A year after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, a newspaper documentary about the nation’s plight premieres

OVERVIEW

Color of Hope (C.O.H) is a grassroots, community-based organization that strives to strengthen Haitian-Americans and the Haitian Immigrant community in Palm Beach County and surroundings through the combined strategies of community organizing, advocacy, education social services, cultural outreach, leadership development, and forging productive relationships with other communities. C.O.H works to…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

We love to see island folk doing big things so we were very happy to read about Haitian-American designer Hassan Pierre… in the May 2010 issue of US Vogue, no less!

While folks may not always associate Haiti with haute couture, Pierre, who is a 22 year old grad of Parson’s School of Design, has fashion in his blood, as he…

Frederik Hahn ( DJ Haitian Star ) still remains one of the hottest insider tips, even though he started deejaying in the mid-80`s. Since then the German artist with Haitian roots has been spinning all over the planet rock from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Scandinavia, USA,…

Haitian Music reviewers

By: Recklaz

People who write Haitian music reviews are almost always Kompa lovers, and they will often listen to a piece of Kompa music again and again to discover all the nuances and sensations the piece can offer. Depending on the Kompa reviewer, their opinions may or not be objective.

Kompa reviewers are in the business of…