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.
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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.
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February 8th, 2010
Three young bikers are highlighted in the music video for tobyMac ’s second single off his February 9 release ‘Tonight’.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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