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Rubble from Haiti’s National Palace to Help Rebuild Cite Soleil

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 […]

Is Haitian Politics a Pyramid Scheme?

The problem with politics in Haiti By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor I have had some time to think and analyze Haitian politics, especially since the Fall of Duvalier. And one theme that keeps coming up is that of a pyramid […]

Haiti’s Martelly Meets With US’ Obama

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly with United States President Barack Obama By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly held his first-ever meeting with United States President Barack Obama on Thursday at the White House in Washington, DC. The […]

Haiti: United States Has Disbursed $2.5 Billion Since 2010 Earthquake

Above: the Caracol Industrial Park (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States has disbursed more than $2.5 billion in Haiti since the earthquake in January 2010, according to a State Department release issued Wednesday. That number […]

Haiti: Designs Released for $5 Million Football Stadium in Cite Soleil

Above: a rendering of the project By the Caribbean Journal staff Project Phoenix has officially unveiled the designs for its planned football stadium in Haiti. The 12,000-seat, $5 million stadium in Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil neighbourhood is the brainchild of Delos’ […]

Haiti Reports Relocation of Nearly 3,700 Earthquake Victims

Above: clearing rubble after the earthquake in Haiti (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government recently relocated 3,670 victims of the 2010 earthquake, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced Monday in a statement. The group included 2,500 people […]

Helping Haiti’s Youth, Through Football

Above: Football in Haiti (Photo: GOALS) By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, something stood out to Kona Shen. Despite the rubble, despite the ruin, young Haitian children continued playing football. Soon after, […]

In Haiti’s Villa Rosa, Building Back May Not Prove to Be Better

Above: Villa Rosa (Photo: Kendi Zidor) SEVERELY DAMAGED DURING HAITI’S 2010 EARTHQUAKE, the metropolitan area known as Villa Rosa is a striking example of what has gone wrong with reconstruction. The absence of a government presence is as noticeable as the […]

Haiti Launches Plan to Reduce Seismic Risk in Northern Portion of Country

Above: Workers clear rubble in the aftermath of the earthquake in 2010 (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has launched a project to reduce seismic risk in the northern portion of the country. Haitian Interior Minister Thierry […]

A “Huge Difference” in Haiti, United Nations Development Chief Says

Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly with UNDP Chief Helen Clark (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has made progress in rebuilding the country following the January 2010 earthquake, according to United Nations Development Chief Helen Clark. Clark was […]

Interview with Benjamin Krause, Haiti Director for Sean Penn’s J/P Charity

Above: a street in the town of Delmas 32 in the days after the earthquake. Since 2010, J/P Haitian Relief Organization has cleared 200,000 cubic metres of rubble — and is still doing so. (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Alexander Britell […]

The Search for Aid Money in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Money is not real. It is only used as a reference to the worth of goods or services in society. Its worth is printed on the currency that we carry in our pocket or wallet. […]

Haiti Turns Quake Debris into New Homes

Above: Haitian workers recycling earthquake rubble (Photo: UNDP) By the Caribbean Journal staff A large portion of the total rubble from Haiti’s earthquake is being recycled into materials for building new homes as part of a pilot project by the […]

Finding Strength in Haiti’s Darkest Day

Above: A man walks past rubble in downtown Port-au-Prince after the January 2010 earthquake (UN Photo/Marco Dormino) By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Now comes time for remembrance. What history will surely describe as the darkest day in Haitian history, in […]

Op-Ed: Jake Johnston on Humanitarian Aid in Haiti: Supply and Demand

Above: A woman sits in front of her home at a camp for persons displaced by the January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By Jake Johnston Op-Ed Contributor 
 “Donors and aid organizations prefer to be the boss […]

Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again

Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]

Partners in Health’s Joia Mukherjee on Haiti, Cholera and the “Free Man”

By Alexander Britell Since 2000, Dr Joia Mukherjee has been the medical director at global healthcare nonprofit Partners In Health, which is active in 12 countries around the world. Dr Mukherjee, a Harvard professor who also consults for the WHO […]

Oxfam: Time to Lead on Haiti’s Tent Cities

Above: a tent city in Haiti (Photo: UN) By the Caribbean Journal staff International aid group Oxfam warned that leadership is needed from new Haitian President Michel Martelly’s government to help the 630,00 people still living in tent cities in […]

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