Haiti Newslinks 16-17 March, 2010
17 March, 2010
UN and Haitian government to begin campaign to house homeless before rain season
Washington Post
Heberl Jeantil, 26, hammers a bent nail as he builds a frame for the
clapboard house in Delmar, Haiti, where he and two other family members
will live after …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031603831.html
Hits keep on coming for Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi
Los Angeles Times
What was supposed to be a Hit for Haiti exhibition last Friday night at the
Indian Wells tennis tournament turned into a Rift for Rivalry. …
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-20100317,0,4010065.column
UN assessor: Haiti needs $11.5 billion to rebuild
The Associated Press
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The UN regional assessor for natural
disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and
transform …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmyVPiGOHx1yMDaar5eB9TsJICGgD9EG11S04
More Quake Victims in Haiti Getting Shelter
Voice of America
Photo: AP The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies reports more than half of Haiti’s 1.3 million earthquake
survivors have now …
www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/More-Quake-Victims-in-Haiti-Get-Shelter-87817487.html
Rural Haiti Struggles to Absorb Displaced
New York Times
More Photos “ By DEBORAH SONTAG FOND-DES-BLANCS, Haiti — Before the
earthquake that changed everything, Chlotilde Pelteau and her husband lived
a supremely …
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/americas/17rural.html?src=me
Witness: Student ID card brings home loss from Haiti’s quake
Washington Post
He has had two reporting trips to Haiti since the earthquake in January and
also reported from the country when it was hit by a hurricane in 2008. …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031602484.html
Ben Stiller’s STILLERSTRONG stays strong with launch of ‘Haitian School …
USA Today
Stiller was 100% serious with his goal: raising funds to build a school in
Haiti. Post quake, Stiller’s campaign had a even greater role to play, …
content.usatoday.com/communities/kindness/post/2010/03/ben-stillers-stillerstrong-stays-strong-with-launch-of-haitian-school-initiative/1
3-day event will focus on Haiti’s future
MiamiHerald.com
Dozens of Haiti experts will discuss post-quake challenges this week at a
Miami Beach conference called Sustainable Haiti. BY TRENTON DANIEL The
future of …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/17/1532894/3-day-event-will-focus-on-haitis.html
Women fear violence in Haitian camps
CNN International
“I, like everybody else, live in a very precarious situation,” said
Exantus, who was forced to make her own shelter when her home was crushed
in Haiti’s …
edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/15/haiti.violence.women/
DNA in Haiti leads to infant in Miami
MiamiHerald.com
The identity of Baby Jenny, the Haitian baby whose plight touched 2
nations, has been confirmed by testing. BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER, FRANCES
ROBLES AND …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/16/1532934_a-match-dna-in-haiti-leads-to.html
Haiti Needs $11.5 Billion To Rebuild, UN Says
By The Huffington Post News Editors
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The UN regional assessor for natural
disasters says Haiti needs $11.5 billion over three years to rebuild and
transform the hemisphere’s poorest nation after its catastrophic
earthquake.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/haiti-needs-115-billion-t_n_501761.html
Hot Air “ Blog Archive “ US forces not flying the flag in Haiti?
By Ed Morrissey
The only one who won’t do it is the country that has sent the overwhelming
majority of supplies and resources to Haiti after their devastating
earthquake. The US refuses to fly its flag at its main relief installation
in Port-au-Prince, …
hotair.com/archives/2010/03/16/us-not-flying-the-flag-in-haiti/
Piedmont Companies Hope To Solve Haiti Housing Crisis digtriad.com …
Find today’s latest breaking Triad news headlines, updates, and coverage on
North Carolina on digtriad.com.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=138954
Transparency: The Difference Between the Chile and Haiti …
By GOOD
In the span of two months, two massive earthquakes struck in Haiti and
Chile. But while the temblor in Chile registered much higher on the Richter
scale, the loss of life and damage in Haiti was far more severe. Why is
that? …
http://www.good.is/post/transparency-the-difference-between-the-chile-and-haiti-earthquakes
Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath | Home Other …
When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the
darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=558815&publicationSubCategoryId=200
Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath – Yahoo! News
When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the
darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake
Sean Penn on Haiti’s “Difficult Nightmare” – CBS News Video
CBS News video: Sean Penn on Haiti’s “Difficult Nightmare” – Sean Penn
speaks with Lara Logan about the disastrous earthquake that hit Haiti and
the …
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6274858n
16 March, 2010
Haiti Needs $11.5 Billion, Report Says
Wall Street Journal
By JOSé DE CóRDOBA And DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS PORT-AU-PRINCE—Two months
after an earthquake pulverized the country’s capital, Haiti authorities
calculated …
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575124193965543862.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
Best of Three: Sampras, Agassi wrong to hijack Haiti benefit
SI.com
I was reminded of that excruciating, uncomfortable feeling watching this
clip from Hit for Haiti. Or, as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi call it: Hate
for …
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jon_wertheim/03/15/best.three/
3 Jets players travel to Haiti to assist efforts
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Three New York Jets players traveled to Haiti on Monday to
help with the relief and recovery efforts following the earthquake that
killed a …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-6hubOfHJGNXxDXtBN-zXYWGc_wD9EFEJDG0
AP Enterprise: US botched Haiti flights to Fla.
