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Yéle Haiti: Cholera Training Saves a Life

GONAIVES, January 18, 2011: Yéle’s contribution to stemming the spread of cholera has saved many lives, but you don’t often get a chance to put a face to those who have been helped. Until now. The face in question is that of Florvil Sony, a 15-year-old boy who lives with his parents and two brothers in the small farming community of Morancy, about 45 minutes from the outskirts of Gonaives. He recently contracted cholera. As his symptoms quickly became critical, his parents…

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Haiti - Jacmel : When the reflection becomes a demonstration...

A day of reflection was held this morning, about the date of 7 February, at the Concorde Night, in Jacmel, at the initiative of more than a dozen organizations, including the Alternative Movement for Decentralization and Reconstruction (MADRE), the Regional Coordination of Organizations of the South-East (CROSE), UFSUDH, JAD, KOREKOB, COCCAJ, Fanm Deside, PLASOJ. REFOJ,… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 8, 2011 at 10:32am — No Comments

Open Source DIY waste-to-power technology for disaster areas

When you have a major disaster like the one in Haiti, whether it comes from an earthquake, flood, tsunami, hurricane, or some other calamity, two of the biggest challenges are cleaning up and providing power.

Enter the DIY gasifier. Gasification is an old technology that is coming back into vogue again thanks to high energy prices. The simplest explanation is that a gasifier takes any dry, carbon-based material (usually wood chips, but often things like walnut shells, dried… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 1:34pm — No Comments

NetHope, Accenture, Microsoft and Cisco support Haitian computer science students and grads

Over the past 30 years, the Haitian government and the international community have largely failed in Haiti. Poverty, corruption, illness are all part of the story. Rebuilding (or should I say building?) the country will require new approaches.

At NetHope, we have seen the innovative use of…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 12:55pm — No Comments

Haiti - Politic : The February 7, a day like any other or not ?

Some opposition parties have called for demonstrations this Monday February 7, to demand the resignation of President Préval. The question is to know, if the people will follow this call for mobilization.

"Only a legitimately elected president can replace the president at the end of his mandate", has… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

Haiti - Reconstruction : Ecuador has already invested $12MM

Ecuador has spent $12MM to Haiti's reconstruction since the earthquake of January 2010 said Carlos Lopez Damm, Ambassador of Ecuador in Haiti.

After the earthquake, which killed about 316.000 people (1), and made 300,000 injured and 1.5 million people disaster, the countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) have pledged to support Haiti and… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 11:12am — No Comments

Haiti - Spain : Education and rehabilitation of blind persons

The Spanish organization ONCE (Organización Nacional de Españoles Ciegos) and its Foundation will spend nearly 134,000 euros to a project of education and rehabilitation of persons with a complete or partial visual impairments in Haiti. Most of its funding comes from contributions collected after the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, from the employees of the… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

Haiti - Argentina : Food self-sufficiency soon a reality in Haiti

José María Vázquez, the Argentina Ambassador in Haiti, announced that the program of cooperation "Pro Huerta", conceived by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and the Ministry of Social Development, included 120,000 people. The program will now expand to 1 million people over 3 years and 4 million people over 7 years, so the entire population living in… Continue

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Haiti - Carnival 2011 : 90 million gourds to party !

At the national level, the costs for the organization of the the various Carnivals [from March 6 to 8] is estimated to 90 million gourds (+/- $2.2MM ). The Government is expected to contribute 45% of this amount (40 million gourds) the remainder must be financed by sponsors.

The distribution of this budget between the various cities (Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Cap… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 7, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Haiti - Elections : The CEP has not delivered the expected results on February 2

Half past midnight... the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) which was to publish the final results of the first round yesterday February 2, 2011, as written on its schedule, has not kept its commitments.

We are February 3 and still no time for the publication. Some journalists have fallen asleep, others left the scene. The only "generous" information… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 3, 2011 at 10:25am — No Comments

A Taste of Paradise in Haiti (Yes, Haiti)

A Taste of Paradise in Haiti (Yes, Haiti)

By Adam Jones

Note: Larger versions of the photos that accompany this article

can be found in the…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 2, 2011 at 11:03am — No Comments

Haiti Travel Guide

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 2, 2011 at 10:36am — No Comments

Haiti - Elections : UN fears major social unrest...

24 hours prior to the publication of the final results of the first round of elections, UN expects obviously serious and important social unrest in Haiti if we refer to a note sent to its staff :

Situation :

The announcement of the result of the presidential elections is expected to take place on Wednesday, 2nd February 2011. This may impact on the… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 1, 2011 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Haiti - USA : The marathon of Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, arrived Sunday afternoon at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport of Port-au-Prince, in order to promote the implementation of the recommendations of the Organization of American States (OAS) and try to find a solution to the political crisis in Haiti.

In the plane which led to Haiti, Secretary of State, responding to… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 1, 2011 at 9:52am — No Comments

Haiti - Reconstruction : At Davos, Leonel Fernández is promoting Haiti

At the annual meeting of the powerful of the policy and the economy, "the World Economic Forum (WEF)" in Davos, Switzerland, which closed its doors this Sunday, the Dominican President, Leonel Fernández who participated yesterday, Saturday to the roundtable "Develop the private investment in Haiti", has proposed a broad plan to build homes to house more than a million… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 1, 2011 at 9:21am — No Comments

Haiti - NEWS FLASH : Former President Aristide would be in Cuba !

Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, in exile in South Africa since 2004 would be in Cuba for medical reasons, according to a statement of Inmácula Nervil, the director of the "Casa de Hermandad Haitiana Bolivariana" and member of the "Movimiento Unido Socialista Haitiano" who lobbied for the return of Jean Bertrand Aristide in Haiti.

Nervil states… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 31, 2011 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Haiti - Elections : Célestin imprisoned in his silence...

Jude Célestin remains silent since that the Platform (INITE) announced his withdrawal. Recall that he still has not confirmed or denied. According to sources close to the candidate, Jude prefers to be declassified by the National Electoral Challenges Office (BCEN) rather than accept the decision of its platform. Some think he makes deliberately increasing the pressure to… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 31, 2011 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Haiti - Reconstruction : First images of the future Port-au-Prince

The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment of the Prince Charles based in London and the firm of Miami, Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ), have been committed by the Haitian Government to develop a reconstruction plan of Port-au-Prince and make proposals on the spatial organization of the perimeter declared of public utility.

The foundation, with its international… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 29, 2011 at 11:53am — No Comments

Haiti - Reconstruction : Patterson asks to the Caribbean community to get involved

During the three-day symposium on investment and capital markets in Kingston (Jamaica), Percival James Patterson, Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Special Envoy for Haiti of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has asked to the Caribbean business community to get involved in the rebuilding of Haiti (1).

He was convinced that this country, which has been… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 29, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Haiti - Elections : The United States and France are getting impatient, Jude keeps silent...

The U.S. government on Thursday urged the Haitian authorities to continue the electoral process through the organization of the second round, a position expressed in the wake of the announcement by the Platform INITE of the withdrawal of the government candidate, Jude Célestin of the the presidential race. An announcement welcomed by Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on January 28, 2011 at 1:38pm — No Comments