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Rotary Club finishes clean water project
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A group of students at George Washington School in Chalet, Port-De-Paix, Haiti, stand before the solar-powered water filtration system that was part of a Rotary Club of Richmond Hill international relief program. Comment?
Hatboro Crew Lends Hands in Haiti
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A team of Hatboro and Upper Moreland volunteers departed last week for Haiti with the goal of building a firehouse in seven days. Comment?
MapBox + Skybox for Closer to Real-Time Imagery Analysis
... expect commercial operations by fourth quarter this year. Last year, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just miles from Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince. More recently, massive earthquakes have also struck Christchurch, New Zealand and ... Comment?
Haiti renames airport for Hugo Chavez
PRINCE, Haiti April 19 AP - Haiti is naming an airport in the country's north after the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an official says. Comment?
Haiti to Name International Airport after Hugo Chavez
An international airport in Haiti's second largest city of Cap-Haitien will be named after Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez, Latin American media reported on Thursday. Comment?
Haiti's Rough And Ready Frontier
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Mle Saint-Nicholas, at the tip of Haiti's northern "finger," sits on a wide enclosed bay, fringed with a long strip of creamy sand. Comment?
Haitian government: Welcome to Hugo Chávez International Airport
An upgraded international airport in Haiti's second largest city, Cap-Haïtien, will bear the name of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, who is on a six-day visit to the United States to tout his government's achievements, confirmed the news on Twitter Thursday afternoon. Comment?
PIH's Solar-Powered Mirebalais Hospital Opens in Haiti, Merging ...
Partners in Health 's 200,000-square-foot hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti is set to officially open its doors on April 28th, boasting state of the art facilities and incredible sustainable design features. Comment?
In Haiti, Poverty and Darkness Create More Vulnerability to Powerful Storms
... said. "If I had electricity, I would have a big refrigerator for beverages and a big TV." Degrees of poverty in rural Haiti have a common denominator: darkness. Come nightfall here, most shops close and remaining outdoor vendors sell soap, candies ... Comment?
Va. Beach 5k run/walk to raise money for Haiti
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... every Sunday and Thursday in Virginia Beach. Get the full Beacon in The Pilot and ePilot . While on a visit to Haiti, retired teacher Kathy Dowdy met Petit Frere Jackson and learned he walks two hours to the school where he teaches in the ... Comment?
Connecting with Haiti: Local prof uses old BlackBerrys to help Haitian principals
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Steve Sider has a plan for it. The assistant professor in the faculty of education at Wilfrid Laurier University plans to take used BlackBerrys to Haiti next month and give them to school principals there. Comment?
Tropical Storm Isaac slams Haiti
An elderly gentleman clears a tree from the road in Jacmel, Haiti, a day after Tropical Storm Isaac brought rains and winds across the nation. Comment?
Protester allegedly beaten to death by police in Haiti following attack on camp
... to rising sea levels brought about by global warming. Read the latest news and information here... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Allegations that a man died after being beaten by the police as he took part in a protest against an arson attack on a camp ... Comment?
Haiti: Protester 'beaten to death by police' following attack on camp
Allegations that a man died after being beaten by the police as he took part in a protest against an arson attack on a camp for displaced people in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince must be thoroughly and impartially investigated, said Amnesty International. Comment?
Can Haiti Chart a Better Energy Future?
... question for residents of ENAF2, he says. "There are no jobs for us, so we cannot pay." More than three years after Haiti suffered the worst natural disaster in its history, its recovery has been excruciatingly slow. Still, people here say, there is ... Comment?
FIFA planning tougher security for 2014 World Cup in Brazil
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... 2014 World Cup in Brazil in light of the Boston attack. FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti on Tuesday that the measures would include secret service agents, police officers, military and Interpol. Valcke also said a ... Comment?
Brazil official: World Cup, Olympics will be safe
... 2014 World Cup in Brazil in light of the Boston attack. FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti on Tuesday that the measures would include secret service agents, police officers, military and Interpol. Valcke also said a ... Comment?
Toni Pressley-Sanon, assistant professor of African and African American studies, Department of Transnational Studies, conducted ethnographic research in a farmers' cooperative community called Oganizasyon Peyizan Setiyem Seksyon Gwo Mn in the mountains of Haiti last November and December. Comment?
... through a refugee camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake near the national stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The head of the Obama administration's international food aid efforts says a proposal to shift the way food is delivered ... Comment?
... 2014 World Cup in Brazil in light of the Boston attack. FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti on Tuesday that the measures would include secret service agents, police officers, military and Interpol. Valcke also said a ... Comment?