Category Archives: Haitian News

Activities in Haiti and the United States to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake

In a report released today, international agency Oxfam said reconstruction of Haiti, two years on from its devastating earthquake, has proceeded “at a snail’s pace” leaving more than half a million Haitians still homeless. Oxfam urged the Haitian government and … Continue reading →

Haiti’s president says there is still much to do for the country to recover from the 2010 earthquake and he concedes that he has made mistakes since taking office last May.

Haiti should look to the past, and the system of small farms and the decentralized economy that once provided Haitians with dignity, autonomy and wealth.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 7 (UPI) — Cholera has killed at least 7,000 people and sickened more than 520,000 in Haiti two years after a devastating earthquake struck the country, officials said.

Days after the earthquake killed his little girl and destroyed much of his house, Meristin Florival moved his family into a makeshift tent on a hill in the Haitian capital and called it home. Two years later they’re still there, … Continue reading →

This week will mark two years since Haiti was ripped apart by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 but it has the hallmarks of a place in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.More than half a million people are living in … Continue reading →

As the world remembers the earthquake that shook Haiti two years ago, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund joins Haitians in looking ahead, rebuilding the country and creating economic opportunity.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti , Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Haiti’s Civil Protection network received a substantial boost with the presentation of SUVs, trucks, boats, canoes, 11,000 solar radios, tents and other …

Almost two years after a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, about half of the rubble has been cleared, aid groups are giving 1.1 million children daily midday meals and the number of Haitians in camps for displaced people is a third … Continue reading →