After the 2010 earthquake that devastated the nation’s capital and the surrounding area, Haiti gained the attention of foreign countries and companies looking to aid in the recovery effort. Though some attempts at collaborating with foreign aid have been difficult, outdoor apparel company Timberland has shown its commitment to the cause, having helped to plant [...]
Timberland Helps Plant 2.2 Million Trees For Haitian Sustainability Program
January 30, 2013 | Posted by
Haitian Leaders Woo World Investors, Tout ‘Strong Potential’
January 28, 2013 | Posted by
Haiti’s president and prime minister were on the road this week, making pitches to the world business community with the same primary message: Invest in Haiti. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe was in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, where he told the CEOs and heads of state gathered that Haiti, one of the poorest [...]
Haiti Quake: Opposing Views of Progress
January 21, 2013 | Posted by
With the third anniversary of Haiti’s devastating earthquake comes the inevitable focus on the relief effort that the world lavished on the Caribbean island in the quake’s aftermath. Two opposing views occupied prominent places in the media this week. Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe wrote a piece in the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail [...]
Jimmy Carter Back In Haiti, Urges Donors To Follow Through On Pledges
November 27, 2012 | Posted by
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was back in Haiti on Monday, doing his part while urging donors from around the world to honor the billion-dollar pledges they made to help the impoverished Caribbean nation rebuild after its devastating 2010 earthquake. Carter’s call for greater humanitarian aid to Haiti came on the first day of a [...]
Clintons Highlight Start Of New Recovery Project In Haiti
October 23, 2012 | Posted by
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the headliner at the launch of a $300 million industrial park in the Haitian town of Caracol on Monday. The project is part of American efforts to help Haiti recover from the devastation it suffered during a January 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 Haitians while leaving more than [...]
Haitians Take To The Streets With Calls For Martelly’s Resignation
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
Thousands of people in Haiti have taken to the streets to protest the country’s high cost of living and call for the resignation of President Michel Martelly. In a march through the capital of Port-au-Prince, opposition supporters and other demonstrators accused the president of corruption. They also said he had failed to deliver on his [...]
Wyclef Jean Charity Closes Amidst Financial Scandal
October 15, 2012 | Posted by
The charity organization founded by Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake that rocked his native Haiti has closed amidst a financial scandal. Yele Haiti has permanently shuttered its doors following the resignation of its chief executive, Derek Q. Johnson. Johnson had taken over as chief executive of the N.Y.-based [...]
Writer Warns Of Media Role In Less Than Truthful Haitian Narrative
October 4, 2012 | Posted by
Author Belen Fernandez warns against believing everything you read about the happenings in Haiti. In an op-ed piece on Aljazeera.com, the American-born writer blasts a naïve Western media that so readily painted a picture of a country overrun by looters and at the mercy of gang members and other criminals following the massive earthquake to [...]
Threat Of Violence Surrounds Pending End To U.N. Mission In Haiti
September 21, 2012 | Posted by
The specter of violence is again on the horizon in Haiti as the United Nations begins to map out an exit strategy from the impoverished Caribbean nation. Security Council delegations and staff will begin meeting next week to continue plans for an eventual end of a U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) that first began following a devastating earthquake [...]
Storm Isaac Lashes Haiti With Winds, Floods [Update: 3 Dead]
August 25, 2012 | Posted by
Update: At least three Haitians were reported dead; a woman and a child in Souvenance and a 10-year-old girl in Thomazeau. Thousands were evacuated because of flooding. Tropical Storm Isaac lashed Haiti today, amid severe worries among Haitian officials and relief workers that the island, still devastated from the earthquake two years ago, would not [...]
