Haiti News

Drawing from the experience of January's catastrophic earthquake which devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the city's mayor today told a United Nations-backed conference in Shanghai that local governments must be better prepared for disasters.

In the 17th century, English dictator Oliver Cromwell sent thousands of Irish into servitude in the Caribbean.

Actress Nicole Kidman, wrapping up a visit to Haiti today in her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, stressed the need to tackle gender-based violence and support initiatives that advance women's livelihoods as the country rebuilds after the January earthquake.

Karl and Ann Olsson, field associates in Haiti with Convoy of Hope, will be speaking at Community Bible Chapel on Sunday, Aug.

Her name is Hormise Datos.A For 9 years she was living illegally in the United States.A She is a Haitian and this is her story.

Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos is pledging his country's support to Haiti on a brief visit with earthquake survivors.

News reports about the devastating earthquake in Haiti have slowed to a trickle in North America but the destruction left in the disaster's wake is something Haitians still deal with every day.

Wyclef Jean released a statement Friday saying he will make a public announcement next week on whether he will run for president of Haiti.

But in Haiti, aid teams are testing a specially treated bag designed to turn human faeces into compost within weeks.

Even as they share stages with Springsteen, Bowie and U2, the Montreal rockers have always stayed true to their indie origins.

Previous Next Dr. John P. Howe III, Project HOPE President and CEO, left, and Patricia Bacuros, Project HOPE GIK Director, right, chat with Theodore Clermelie and her 10-month-old son Joseph Salomon as a delegation put together by Project HOPE visits Clinique St.

The first predominantly African-American congregation from Florida to minister in Haiti since the Jan.

Submitted Photo Father Gerald Mullally of St. Patrick's Church in Milford, Pa., sits with children from the church's "sister-parish" in Haiti.

The United Nations and its partners are aiming to reach an additional 500,000 Haitian children during a second round of emergency immunizations in the Caribbean nation that was struck by a devastating earthquake just over six months ago.

SIX months have passed, but it seems like yesterday when, on that January 12, the faces of this agitated, forgetful world turned toward Haiti, the poorest nation of the American continent.

Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean said on Thursday that he has taken legal steps toward running for president in quake-devastated Haiti, but has not made a definite decision to run.

AN Irish charity building houses in Haiti has said it has exceeded its targets in the impoverished country despite the destruction wrought by the hurricane last winter.

Treasury Under Secretary Lael Brainard met top Haitian leaders on Thursday to discuss the upcoming deployment of a technical assistance team to tighten financial management in Haiti.

Down a craggy pathway, past the open-air pews that line the emergency wing, to the right of a bright red shipping container packed with tents and toiletries that in five months has yet to be cracked open, is the Hopital Adventiste d'Haiti's "excess supply outpost."

PRINCE, Haiti a ' If it weren't hard enough looking after 2,000 earthquake victims crammed into a sweltering schoolyard, Jean Robert Charles now has to worry about rapists.