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Haiti Disaster Spurs Hopes This Time Will Be Different : The Two-Way One reaction to the Haiti disaster has been a hope that the relief efforts will allow the U.S. and others in the international ...
It involved Haiti's small disaster bureau, the United Nations, Red Cross and other relief agencies and governments. The training manuals were still being translated from English to Creole when the ...
When it comes to natural disasters, Haiti seems to have a bull's-eye on it. That's because of a killer combination of geography, poverty, social problems, slipshod building standards and bad luck ...
When it comes to natural disasters, Haiti seems to have a bull’s-eye on it. That’s because of a killer combination of geography, poverty, social problems, slipshod building standards and bad ...
Haiti has never truly recovered, its long-standing vulnerabilities only made worse by the disaster. Billions of dollars of aid money flowed in, but there are allegations it was mismanaged ...
Rescue workers search the rubble of collapsed houses in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 19. On Aug. 14, a magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck Haiti’s southern peninsula. Coming a month after the ...
Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste is the Director of Haiti's Civil Protection Division - the government body responsible for disaster preparedness and response - which she has led for 10 years. Photo: Anna ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–Jean-Max Bellerive, Haiti's 52-year-old prime minister, started his 15-hour business day Thursday after getting up from his tent outside his damaged official residence.
The toll of Haiti's devastating earthquake is likely to extend well beyond those directly impacted. Relief workers and volunteers who parachute into disasters to help may find themselves stepping ...
watching as Haiti copes with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. As a result, you might be struggling over how to talk to your children about the disaster, and how to protect them from news ...