WHO halts free drug delivery to private clinics, NGOs in Haiti (AFP via Yahoo! News)

February 9th, 2010

The WHO on Tuesday halted free drug deliveries to private hospitals and NGOs in quake-devastated Haiti following reports patients were being charged for treatment, a spokeswoman said.

Concert third in series to benefit music school in Haiti (The Appleton Post-Crescent)

February 8th, 2010

APPLETON Lawrence University student Carolyn Armstrong, a volunteer at Haitis Holy Trinity Music School, keeps in touch with students and teachers who lost their campus to the countrys Jan. 12 earthquake.

tobyMac’s ‘ShowStopper’ Music Video Arrives (AceShowbiz)

February 8th, 2010

Three young bikers are highlighted in the music video for tobyMac ’s second single off his February 9 release ‘Tonight’.

Haitian musicians show love of country (Chicago Sun-Times)

February 8th, 2010

Dave Hoekstra: Silence is a commodity that is rare in Haitian culture. For centuries there have been cries of pain and shouts of joy, and on Valentine ’s Day, local Haitian musicians will make some joyful noise as they headline a benefit show to help their country in its time of need.

Lawyer for Americans held in Haiti quits (CNN)

February 8th, 2010

A Haitian attorney representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti told CNN Sunday he has resigned.

Holding on to dreams from refugee camp in Haiti (Washington Post)

February 8th, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — This was not the kind of stage Esceline Belcombe was accustomed to. She sang with sandaled feet planted deep in the dust of a footpath that cuts across a steep hill and turns down toward a river of tattered-cloth shelters.

Family helps adopted Haitian children keep their spiritual heritage (Inside Bay Area)

February 7th, 2010

CHICAGO — Images of the washed out Haitian hillside where their children’s relatives lived have led Peter and Paula Fitzgibbons to fear that their adopted son and daughter have no biological family left.

Benefit concert raises money for Haitian music school (The Lawrentian)

February 7th, 2010

Less than a month after the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that killed at least 150,000 people and left over a million homeless, rescue and relief organizations such as the American Red Cross have spent nearly $80 million in sending food, clean drinking water and shelter items to those in Haiti, according to http://www.

MUSIC SCENE: Sanborn and the joy of sax (Norton Mirror)

February 7th, 2010

David Sanborn may have made his name in jazz , but his first love is the music of Ray Charles. Sanborn’s latest album, “Only Everything,” reflects that adoration, as he pays homage to the late, great soul singer and his legendary saxophonists, Hank Crawford and David “Fathead” Newman.

Haiti cruise stops: ‘Without this, we don’t eat’ (The Salt Lake Tribune)

February 7th, 2010

Labadee, Haiti » With the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship anchored just offshore this beautiful expanse of white sand Friday, vacationers stretched out on beach chairs in the sun, sipped cold beer and pina coladas with pineapple slices on the rim and listened to Haitian folk music.

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Haiti Earthquake Update (3/8/2010) Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 12:41 am

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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