November 24, 2010
Categories: Medicine and Health
Tags: international aid, Uncategorized
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — The international response to Haiti’s deadly cholera epidemic is “inadequate” and woefully short of funding, aid groups, including the humanitarian agency of the United Nations, which is leading the response, said on Friday. “There is no time left for meetings and debate — the time for action is now,” said Stefano Zannini, …
November 24, 2010
Categories: Economy
Tags: microbanks, Uncategorized
Since the earthquake, microbanks have been working to keep credit flowing to businesses like this fabric store. CreditLeslie Thurman Léogâne, Haiti VENANTE LINO, a small-business owner who lost nearly everything in the devastating earthquake in January, stood in line here along with dozens of other impeccably dressed women, all waiting to pay the latest monthly …
November 24, 2010
Categories: Culture, Economy, Politics
Tags: Uncategorized
Amid Haitian Crisis, Opportunity: “When people ask me, as they do all the time, ‘Is there any cause for hope in Haiti?’ I answer yes. It’s more tempting to think that the situation is so hopeless that it can’t any worse, especially right now. Last week, Hurricane Tomas brought three days of heavy storms, causing …