February 5, 2011
Categories: Corruption, Politics, Religion, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: aid, charity, Franklin Graham, monsanto, policy, Usaid
The story that best describes Haiti’s last year is not from a slum, nor from a cholera clinic. It’s not to be found in the rubble—but in a courtroom in Texas. In November 2010, Lewis Lucke, a former U.S. ambassador to Swaziland and former USAID official in Haiti, filed suit against Haiti Recovery Group Ltd. […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: Sovereignty
Tags: candidates, education, elections, woman
Haitian Women and Elections: Presidents, Politics and Power: “Reconstructing Haiti is not about buildings, projects, or money. It’s about power — about who gets to control what the future Haiti looks like. Redistributing power, and creating a new society based on different theories and practices of it, are perhaps more important in the aftermath of […]
November 24, 2010
Categories: Sovereignty
Tags: community development, grassroots
“The People Must Be Agents of Change”: The Lambi Fund of Haiti: “Josette Perard is director of Fon Lanbi Haiti, the Haitian counterpart of the Lambi Fund. Fon Lanbi trains, builds capacity of, and gets grants to women’s and small farmer organizations in rural areas. Josette’s perspectives on community development follow. The idea of development […]