Haiti
World Bank Plans Haiti Strategy
December 2, 2011 | 11:37 am | 0 Comment
Above: a factory in Haiti (WB Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank's strategy in Haiti in 2012 will focus on disaster management, infrastructure, education and jobs, the organization announced. The 2012 Haiti Interim Strategy Note programs $255 million in grants from the International Development Association's Crisis Response Window. The more...
UN: Significant Advances in Haiti
November 30, 2011 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
Above: Nigel Fisher (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff There have been significant advances in Haiti in the areas of education, health, job creation and infrastructure, among others, according to Nigel Fisher, deputy special representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for Haiti. Fisher said large-scale recovery projects were already starting to more...
Interview with Yele Haiti CEO Derek Johnson
November 29, 2011 | 11:39 am | 0 Comment
Above: graduates from the charity's vocational training programme in July By Alexander Britell Yele Haiti, which was founded by Haitian-American singer Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis and Hugh Locke in 2005, had a large hand in the recovery efforts in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake in January 2010. Jean ultimately resigned from the charity in 2010. As the more...
Digicel to Build $45M Haiti Marriott Hotel
November 29, 2011 | 11:35 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Digicel Group will build a $45 million, 173-room hotel in Port-au-Prince operating under the Marriott brand the company announced. Port-au-Prince has roughly 500 hotel rooms currently in operation, and the hotel, which would target business travelers, is projected to create at least 175 jobs. Digicel, which has seen rapid growth more...
IDB, Haitian Government and Korean Firm Break Ground on Industrial Park
November 29, 2011 | 6:58 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Haiti, along with the US government, the Inter-American Development Bank and Korean apparel manufacturer Sae-A Co, Ltd, have laid the foundation stone for a new industrial park in the city of Caracol. President Michel Martelly was joined by former US President Bill Clinton for the ceremony for the 246-hectare park, more...
IDB Donates $50M for Haitian Education
November 26, 2011 | 1:14 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Henriette Moisset, Director of the Celie Lilavois School, helps a student with a speech to mark the inauguration of the new school buildings last year in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has announced the approval of a $50 million grant for education reform that Haiti launched in 2010. more...
Talking Haiti with Farah Larrieux
November 24, 2011 | 6:00 am | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Earlier this year, "Haiti Journal" debuted on WPBT South Florida, a new television programme focusing on issues of Haiti and the Haitian-American community in South Florida. The show, which is jointly produced by WPBT and the Haitian-American Professionals Coalition, is headed by Farah Larrieux, a longtime and well-known host in Haiti at Telemax, more...
Ilio Durandis: Volunteering in Leogane
November 22, 2011 | 12:00 pm | 0 Comment
Above: forests in Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor On Sunday, Nov. 6, more than 400 volunteers boarded two Delta Airlines charter flights en route to Haiti to take part in a Habitat for Humanity (HFH) construction project in Leogane for a week. On one of the planes, were former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter, both more...
Op-Ed: Haiti’s Development Paradigm
November 14, 2011 | 6:00 am | 0 Comment
Above: Haiti's Citadelle Laferrière (UN Photo/Victoria Hazou) By Eric Martin Op-Ed Contributor I read with interest several recent articles in the Caribbean Journal that provide a mix of commentaries on development in Haiti. I apologize in advance should I misrepresent any of this work – this is not my intention. I value the opinions of all three and their more...
Author Carine Fabius on Haiti, Voodoo and Her New Book, “Saturday Comes”
November 11, 2011 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
Author Carine Fabius’ literary career has spanned the globe – from an examination of the cross-cultural relationships in France to a look at how indigenous tribes in the Amazon adorn their bodies with the juice of a fruit called the jagwa. Fabius, a native of Port-au-Prince who runs the Galerie Lakaye Haitian art gallery in Los Angeles, has entered new ground in her more...
