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According to a new report from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) written in collaboration with Haitian scientists and international educators, Haiti and the global community should work together to build a robust science sector that can help the nation recover from January 12, 2010, support future development, and improve the lives of Haiti's… Continue

On the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly, currently held in New York, as part of the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting Heifer International has committed to help rebuild rural communities in Haiti and to improve economic opportunities.



Heifer International's commitment, announced from the stage Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, by Heifer… Continue

Libraries Without Borders (Bibliothèque Sans Frontières BSF) and the State University of Haiti (UEH) are pleased to announce the official opening, on September 30, 2011, of the first Digital Library of the State University of Haiti, a laboratory computer that will provide to the 5,000 students, researchers and professors of the UEH access to millions of electronic resources… Continue

 

Rachelle Villarson, at the 2011 Women of Power luncheon in Boston.

Last week’s National Urban League conference in Boston featured many…

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After the Haitian earthquake last year, Jeanpierre Augustin welcomed three family members into his family’s Lawrence home – survivors of the earthquake that killed 13 other relatives of the Augustin family. Jean-Pierre knew he had wanted to box for the past five years, but, after the quake, he knew for sure that he wanted to box for Haiti … in the Olympics.

 

The 25-year-old light heavyweight boxer, originally from Boston, is on the track to an Olympic appearance in London next…

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A photo session during the Solidar’IT web-journalism training at RSF Operational Media Centre in Bourdon. By Frederick Alexis

Haitian media have an essential role to ensure that Haiti and its reconstruction stay in the news -- now that international attention has faded away while problems remain unresolved. Many media turned to the…

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