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Haiti adoptions mired in delays

Assistant principals looking to adopt children from Haiti mired in delays as conditions worsen http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/assistant-principals-adopt-children-haiti-mired-delays-conditions-worsen-article-1.455702 BY BEN CHAPMAN Henry Renelus (r.) and Regina Tottenham are trying to adopt three Haitian children affected by the earthquake, but bureaucratic red tape has complicated and delayed the process. Seven months ago, two Bedford-Stuyvesant school administrators visited Haiti and were …

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Samuel A. Worthington: Rebuilding Haiti in the Time of Cholera

Samuel A. Worthington: Rebuilding Haiti in the Time of Cholera: “International NGOs are working flat out to try and contain the cholera outbreak in Haiti, which by November 22 has killed at least 1,344 people and threatens hundreds of thousands more already traumatized by January’s devastating earthquake. The epidemic adds yet another layer of misery …

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Haiti: As violence obstructs cholera efforts, PAHO calls on population to support relief and medical workers

Haiti: As violence obstructs cholera efforts, PAHO calls on population to support relief and medical workers: “Date: 18 Nov 2010 Source: Pan American Health Organization”

Haiti: Cholera response plan less than 10% funded

(Port au Prince, 20 November 2010): The response to last week’s UN-led appeal for 164 million USD to fight cholera has so far been insufficient for an adequate response to the epidemic, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti said today.”While we are very grateful for the contributions received so far, both cash and in-kind, so far …

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Haiti Election Looms, Vying for Focus Amid Crises

People waited outside an office in Port-au-Prince for a chance to pick up national ID cards, which are required for voting in Sunday’s presidential election. CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Crushed buildings from the January earthquake still spill out onto sidewalks here, people are collapsing from cholera at hospital doors and a …

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