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Haiti’s Camp Residents Seek Solutions As Money to Clean Latrines Disappears
Above: Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince AS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS in Haiti begin their drawdown, millions earmarked for cleaning latrines departs with them, while those in the country’s camps seek answers. With support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Haiti, Phares […]
Op-Ed: Water and Caribbean Development
By Wayne Campbell Op-Ed Contributor “Providing sustainable access to improved drinking water sources is one of the most important things we can do to reduce disease” — World Health Organization Director General-Dr Margaret Chan The international community recently commemorated World […]
Op-Ed: When Will the United Nations Pay for Its Actions in Haiti?
By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor Less than a week after cholera began its violent spread throughout Haiti, a UN military base in the central plateau became the prime suspect for having introduced the bacteria. The UN was quick to shoot […]
Study: Food Security Situation in Haiti “Looks Bleak”
Above: small children are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity (WFP Photo/Elio Rujano) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s food security situation continues to deteriorate in the wake of a pair of intense storms this year, according to a study by […]
Haiti, With Help from Spain, Opens New Water Treatment Plant in Titanyen
Above: Haiti’s inauguration of the new treatment plant By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly inaugurated today a new wastewater treatment plant in the area of Titanyen. The 12.5-hectare project, which completed with help from the Spanish Agency […]
Op-Ed: Kathie Klarreich: Investigative Reporting on Haiti, by Haitians
By Kathie Klarreich Op-Ed Contributor For nearly two years, the battle cry over what is happening to the billions of dollars of aid money earmarked for Haiti’s reconstruction has resounded on the front pages of some of the world’s most […]
Haiti: Where Did the Money Go? An Interview with Michele Mitchell
Above: a camp in Port-au-Prince (Photo: Leslie Owen) By Alexander Britell The aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010 saw waves of aid workers pouring into the country, backed by billions in aid funds. But […]
Durandis: Haiti’s Aid-Industrial Complex
Above: a home in Leogane By Ilio Durandis Even before the disastrous earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, the country suffered immensely from the symptoms of its Aid Industrial Complex (AIC). The term Republic of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) […]
UN: Significant Advances in Haiti
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 […]
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