Economists and development experts such as Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen have zoomed in on and elaborated the potential of distributed renewable energy resources and technologies to do much more than address […]
Haiti’s future may be brighter than you think | Public Radio International
Haiti remains locked in a political stalemate despite international efforts pushing for legislative elections. It’s just one of many challenges facing the Caribbean nation. It would seem that not much has changed in […]
Setting the Record Straight on Haiti’s Recovery | Patrick Rouzier
I read with great disappointment a Wall Street Journal op-ed about Haiti’s recovery efforts (“Bill, Hillary and the Haiti Debacle,” May 19). Unfortunately, the piece gets many key facts about the approval […]
Clinton hails ‘model school’ in Haiti | IOL News
The former US president began the visit with a tour at a solar-powered primary school in Cite Soleil, a forsaken seaside slum that is one of the Caribbean nation’s poorest neighbourhoods. The […]
Sean Penn on rebuilding Haiti – FT.com
They are an unlikely double act. Lamothe, the son of a painter and an expert in Spanish literature, is a former entrepreneur who founded a telecoms company before moving into Haitian politics; […]
Haiti and City of New Orleans Plan Cooperation on Tourism
The mission should lead to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry and the city, which would develop a joint programme focusing on cultural tourism, heritage management and tourist […]
Haiti: Designs Released for $5 Million Football Stadium in Cite Soleil
Phoenix bills itself as a “world-class soccer facility and self-sustaining community for the people of Cite Soleil,” an impoverished area which is a UN red zone due to security issues. The stadium […]
Aristide university in Haiti to create law school that will bring US legal scholars to teach – The Washington Post
Like the private medical school associated with Aristide’s foundation, the law program hopes to bring U.S. academics to help students practice the profession. The University of the Aristide Foundation was founded in […]
Is Tourism Haiti’s Magic Bullet?: An Empirical Treatment of Haiti’s Tourism Potential
Yet the prospects for tourism are still highly uncertain. After coups in 1991 and 2004, recreational tourism has all but vanished.5 Since the devastating 2010 earthquake, one is more likely to see […]
IDB bankrolls Haiti energy reforms | ReNews – Renewable Energy News
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $25m policy-based grant to support modernisation of Haiti’s energy sector. The cash, which is made up of $22m from the IDB Grant Facility and $3m […]
A SEED of hope in Haiti | MNN – Mother Nature Network
Although basic relief assistance in Haiti after last week’s devastating earthquake is far from over, many in both the humanitarian and architectural fields are thinking ahead to the rebuilding and reconstruction stages. […]
Haiti launches tourism ad campaign and vacation packages from U.S.
Haitian officials see tourism as an important means to boosting the island’s economy and providing work for locals; however, skeptics worry that too much emphasis on the travel industry leads to minimal […]
Léogane dotée d’un commissariat flambant neuf – Radio Television Caraibes
« Vive le Canada ! », s’est exclamé de son discours de circonstance, en présence de plusieurs personnalités haïtiennes et étrangères, l’inspecteur général de police Jean-Claude Jeune, lors de l’inauguration des locaux […]
Building “Qatar City” in Haiti
“The partnership agreement with USAID is a testimony to the commitment of the State of Qatar through the Qatar Haiti Fund to helping the Haitian people recover after the devastating earthquake of […]
Haiti – Reconstruction : $13MM from Germany for Hydropower Plant of Péligre – HaitiLibre.com
As part of its bilateral cooperation with Haiti, on the Rehabilitation of Hydroelectric Plant of Péligre, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is committed to continue the joint program and […]
Haiti Under President Martelly: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns – R42559.pdf
One-third of the Senate seats expired on May 8, 2012. Elections to replace those legislators were to have taken place by January 2012 at the latest. These and local elections for municipal […]
USAID Project Works to Improve Farming and Food Security in the Southeast Department
