1. Jobs are everything. All humans need money — they need it to buy food and water every day. And no matter how hard the government or the aid industry tries, people will want for all three things until they are employed. The world pledged some $10.2 billion in recovery aid to Haiti after Jan. …
Can Haiti be rebuilt without the rule of law? A year after the earthquake, a powerful look at the violence threatening the country’s stability … and future. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/battle-for-haiti/
GeoEye And Google Elevate Insight: Destruction In Haiti, Then And Now Posted by: Caron Beesley on January 25, 2011 in Geospatial On January 12, 2011, the people of Haiti marked the one year anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake that devastated their country. It’s been a year since the disaster and signs of improvement dot the …
Georgianne Nienaber: New Haiti Cholera Warning, Vaccine Questions, and “Squatters” Vulnerable: “ While all eyes were on Sarah Palin’s visit to Haiti this weekend, Dr. Jocelyne Pierre Louis, Director of Haiti’s Department of Public Health and Population (MSPP) predicted a new outbreak of the cholera epidemic, particularly in Port-au-Prince and the Metropolitan Region due to …
Life in the settlement at Petionville, Port-Au-Prince, 10 months after thousands were made homeless by a devastating earthquake. A man attempts to repair electricity cables in the Cité Maxo settlement Photograph: Carlos Cazalis Children play at the camp in Petionville, Port-Au-Prince Photograph: Carlos Cazalis Children by an improvised water canal in the settlement Photograph: Carlos …