The Associated Press
MIAMI — As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake
overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the
federal …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggpZQuqa72whBYhZ-WltCfuki9pQD9EF7EK04
Haiti leaders rush to finish post-quake proposal
The Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s government and business community are
finalizing details of a reconstruction plan that economists say could cost
nearly $14 …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idZiVQhHcyG1gpBjzXaAmmk4_OtAD9EFF9O01
Haitian judge weighs new charge for Silsby
BP News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (BP)—Laura Silsby, the last of 10 Baptist missions
volunteers detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping, now faces a new
charge. …
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32497
Sean Penn helps out, stays in Haiti
Salt Lake Tribune
Penn is doing aid work through the Jenkins-Penn Haiti Relief Operation, in
the aftermath of Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) Look
closely at …
http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/ci_14678970
Haitian orphans find lifeline at Tenn. church
msnbc.com
Now, after trips by dozens to Haiti, thousands of dollars raised and spent,
and countless hours poring over adoption paperwork, the bond with 19
children …
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35861424/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/
Funky beach town of Jacmel could be key to Haiti’s economic revival
Washington Post
Jacmel was a happening place before the earthquake and if Haiti is to ever
revive its shattered economy, planners say the beach town needs to draw
some …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503461.html
Morning click: Yele Haiti under more fiscal scrutiny; Spector murder …
Washington Post (blog)
By Ally Schweitzer – More trouble for Wyclef Jean and his Yele Haiti
foundation: The Smoking Gun posted the organization’s 2008 tax return last
week, …
blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/03/morning_click_yele_haiti_under.html
The Health Care Blog: Aneesh Chopra on txting in Haiti
By matthew@matthewholt.net
Aneesh Chopra on txting in Haiti. By Matthew Holt. Here’s a quick video I
took at the end of Aneesh Chopra’s (the Federal CTO) talk at HIMSS. It’s a
remarkable story of the role of SMS, tools and crowdsourcing in aiding in a
disaster …
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/03/aneesh-chopra-on-txting-in-haiti.html
EUROPA – Press Releases – Factsheet Haiti earthquake (15/03/2010)
Many of the 396 health NGOs working in Haiti are due to depart in the
coming weeks, without sufficient capacity planned to arrive. There is a
risk of a large scale outbreak of diarrhoea, given the present
overcrowding, poor sanitation …
europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/81&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Foreign Policy in Focus | Sweatshops Won’t Save Haiti
This conference will be quite different from last year’s event, of course,
coming as it does on the heels of the worst earthquake to strike Haiti in
two centuries. An agenda has already begun to take shape: It’s already
clear that a …
http://www.fpif.org/articles/sweatshops_wont_save_haiti
Marginal Revolution: One of the best ways to help Haiti: modify FCPA
By Tyler Cowen
An American entrepreneur who does business in the Caribbean recently
explained the Haitian landscape to me this way: “We did not bother with
Haiti as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act precludes legitimate U.S.
entities from entering the …
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/03/one-of-the-best-ways-to-help-haiti.html
Sean Penn Still In Haiti
By Katy Hall
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a
hospital tent above one of Haiti’s biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a
face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that’s Sean Penn.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/15/sean-penn-still-in-haiti_n_498831.html
Haiti quake victims strained Florida hospitals – More health news …
As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed
Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal
government for …
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35880244/ns/health-more_health_news/
Haiti’s Excluded
How the earthquake aid regime sidelines those it intends to help.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100329/lindsay
