Information About Haiti

M-DCPS Lends Helping Hand To Haiti (CBS4 Miami)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:52:27 +0000

The 2008 hurricane season is one the people in Haiti will never forget. Four tropical systems slammed the impoverished country and left thousands in need of help. But Tuesday, the Miami-Dade County Public School system stepped in to lend a helping hand.

Two Die In Haiti Chopper Crash (Local 10 Miami)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:52:27 +0000

At least two people have died in a chopper crash in Haiti, and two Florida driver’s licenses were found in the wreckage.

South Florida lends a helping hand to Haiti after disasters (7 News Miami)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:52:27 +0000

MIAMI — The people of Haiti are getting some much needed donations from South Florida to help them recover from two recent disasters.

Haiti’s lax regulation yields unsafe buildings (McClatchy Washington Bureau)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:52:27 +0000

LABOULE, Haiti — The rusty trucks groan as they climb the rugged mountain one after another, puffing toward a loading station to be filled with tons of sand scraped off the ridge. In this dirt-poor nation, the construction process often begins at this rock pit midway up a bleached mountain outside Port-au-Prince where sand entrepreneurs load up, then fan out across the capital in search of …

Canadians accused of sex assault at Haiti orphanage (AFP via Yahoo! News)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:52:25 +0000

A Canadian humanitarian aid worker pleaded guilty on Monday to sexual assault on young orphans in Haiti in 2006 and 2007, and was sentenced to three years in jail.

Fast Raises Haiti Awareness (The Pasco Tribune)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:13:49 +0000

Hoping to understand others’ suffering, a group of Saint Leo University students and teachers went 24 hours without food to raise awareness of hunger in Haiti.

One dead, 26 wounded in Haiti school panic (Channel NewsAsia)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:47:03 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE: A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital Wednesday, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school collapse, authorities said.

One Dead, 26 Wounded In Haiti School Panic (Nasdaq)

village — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:32:06 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)–A noisy rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital Wednesday, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school collapse, authorities said.

Haiti chopper crash kills 2; Florida IDs found (Miami Herald)

village — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:41:28 +0000

(AP) — At least two people died in a helicopter crash between the Haitian coastal cities of St. Marc and Gonaives, police said Tuesday.

Haiti’s lax regulation yields unsafe buildings (Miami Herald)

village — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:44:09 +0000

The rusty trucks groan as they climb the rugged mountain one after another, puffing toward a loading station to be filled with tons of sand scraped off the ridge. In this dirt-poor nation, the construction process often begins at this rock pit midway up a bleached mountain outside Port-au-Prince where sand entrepreneurs load up, then fan out across the capital in search of buyers.