Natural Disaster

In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com

In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths – NYTimes.com.  The New York Times shows that such post-disaster idealism came to be undercut by the enormousness of the task, the weakness and volatility of the Haitian government, the continuation of aid business as usual and the limited effectiveness of the now-defunct recovery commission that …

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Haiti faces hunger catastrophe after hurricane Sandy destroys harvests | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Haiti faces hunger catastrophe after hurricane Sandy destroys harvests | Global development | guardian.co.uk. Although Haiti was not directly in Sandy’s path, the storm last month triggered heavy rains and severe flooding in the west and the south. Rivers which flooded during the storm washed away topsoil, fruit trees and cultures. Eroded banks gave way …

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New Influx of Haitians

New Influx of Haitians, but Not Who Was Expected – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/education/16winerip.html?_r=0 Miami JAN. 15, 2011 Last year after the earthquake in Haiti, Alberto M. Carvalho, superintendent of the Miami-Dade schools — the fourth-biggest district in the nation, with 345,000 students — expected to enroll thousands and thousands of survivors arriving from the devastated country. He …

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