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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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.
What organisers describe as a “once in a lifetime” line-up of poets gather in Edinburgh, to raise money for Haiti.
Scott Plantz answered some questions from USA TODAY’s Marisol Bello about health conditions in Haiti.
A pair soccer boots belonging to former Japan captain Hidetoshi Nakata have raised almost $1.5 million for Haiti’s earthquake disaster relief.
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.
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 …
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.
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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