Information About Haiti

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, fresh from a whirlwind trip to Haiti with congressional leaders, said Saturday that the United States must do everything it can to help the hemisphere’s poorest nation recover from last month’s devastating earthquake.

Of the 12 students and two faculty members who were in Haiti on a community service trip from Lynn University, only Britney Gengel of the Central Massachusetts community of Rutland remains unaccounted for.

The obliteration of higher education is expected to have longstanding effects on Haiti, where even in the best of times few people make it to college.

Ask any of the hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims living outdoors in Haiti’s shattered capital and you’re apt to get the same plea: “Give us a tent.”

The US military has pulled thousands of its troops from quake-hit Haiti because aid operations have improved, a general said, as relief workers raced to boost conditions at squalid camps.

Homeless Haiti earthquake victims get tarps, but want tents to live in; aid agencies say no Haiti – Earthquake – Homelessness – Caribbean – Port-au-Prince

The US military has reduced its number of troops in Haiti to 13,000 from a post-quake high of some 20,000 because the need has decreased, General Douglas Fraser said on Saturday.

Preparations for the provisional release of 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges may be on hold after questions arose about a Dominican man who served as their legal adviser.

Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter and producer, Wyclef Jean, engaged digital marketing agency, The Garrigan Lyman Group Films division, to create his latest music video, “Hold On,” a tribute to his homeland. Â The compelling new video was premiered on January 25, 2010 on MTV and brings a message of perseverance and hope even amidst the darkest times. Â As one of the leading celebrities …

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