"Today, we are invaded by Haitians, they are responsible for most thefts and assaults committed in our neighborhoods, they throw garbage in the streets they live in boarding houses with no bathrooms and defecate in plastic bags that they throw them in front of houses, schools, businesses and other places, we are desperate" reported José Francisco Consuegra President of the… Continue

An hour south of Miami is the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Haiti. In 1991 its citizens elected a former Roman Catholic priest and exponent of liberation theology, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as president. Popular among Haiti's poor and disenfranchised, Aristide become a target of Haiti's business interests (and the political parties that served those interests) because of his daring policies which tried to raise the standard of living for the huge majority of Haitians. During his second…

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Cholera Response

For several weeks Yéle Haiti has been working with Partners in Health (PIH) – and more recently International Action and Clean the World – in…

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Update (December 22) - According to NY1, Hot 97 has announced that Cipha Sounds has been taken off the air indefinitely and has been instructed to take sensitivity training focused on the…

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The World Bank informs that the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) has approved at the 4th meeting of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) held in Santo Domingo on Tuesday, 102 million dollars to fund four projects:



$65 million will be spent on rebuilding destroyed houses in poor neighborhoods

$25 million will be used for debris removal by the United…

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Over 30 international players from the best football teams in the world gathered yesterday for the Match Against Poverty, hosted this year by the Football Club Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece. Revenues from this match are intended to victims of natural disasters in Haiti and Pakistan.…

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As of Wednesday October 27, 2010; Haiti’s Health Ministry reported more than…

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When Marie-Yolaine Eusebe visited her native Haiti five months after the earthquake, she couldn't believe the country was still so devastated.

The Bedford-Stuyvesant resident saw hundreds of rescue workers, talked to dozens of aid groups and knew about the millions of dollars do-gooders had donated - but she couldn't see any improvements.

"People kept…

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