Haiti Launches Humanitarian Action Plan
Above: flooding during Hurricane Sandy (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and the country’s international humanitarian partners have launched the Humanitarian Action Plan for 2013, which seeks to meet critical humanitarian needs for the country. The […]
A New Dawn for Haiti Tourism?
Above: Cayes-Jacmel (Photo: HTO) By Maura R. O’Connor CJ Contributor When Dominican business entrepreneur Frank Ranieri wanted to get involved in tourism in the 1970s, he crossed the border into Haiti to see how it was done. “[Haiti’s tourism] was […]
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 […]
UN Helps Haitian Police in Crime Fight
Above: peacekeepers on patrol in Haiti (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitian police and United Nations Peacekeepers have completed a four-day joint operation targeting criminals in two neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince. Operation Hope, which ended on Friday, aimed at […]