government are poised to begin an intense public awareness campaign in the capital city, part of an urgent effort to move hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake out of harm’s way before the rain and flood…

mmit Medical Group opens an art show on its campus at 1 Diamond Hill Road, Berkeley Heights, on Friday, April 16, with a reception free to the public, 5 to 8 p.m. “Hope Springs Eternal: A Rebirth of Haiti Through Art,” is a fundraiser that features paintings by Haitian-born artists now living in the U.S. A portion of the proceeds will be donated for Haitian relief through the LANBI Center for …

WASHINGTON TWP. – The January earthquake in Haiti claimed hundreds of thousands of victims and it also destroyed much of the island’s rich, native artwork.

Neenah family who spent three months in Haiti returns home.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.

The U.N. regional assessor for natural disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and transform the hemisphere’s poorest nation after its catastrophic earthquake.

Many of Haiti’s museums were damaged in the country’s earthquake but an exhibition scheduled for 2012 hopes to revive the fortunes of the country’s creators.

Prisoners who fled Haiti’s central jail when the earthquake struck had been enduring some of the worst conditions imaginable, the BBC’s Mark Doyle reports.

$70 million port development in Port-au-Prince planned Haiti’s WIN Group and Miami-based Santé Holding Corp. on Tuesday announced a $70 million project to redevelop Terminal Varreux, Haiti’s largest privately-owned shipping terminal and port facility.

Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after January’s devastating earthquake.