Archive for the ‘Haitian News’ Category

Ten US Christians may face Haiti kidnapping charges (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Ten members of a US Christian group could be charged with kidnapping minors and child-trafficking over an attempt to smuggle a group of children out of quake-hit Haiti, officials said.

Players’ associations release Haiti relief PSA (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Players from the four major sports leagues went in front of the camera for Haiti earthquake relief. The players’ associations for the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball released a public service announcement Monday promoting an aid campaign for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Shaun Alexander and Kevin Mawae appear in the 30-second spot “One Team 4 Haiti.” Samuel Dalembert and Derek…

Haiti earthquake victims’ survey hopes to assess real needs of people (Washington Post)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — How do you find out what the Haitian people really need now, nearly three weeks after the earthquake? You ask them.

Chaos eases as Haiti food lines focus on women (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The 79-year-old woman with a 55-pound bag of rice perched on her head gingerly descended concrete steps Sunday and passed it off to her daughter-in-law — who quickly disappeared behind the faded leopard-print sheets that are the walls of their makeshift home on the crowded turf of Haiti’s National Stadium.

Baptists say they were trying to do good in Haiti (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Ten U.S. Baptists arrested trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.

In Quake’s Wake, Haiti Faces Leadership Void (New York Times)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

During the greatest disaster Haiti has ever faced, its president has seemed incapable of pulling himself together, much less this deeply divided society.

Haiti Added to ‘Most Dangerous Paper Routes in the World’ (New York Times)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The run-up to a war gives Stars and Stripes time to prepare for newspaper delivery, but a crisis like the Haiti earthquake has unique complications.

Detained Americans say they had good intentions in Haiti (CNN)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Ten Americans detained and accused of child trafficking in Haiti after they allegedly tried to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic insist their effort was an attempt to get the children to a shelter.

Federer’s Haiti charity match raises $600,000 (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Monday, February 1st, 2010

More than just a champion, Roger Federer was recognized Sunday as a humanitarian. A charity match initiated by Federer to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims has raised more than $600,000, said Tennis Australia president Geoff Pollard. The Jan. 12 earthquake that has killed at least 150,000 in Haiti struck three days before the start of the Australian Open.

Medical assistance flights from Haiti resuming (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Officials are restarting the airlift out of Haiti carrying injured earthquake victims, the White House said Sunday.