April 2010
22 posts
“The immediate emergency phase may be over, but the long-term work is just...”
– Doctors Without Borders/Médecins San Frontières (MSF) Haiti head of mission Karline Kleijer. (via cosc2283)
Watchwillisliao:
Leclerc Brothers Motion Pictures | Life in Haiti
Shot with Canon 5D MKII and Glidtrack shooter.
“As difficult as the situation is in Haiti we are so inspired by the unshaken...”
– @scottharrison of charity: water in the #unshaken campaign trailer. (via alextcone)
Clinton Urges Aid Groups To Strengthen Haiti's... →
hanimosity:
It’s the right idea, Bill, but let’s not pull another TANF ordeal, yeah?
“A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair.”
– Dalai Lama (via letthetruthbtold)
Today: UN Donor Conference: Haitians Must Have... →
doctorswithoutborders:
While the majority of the Haitian population is still extremely vulnerable, the UN donor conference to be held in New York on March 31st must not take measures that would limit the access to health care of the population, says international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Since the earthquake on January 12, nearly all public...
Excluding Haiti: How the US Government and... →
danielextra:
This article by Reed Lindsay for The Nation is a must read as a US citizen interested in the recuperation of Haiti as a nation post-earthquake. We ought to be aware of our government’s deployment of military to Haiti and how it has become obstructive to aid and worse, how large, international aid groups have actually been doing a TERRIBLE job in distributing aid and have excluded...
Haiti Through the Eyes of a 16-year old →
letthetruthbtold:
A must read: The aftermath of Haiti’s quake from a 16-year old’s perspective.
Nurse urges Canadians not to forget Haiti →
happynewmom:
Nurse urges Canadians not to forget Haiti Three weeks ago, Vancouver pediatric nurse Linda Warner stepped into a world unlike anything she could have imagined when she signed up to do relief work in Haiti.
February 2010
41 posts
DEAF INDIAN MUSLIM PUNK PLAYWRIGHT: Cuba sends... →
check out the parts I’ve highlighted in bold.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/cuba/100208/doctors-haiti
HAVANA, Cuba — When the devastating earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Cuba’s emergency responders didn’t have far to travel. There were already some 350 Cuban medical personnel working…
Aquarelle gardens.: The Renmen Project. →
‘Renmen’ is the Haitian word for Love, the bird in the logo is the Hispaniolan Trogon, the national bird of Haiti. ‘The Renmen Project’ has been brought together by the team at Thunder Chunky and Ben The Illustrator in order to raise funds for UNICEF’s Haiti Appeal.
“Over the passed weeks we…
“A Word for Haiti” →
nonprofitblogs:
Blacklondoners Appeal, a London based group are calling on all writers for contribution of short stories, poems and lyrics to a collection of works to be published in May 2010. The book, A Word for…
How UNICEF is Helping Haiti's Orphans →
nonprofitblogs:
Issues surrounding the exploitation of Haiti’s orphans are increasingly coming to light in the wake of the January 12 earthquake.
Issues surrounding the exploitation of Haiti’s orphans are…
The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti →
nonprofitblogs:
Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared
When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that? Whether we look at mapping tools,…
Hope for Haiti Lies in the Hands of Farmers →
nonprofitblogs:
by Aly Lewis
“There is still hope in Haiti. There is still opportunity in Haiti. All you have to do is look into the eyes of the men, women and children whose resilience…
Mini-fundraisers wear ‘Hats for Haiti’ →
nonprofitblogs:
When I saw these photos of mini-fundraisers collecting for the British Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal, I couldn’t help but smile, so I thought I’d share them with you so perhaps you’ll…
“In the wake of the devastating earthquake, Haitian women have the opportunity to...”
– from Haitian Women Must Step up in Wake of Fallen Feminists by Alicia Capatillo (via marthaq) (via sarahsutherland) (via caraobrien)
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“Social scientists who study catastrophes say there are no natural disasters. In...”
– Haiti: A survivor’s story by Laura Wagner (via mayaslinklings)
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Haiti Needs to Be Built, Not Rebuilt →
caraobrien:
In the Wall Street Journal, an opinion piece by UNC Professor Peter A. Coclanis about the difference between the Marshall Plan recovery of 20th century Europe and the current situation in Haiti. Excerpt:
The situation in Haiti today is vastly different than that of postwar Europe and Japan. Haiti is an economically exhausted place, as it was on the eve of the Jan. 12 earthquake....
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Homeless donate money to Red Cross to help Haiti →
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Haitian women become crime targets after quake →
caraobrien:
Excerpt from AP:
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Bernice Chamblain keeps a machete under her frayed mattress to ward off sexual predators and one leg wrapped around a bag of rice to stop nighttime thieves from stealing her daughters’ food.
She’s barely slept since Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake Jan. 12 forced her and other homeless women and children into tent camps, where they are easy...
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