Category Archives: Haitian News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Distraught parents mourned the loss of two children in a camp for Haitian earthquake survivors Wednesday, a day after rains caused a wall to collapse on top of a row of tarp homes.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)–Six months after Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake, relief efforts are ongoing — and Haitians whose lives were upended by the disaster are curious about the faith that has sent so many Christians to help them.

Haiti abuzz over mystery presidential candidates

Church World Service July 22, 2010 Port-au-Prince, Haiti – When should humanitarian groups publicly criticize governments and when should they stay quiet? It is a question that has bedeviled humanitarian groups in …

An independent commission of inquiry into the Jan. 19 killings of a dozen or more inmates at a prison in Les Cayes, Haiti, was formally established by presidential decree this week, officials said.

A rescue dog, which helped recover bodies and look for survivors of the Haiti earthquake disaster, finally returns home.

Prior to the earthquake of January 12th 2010, Haiti had experienced the highest TB notification rate in the Latin America and Caribbean region. In a forthcoming editorial in Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, Kevin Schwartzman and colleagues from the McGill … Continue reading →

In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Alescandra Simin found strength by singing with a group huddled around a single candle in a Port-au-Prince park. Months later, Simin and her daughters living in the same park, hungry and with little … Continue reading →

A teenage boy has traveled the distance, arriving in Sacramento Saturday evening from Haiti. He will be getting much extensive reconstructive surgery and care from Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — The concept of temporary, amid Haiti’s teeming refugee camps, has morphed into a dismal variation of forever.