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February 2011 Blog Posts (67)

Shakira Announces Haiti School Initiative to Aid Haitian earthquake survivor’s kids

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- Recording artist Shakira one of the performers on the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon on CNN in January 2010 is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy earthquake survivor’s children in Port Au Prince. Shakira she announced an initiative to build a new school in Haiti through her Barefoot Foundation. The Foundation will work in…

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Haiti’s Mayors hard at work raising funds for new Port Au Prince Haiti.

Mayor Jean-Yves Jason (right), the Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Mayor Wilson Jeudi (left), the Mayor of Delmas, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. Both were VIPs at the New Look Foundation World Leadership Awards event. The Honorable Mayor Jean-Yves Jason, Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti was one of the VIPs at the “World Leadership Awards” event hosted by Haiti’s own Usher and his “New Look Foundation” (…

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Haiti - Technology : Donation of a mobile water treatment unit

The companies H2O Innovation inc. and 3M Purification Inc. have teamed up to provide a mobile water treatment unit to Project HOPE (1) to support its humanitarian assistance and health care programs in Haiti. H2O Innovation has designed, built and will deliver a trailer-based mobile water treatment system that will enable Project HOPE to produce drinking water from either… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : Mirlande Manigat launch her campaign

The candidate Mirlande Manigat, aged 70, spoke to reporters yesterday, on the ground of the Hotel Montana. According to the candidate, this second round of elections, represents an exceptional experience in the political life of Haiti "This second round is historic, first, this is the first time that a presidential election takes place in two rounds and he confronts two… Continue

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Haiti - Ski : "Rasta Piquet" has missed the qualification but...

Thursday, February 17, at the World Ski Championships of Garmisch Partenkirchen in Germany, the Haitian skier Jean-Pierre Roy aka "Rasta Piquett", finished 99th and last in the qualifications for the Giant Slalom. Clocked 3 minutes 10.58 seconds (3:10:58) (1st run in 1:36:51 and 2nd run in 1:34:07) for this first race at the world championship of alpine ski. The race was… Continue

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Haiti - Social : 1.6 million to fight against the exploitation of the "restavèks"

New funds for IOM's counter-trafficking work in Haiti will allow the organization to not only continue providing direct assistance to victims of the crime but also to carry out new research into the trafficking of minors in the sex industry in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The USD 1.6 million from the US Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat… Continue

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Haiti - Elections FLASH : Wyclef endorse the candidacy of Martelly

A few minutes ago ended the joint press conference Michel Martelly - Wyclef Jean at the Karibe Convention Center in Petion ville. A lot of things have been said but the most important is the official announcement of the support of Wyclef Jean to the candidacy of Michel Martelly.

Michel Martelly has thanked his friend Wyclef for his presence and announced the… Continue

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Haiti - Football : The FHF is frustrated, the Jamaica explains...

The facts:

The Haitian Football Federation (FHF) has informed Tuesday night, the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) that it is no longer able to maintain are Men's team under 17, for the playoff of the U17 World Cup of Montego Bay (Jamaica), because of an illness that struck members of his delegation.…

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Haiti - Humanitarian : Sean Penn is very critical

The reconstruction aid to Haiti following the earthquake of January 2010 was hampered by a lack of cooperation and communication among international organizations, argued Tuesday the American actor Sean Penn [co-founder of the NGO JP/HRO] during a charity dinner in Vienna where he had to raise funds to finance the activities of his organization.

"This is not a… Continue

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Haiti - Reconstruction : Manigat-Martelly have met the IHRC

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and President Bill Clinton, Co-Chairs of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), along with members of the IHRC Board, held a productive meeting with Haiti's presidential candidates yesterday. The group also hosted members of the Club de Madrid and representatives from UNESCO and CARICOM who presented their thoughts and… Continue

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Haiti - Reconstruction : In Leogane, 87.000 m3 of rubble removed

Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator yesterday visited Leogane, the epicentre of the 12 January earthquake, where UNDP is implementing a pioneering debris management initiative. Thanks to the support of the Canadian, Kuwait and Finnish governments, UNDP started in early-November 2010, a project which will clear in 2011 approximately 325,000 cubic metres from… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : Loaded calendar of Michel Martelly

Michel Martelly met with Mr. Carlos Westendorp, Secretary General of the Club of Madrid and Felipe Gonzalez (former Prime Minister of Spain) and Lionel Jospin (former Prime Minister of France), also members of the Club, this Tuesday February 15, at the Karibe Convention Center at 10h30am. This new mission of the Club of Madrid, which began yesterday is part of the… Continue

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Haiti - Culture : 5th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince

The 5th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince will open Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre, in Tabarre, with a concert by the Brazilian singer Beatriz Malnic, followed by Aaron Goldberg, an excellent American pianist to close with a performance of Mino Cinelu, preceded by Carsten Daerr Trio and Pauline Jean on… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Manigat-Fernández a meeting improvised...

The candidate for the presidency of Haiti, Mirlande Manigat arrived yesterday in Santo Domingo at 5h30pm to meet with President Leonel Fernández. Accompanied by the Dominican Ambassador in Haiti, Rubén Silié, she told to the reporters, before entering in the office of president at 6pm, that she came at the invitation of Dominican President. A statement called into question… Continue

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Haiti - Football : Haiti Digicel Cup 2010

Officially launched on August 24, 2010, the 2010 season was a great success. The Tempête of Saint Marc won the opening serie and was crowned Champion of the Champions, while the Victory Club of Port-au-Prince was crowned champion of the serie of closing.

"The 2010 season of Digicel National Championship of First division comes to its end and once again thousands… Continue

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Chili cookoff to raise money for Haitian school

Marne United…

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Haiti - Reconstruction : Back home, not for tomorrow...

Last Thursday, during the briefing of the United Nations in Haiti, Léonard Doyle, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti has made an update on the situation of victims in the camps and the concerns of IOM.

"The number of people living in camps has decreased significantly, close to half a million people left. To date, 810.000… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : Mirlande Manigat open to all alliances...

Mirlande Manigat candidate, said she is open to alliances for the second round. Like the candidate Michel Martelly, the objective is to seek the maximum of votes. Mirlande Manigat says she is ready to talk with everyone and does not exclude anyone, nor Duvalierists nor lavalasiens, advocating a government of all Haitians. Concerning an alliance at the initiative of…

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Spartanburg International Festival (Haiti Representing)

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Alpine skiing: Haitian grandfather no longer a laughing stock

Haitian skier Roy smiles as he poses during a training session at the World Alpine skiing Championsh

Haitian skier Jean-Pierre Roy smiles as he poses during a training session at the World Alpine skiing Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen February 11, 2011. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

By Brian Homewood

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Haitians are as rare as grandfathers among the competitors who hurl themselves down the precipitous,…

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