March 1st, 2010
About six weeks ago, a large earthquake devastated Haiti and killed over 200,000 people. Saturday, a huge earthquake releasing 500 times more energy, devastated Chile and killed hundreds.
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March 1st, 2010
In Haiti, Aid Workers Help Orphans Find Relatives
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March 1st, 2010
Haiti officials want schools to open by the end of the month. But the ambitious plan faces huge obstacles. Many campuses were damaged in the January 12 earthquake. Others are crowded with the thousands who lost their homes. They’ve been told to move, but many say they have no where to go.
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March 1st, 2010
What organisers describe as a “once in a lifetime” line-up of poets gather in Edinburgh, to raise money for Haiti.
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March 1st, 2010
Scott Plantz answered some questions from USA TODAY’s Marisol Bello about health conditions in Haiti.
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March 1st, 2010
A pair soccer boots belonging to former Japan captain Hidetoshi Nakata have raised almost $1.5 million for Haiti’s earthquake disaster relief.
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March 1st, 2010
Weekend flooding in a part of Haiti untouched by January’s devastating earthquake claimed 13 lives and forced the evacuation of 3,000 people, emergency service officials have told AFP.
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February 28th, 2010
Concert to benefit Haitian campSHAWNEE — In honor of a music camp in his homeland of Haiti, Louima Lilite and his wife, Dephanie, will perform a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in Raley Chapel at Oklahoma Baptist University, 500 W University.Louima Lilite is a music professor at OBU.The recital is free. A suggested donation of $5 will benefit the North Haiti Music Camp where Lilite received his first …
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February 28th, 2010
It’s just after 6 a.m., and Petersen Hilan is waking from a dream where he was rollerblading and playing soccer. The morning sun jolts him back to reality — he no longer has a right leg.
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February 28th, 2010
Hoping to deliver a message of support from Massachusetts to earthquake-battered Haiti, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley plans to leave today for the first of what he said may be many trips to the wounded country.
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The United Nations has called this the most challenging disaster response in its history. More challenges lie ahead, one of which is the upcoming rainy season. While it will not begin for several weeks, heavy rains are already occurring sporadically. Recently, eight people were killed in flooding around Les Cayes. The rains also caused a landslide that destroyed a school in Cap Haitian two weeks ago. Those who have been displaced in Port au Prince require solutions, whether that be temporary shelter or staying with a host family. Their protection, health, and well being depends upon finding shelter before the rains become a daily event.
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Haiti Innovation News/Actualités | Bryan Schaaf