Fashion-forward men (and the women who shop for them): If you care to buy an elegant shirt and help Haiti at the same time, now you can. Haitian-born clothing manufacturers Patrick and Fabrice Tardieu have launched a limited collection of men’s dress shirts, sold at select Nordstrom stores, to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief.
TEWKSBURY — Rock musician Joel Warren and his band Character Rising and the John F. Ryan Elementary School are teaming up to offer a free concert to benefit Haitian relief tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the school.
A concert of music that speaks to Miami. The Miami Children’s Chorus, accompanied by a chamber orchestra, will perform Latin music by Francisco Nunez and others, songs by Haitian American composer Sydney Guillaume, as well as traditional works from the US and Europe.
Lawrence University students are preparing to debut a documentary about the role of music in Haiti and the country’s efforts to recover from a devastating earthquake. Click on the headline for Lindsay Veremis’ full report.
In an effort to feed hungry children in Haiti, Oak Hills High School hosts a benefit 5K race Sunday organized by Blue Ash-based Child’s Hope International.
Instead of ramping up from the January deployment to Haiti of 20,000 troops, the United States is pulling back, leaving only a core team in place. It seems to be the new policy to step back from large-scale commitments requiring a lot of money and manpower: Smarter and smaller seem to be the new watchwords.
Within days of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. military had staged an impressive surge: By the end of January, around 20,000 troops were on the ground. More were on the way, and no less than Gen David Petraeus said the deployment could affect operations in Central Asia and the Middle East. It didn’t work out that way.
Four months after an earthquake devastated Haiti, Americans have donated $1.3 billion for disaster relief there, almost on a par with theirgiving after the Asian tsunami in 2004, according to a tally by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
A U.S. missionary should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, a prosecutor said Thursday on the first day of her trial.
A U.S. missionary should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti, a prosecutor said.