Information About Haiti

There’ll be pop, folk-rock, rock and a cappella at a concert Marian and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional high schools are organizing to raise money for the American Red Cross for Haitian relief.

Beken, known for songs about redemption, lost his home and is struggling to find the will to make music again.

Adelphi Friends Meeting, a Quaker church in Adelphi, will host a gathering Friday night to benefit victims of January’s earthquake in Haiti. “Haiti for the Long Haul” will feature Haitian- and Latin American-themed music, dance and art, as well as a discussion of Haitian culture.

The Grand Café is hosting a benefit dinner, “Le Grand Pikliz,” to support the relief work of the American Refugee Committee on March 8. Grand Café chefs Jon Radle and Ben Pichler will be making Caribbean cuisine, including pulled pork, Haitian chicken, pikliz, rice, beans and dessert.

Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries detained for more than a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after January 12’s devastating earthquake, was released Monday.

One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody.

Charisa Coulter was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the earthquake. The leader of the Idaho-based missionaries was still being held.

Haitian judge frees US Baptist missionary; group’s leader still held Haiti – Missionary – Baptist – Caribbean – United States

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 8 (UPI) — Haitian officials Monday released a U.S. missionary held for more than a month for allegedly trying to kidnap 33 children following the Jan. 12 earthquake.

One of two U.S. Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti is released , but the group’s leader remains in custody.