Haitian farmers, students and politicians came out for the annual agriculture fair in Jacmel, Haiti on May 1. The USAID-funded Haiti Title II MYAP project hosted a booth at the Ministry of […]
Star-studded Haiti charity auction nets $5M | MNN – Mother Nature Network
Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Orlando Bloom, Demi Moore, Hilary Swank, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, were just some of the A-list stars in attendance for an evening of fundraising […]
Finding peace in post-disaster Haiti – Salon.com
On January 17, 2010, five days after the earthquake in Haiti, while hurrying to a press conference in the back of a pickup truck, I spotted two bodies lying in the sun. […]
Haiti, An Unlikely Location for Luxury – NYTimes.com
Still, at $162 a night, the hotel is well beyond the reach of most Haitians, 78 percent of whom live on $2 a day, according to the Haitian government. So who is […]
Fashion Designer Donna Karan: How I’m Helping Haiti—Exclusive | Hollywood.com
Famed fashion designer Donna Karan visited Miami’s Little Haiti Cultural Center on May 18 for a cocktail party and panel sponsored by Grey Goose as part of Haitian Heritage Month. Karan’s company […]
Haiti must act to address housing crisis – Oxfam
The housing sector was hard hit by the 2010 earthquake, with losses and damages totalling $3 billion and the demand for housing increasing from 300,000 to 500,000 homes after the quake, Oxfam […]
Cannes: Sean Penn in Focus in ‘Haiti Untold’ Documentary – The Hollywood Reporter
Haiti Untold, a new documentary looking at the efforts to rebuild the island nation after the devastating 2010 earthquake, will have its world premiere at the Cannes market on Wednesday. The feature-length […]
The Government of Haiti Streamlines Disbursement of Reconstruction Funds | Reuters
Lamothe stated, “The Martelly administration inherited a country that was not only devastated by an earthquake, but also by the previous governments. Progress is continuous and momentum is on our side. If […]
Sean Penn: Il est temps de saisir les opportunités en Haïti
« Les Haïtiens sont capables et désireux d’être les agents du changement, » a-t-il observé. « Nous devons les reconnaître, coopérer avec eux et être disposés à accepter leurs perspectives. » Penn, […]
“Mrs. Clinton Can Have Her Factories”: A Haitian Sweatshop Worker Speaks
Marjorie Valcelat ran an embroidery machine in a factory from 2005 to 2008. She says the experience made her so sick and weak that she’s not felt able to work since then. […]
Les expulsés en Haïti | Médium large
La productrice haïtienne Rachèle Magloire et la photographe d’origine française Chantal Regnault ont coréalisé le film Expulsés, qui fait le portrait d’Haïtiens expulsés de leur pays d’accueil. Ils ont grandi aux États-Unis, […]
Rep. Barbara Lee Pushes Bill to Assess Haiti’s Post-Earthquake Aid – Atlanta Black Star
“The Haitian people have continued to demonstrate resiliency, strength, and bravery despite the tragic events that have occurred. It is beyond time that in turn, Congress supports Haiti to ensure that relief […]
Canadian aid experts raise concerns about ‘lapsed’ funding for world’s poorest
“We can’t get a straight answer out of anybody,” said development expert Ian Smillie. “There is worry this is cutting by other means.” Sources within the Canadian International Development Agency have said […]
Lambert Wilson salue la vitalité d’Haïti – Incas Production
«Les Français imaginent soit que c’est catastrophique ou que tout est réglé, mais ce n’est ni l’un ni l’autre. Je n’ai pas vu de traces du séisme et je constate une grande […]
Haiti Recovery: “We Can Grow Our Own Chickens”
“We can grow our own chickens,” Barjon said, and she was not joking as she faced the audience of mostly white males. Haiti imports some 9 million eggs A DAY, when the […]
Fault Line: Aid, Politics and Blame in Post-Quake Haiti | GlobalPost
More than two years after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that ravaged Haiti, less than half of the $3 billion the U.S. had been committed to rebuilding the country has actually been disbursed. Reconstruction […]
Regardez Assistance mortelle – videos.arte.tv
Le 12 janvier dernier, le troisième anniversaire du séisme qui a fait, en Haïti, 230 000 morts, 300 000 blessés et 1,5 million de sans-abri, a donné lieu au même bilan sévère […]
Haiti, Anguilla Lead Caribbean in Expected Hotel Room Supply Growth
