U.N. and Haitian government to begin campaign to house homeless before rain season (Washington Post)

March 17th, 2010

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…

Summit Medical Group opens show of Haitian American artists on Berkeley Heights campus (Independent Press)

March 17th, 2010

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 …

Rich Haitian Art Is Preserved In Long Valley (Observer-Tribune)

March 17th, 2010

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 Returns From Haiti (WBAY Green Bay)

March 17th, 2010

Neenah family who spent three months in Haiti returns home.

Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath (Stars and Stripes)

March 17th, 2010

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.

UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

March 17th, 2010

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.

Out of Ruin, Haiti’s Visionaries (New York Times)

March 17th, 2010

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.

Haiti jail reveals chaos behind quake breakout (BBC News)

March 17th, 2010

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.

Haiti-Miami investors to redevelop Haiti’s largest private port (Sun-Sentinel)

March 17th, 2010

$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 reveals ambitious $11.5 bln reconstruction plan (AFP via Yahoo! News)

March 17th, 2010

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.

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U.S. State Department Releases 2009 Human Rights Report for Haiti Friday, 12 March 2010, 9:10 pm

Each year, the U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is mandated to release country specific human rights reports that address individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As this report pertains strictly to 2009, it does not address human rights issues in post earthquake Haiti. Still, it is highly relevant as long term recovery and reconstruction will depend in part upon creating a culture that respects human rights and a government that can enforce them. 

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