Information About Haiti

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean threw his support on Wednesday behind a popular musician competing in Haiti’s March 20 presidential run-off.

REUTERS – The expected return home of Haiti’s exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has stirred passions with supporters hailing him as a potential national saviour and critics — including Western powers — warning his homecoming could be divisive and disruptive.

Haiti has long had difficulty supplying clean drinking water to its more than 9.7 million inhabitants, a situation compounded by last year’s devastating earthquake and more recently by a cholera outbreak that has claimed more than 3,800 lives since October . Whereas the most promising short-term solution to this problem has been treating household water–often collected from bacteria-infested …

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday discussed the future of efforts to rebuild earthquake-torn Haiti with the two candidates who meet next month in a presidential runoff delayed by a political crisis.

Efforts to help Haiti recover from last year’s devastating earthquake are being hampered by a lack of cooperation and communication between international aid groups, Hollywood star Sean Penn said Tuesday.

The cholera outbreak that has killed 3,600 people in Haiti has not been suppressed despite billions of dollars in promised aid, according to a report by Haitian and US researchers.

UNESCO special envoy for Haiti and former governor general Michaelle Jean on Monday called for an “overhaul” of Haiti’s education system.

Oscar winner Sean Penn has returned to publicly pressing the case for the world’s help in rebuilding Haiti from its devastating 2010 earthquake.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton discussed the future of efforts to reconstruct this earthquake-ravaged nation with two candidates who will face off next month in presidential elections. …

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn appealed here Tuesday for the world’s attention to turn back to Haiti, over a year after a devastating earthquake, as he sought donations for his relief organisation.