Some Caribbean islands are shaped by beaches, resorts, and easy shorelines. Saba is shaped by edges — sharp cliffs, climbing roads, and an island silhouette that doesn’t resemble anywhere else in the region. It’s the sort of place travelers hear about long before they ever meet someone who’s actually been, a huge volcanic peak rising […]
Above: demolition work on Haiti’s national palace (Photo: J/P Haitian Relief Organization) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s damaged national palace was one of the lasting images of the country’s 2010 earthquake. But while Haiti has already begun the demolition process on the palace, its dome will live on in a bid to help rebuild […]
Above: an outer region of Haiti’s Port-au-Prince (Photo: KC) By the Caribbean Journal staff The foundation of US designer Kenneth Cole has opened the Kenneth Cole Haiti Health Centre at St Mary’s Hospital in the Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Cite Soleil. The project, which will include disease prevention, treatment and health education, was funded through in-store […]
Above: patients with cholera wait for treatment (UN Photo/Sophia Paris) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community has begun a project to improve sanitation infrastructure and sensitize residents of Haiti’s Cite Soleil community in the practice of safe personal and community hygiene. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project is begin undertaken to support […]
