'Lack of national plan' heightens struggle to rebuild unstable Haiti
Political instability, natural disasters and a cholera epidemic, plus a confused aid effort, mean there is still work for Haiti to doFather Kawas François, a Haitian Jesuit priest, sighs deeply when...
View ArticleHaiti earthquake three years on: 'people are too poor to rebuild' – video
Father Kawas Francois, a Haitian Jesuit priest, says rehousing people still living in tents three years after the earthquake in Haiti is difficult because of powerful local interests. He bemoans...
View ArticleThere is hope for Haiti, despite what the critics say | Prospery Raymond
Articles complaining about Haiti's inept recovery since the earthquake hit three years ago don't tell the full storyOver the past two months, I have read a lot of articles about Haiti: critics...
View ArticleHaiti's press hails 'courage, dedication, creativity' in aftermath of...
Three years on from the 2010 tragedy, Haiti's media bemoans the slow reconstruction effort but retains a sense of optimism"Oblivion, inertia and shame" reads the headline on Haiti's reconstruction...
View ArticleA serious food crisis is brewing in Haiti – here's how to stop it | Prospery...
Haiti's farmers need investment in seed banks and water management to help them sell their produceAs well as exporting cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, mangos, breadfruit and potatoes, Haitians rely...
View ArticleHaiti 2010 earthquake: then and now – in pictures
Three years after the earthquake that claimed between 230,000 and 300,000 lives in Haiti and left 1.5 million people homeless, reconstruction continues slowly. These images show scenes of devastation...
View ArticleHaiti launches 10-year plan to eradicate cholera yet UN funds fall short
Haiti faces an enormous challenge to combat a cholera epidemic amid waning aid commitments and a fragile government• NGO fixes homes in return for Haitians taking tenantsThe Haitian government's $2.2bn...
View ArticleHaiti's problems can't be addressed without greater co-operation and trust
Haiti's recovery rests on a less piecemeal aid effort and a greater willingness to put the country in control of its own destinyIn February, I wrote about the food crisis in Haiti. Three months on, I...
View ArticleUS aid for Haiti falls short of promises
USAid criticised in 'alarming' report that finds delays, poor leadership and mismanagement after Haiti earthquakeSome of the key US-funded projects to help Haiti recover from the 2010 earthquake have...
View ArticleTourism can help Haiti return to its halcyon days | Prospery Raymond
Visitors to Haiti can help trigger redevelopment, providing much-needed funds to boost infrastructure and create jobsHaiti proclaimed its independence in 1804, the first country in Latin America and...
View ArticleHaitian business looks beyond foreign aid four years after deadly earthquake...
Though Haiti's commercial climate remains mixed after the 2010 quake, there are green shoots of independent growthFour years after the devastating earthquake that levelled Port-au-Prince, the Haitian...
View ArticleHaiti earthquake: where is US aid money going? Get the data
Four years on from the disaster, the bulk of US funding still goes via American firms and NGOs rather than Haitian organisationsAmerican companies and NGOs continue to receive the lion's share of US...
View ArticleHaiti's wealth of untapped mining resources must benefit the poor
More transparency and opportunities for public participation in mining deals is the best way to avoid resource curseIn 2012 I wrote about the mining situation in Haiti and the vast potential for this...
View ArticleHaiti slum blooms into urban oasis | Rashmee Roshan Lall
Jaden Tap Tap initiative helps foster sense of pride in Cité Soleil, where residents tend and cultivate their own green spaces"Plant moringa; harvest community harmony" could be a good motto for Jaden...
View ArticleHaiti could solve its drastic plastic problem and help its most vulnerable
With waste from discarded plastic products a growing problem in Haiti, it is time informal waste-pickers were properly incentivisedTake a walk through the streets of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian...
View ArticleAid, cholera and protest: life in Haiti five years after the earthquake | Sam...
Housing projects have brought dignity to some made homeless by the 2010 earthquake, but cholera is still present and the recent political protests signal the frustrations of many• Haiti’s twofold...
View ArticleHaiti's twofold tragedy: earthquake and cholera – in pictures
Only months after Haiti was rocked by an earthquake in January 2010, the country suffered its first outbreak of cholera in half a century. Five years on, amid an ongoing furore over the possibility...
View ArticleHaitians vote in long postponed elections amid disorder and violence
The nation is still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake that devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areasDelays and sporadic violence troubled Haitian legislative elections...
View ArticleAmid devastation of Hurricane Matthew, Haitians urged to go to the polls
With many people from southern Haiti struggling with lack of food and shelter, the country’s postponed presidential elections could see a low turn-out In a classroom of a devastated local college, an...
View ArticleFood crisis looming in Haiti as aid slow to reach Hurricane Matthew's victims
The UN’s $120m aid appeal is only 40% funded, causing ‘unnecessary suffering’ for the 750,000 Haitians in dire need of support Anite Figaro remembers the night her isolated mountain community fled...
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