Haiti led the Caribbean in expected hotel room supply growth through March, according to a new report from STR. Haiti’s expected hotel room supply growth was 58.2 percent, if all 560 rooms […]
Haiti Approves 84-Room “Monte Cristo” Hotel Project in Tabarre
Haiti’s Interministerial Commission on Investment has approved a $9 million hotel project in Tabarre. The 84-unit Monte Cristo Hotel & Suites, which is the brainchild of developer-investor Donald Max Guillaume, will be […]
Haïti – Tourisme : Construction d’un nouvel hôtel «Monte-Cristo Hôtel & Suites»
Le projet « Monte-Cristo Hôtel & Suites » a reçu l’approbation de la Commission Interministérielle des Investissements (CII). En conséquence, ce projet bénéficiera de tous les avantages incitatifs prévus au Code des […]
Radio Metropole Haiti ! | MIT s’engage à aider dans la formation scientifique en Haïti
Le ministre de l’éducation Nationale et de la formation professionnelle, Vanneur Pierre, a signé le mercredi 17 avril 2013 un accord de coopération dans le domaine de l’enseignement des mathématiques avec les […]
Landmark MIT-Haiti Initiative Will Transform Education In Haiti – kcentv.com
“An important priority of our government is to improve educational quality and access,” said Lamothe. “The MIT-Haiti Initiative is demonstrating this by coupling, for the very first time, state-of-the art educational technology […]
Le Nouvelliste – Haïti et MIT signent pour une éducation mieux adaptée
Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) de Boston s’engage à mettre à la disposition d’Haïti des professeurs et des outils nécessaires en vue de favoriser l’apprentissage en créole des sciences et des mathématiques. […]
Haïti victime de “la pornographie humanitaire” – Télévision – Télérama.fr
C’est un film très dense, compact comme un coup de poing et d’une grande force émotionnelle. Un documentaire à charge et volontairement polémique, qui n’hésite pas à parler de « pornographie humanitaire […]
Haiti’s Inconvenient Truth / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times
That’s the greeting that awaited Michel Forst, the visiting U.N. independent expert on human rights in Haiti, when he returned to Port-au-Prince last November. His ensuing report was an ice bath in […]
US military company gets $48.6 million contract in Haiti to staff officers for UN mission
A leading U.S. military contractor announced Tuesday that it won a contract for up to $48.6 million that will help support a U.S. contingent to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. […]
Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls – Stabroek News
Not surprisingly, there has been no real response from the private sector here in Guyana to the Haitian President’s call for investment. While, conceivably, there might be niches in the construction and […]
Raoul Peck : ” L’aide humanitaire, c’est du business ” – Incas Production
Avec le documentaire Assistance mortelle, Raoul Peck tire un puissant réquisitoire contre les bailleurs de fonds et les organisations non gouvernementales. Négligeant le dialogue avec les Haïtiens, marginalisant leur gouvernement, ignorant souvent […]
Le Nouvelliste – Martelly inaugure 2,5 km de route à Ennery
En marge de la célébration du 210e anniversaire de la mort de Toussaint Louverture, le président de la République, Michel Joseph Martelly, a procédé le dimanche 7 avril 2013 à l’inauguration du […]
IPS – U.S. Aid to Post-Earthquake Haiti a “Black Box” | Inter Press Service
Of the 1.15 billion dollars in U.S. contracts and grants awarded since the earthquake, Johnston and Main report that “over half went to the top 10 recipients of global USAID awards”, particularly […]
Haïti: comment (re)construire le pays?
“Car s’il faut tout reconstruire, une grande partie du développement économique du pays est aussi à mettre sur pied”, disait un rapport de la Banque Mondiale. Mon constat Vendredi 15 mars dernier […]
Study finds Haiti aid largely went to US groups – Yahoo! News
The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake and found that the “vast majority” of the money it could follow went straight to […]
Le Nouvelliste – Best western, “un acte de foi dans l’avenir d’Haïti”
Le Nouvelliste – Best western, “un acte de foi dans l’avenir d’Haïti” .
Premier jour à l’Académie pour les aspirants-policiers de la 24ème promotion « MINUSTAH
Ils ont été sélectionnés parmi 26 147 jeunes postulants qui avaient présenté leurs dossiers, après avoir subi une série de tests écrits et oraux, d’exercices physiques et d’examens médicaux. Certains d’entre eux […]
