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Haïti, une île de contraste. C’est le constat de Laurent Jacquod. Ce Jurassien collabore avec le CICR depuis 3 ans. Il a été envoyé à Port-au-Prince pour une année et gère la mission du comité...
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by Published on 09-28-12 09:33 AM
The University Commission for Development (CUD) provides scholarships to international students for study in Belgium. It is responsible for the implementation of the policy of university cooperation for development. CUD provides cutting-edge international trainings and courses for development.
Host Institutions: Participating universities and academic institutions in Belgium (Course starts ...by Published on 09-19-12 06:43 PM
Haïti, une île de contraste. C’est le constat de Laurent Jacquod. Ce Jurassien collabore avec le CICR depuis 3 ans. Il a été envoyé à Port-au-Prince pour une année et gère la mission du comité international de la Croix Rouge sur place. Il est actuellement de retour dans le Jura après 3 mois passés sur l’île.
Cet ancien habitant de Develier est administrateur, il gère le budget et les ressources ...by Published on 09-12-12 06:12 PM
Haitian student with Rome ties drowns during JSU retreat
The Jacksonville State University family today is mourning the loss of Maucler Charles, a 21-year-old international student and biology major from Ouanaminthe, Haiti. Charles drowned in a tragic accident on Saturday, Sept. 8, during an annual International House retreat to Horns Creek Resort on the Ocoee River near Cleveland, Tenn. ...by Published on 09-12-12 05:50 PM
Haiti’s prime minister sues Brooklyn-based Haitian-American newspaper for defamation
MIAMI — Haiti’s prime minister has sued a Haitian-American weekly newspaper for defamation over its reporting on the sale of a telecommunications company acquired by the Haitian government.
In the lawsuit filed Monday in Miami federal court, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and South Florida ...by Published on 09-11-12 06:45 PM
Mme. Michaëlle Craan acclamée par la diaspora Jacmélienne au Jacmel Labor Day Gala 2012.
Tous les premiers dimanches du mois de septembre, les Jacméliens de partout convergent vers New-York pour célébrer dans la ferveur la grande fête annuelle au cours de laquelle l’attention est notamment portée sur le passé et le futur de Jacmel, cette ville haïtienne connue pour son charme authentique. ...by Published on 09-08-12 06:39 PM
AWEARNESS, The Kenneth Cole Foundation, Announces Opening Of The Kenneth Cole Haiti Health Center
Kenneth Cole Launches Retail Program to Raise Continued Funds for Center
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AWEARNESS, The Kenneth Cole Foundation, announces the opening of the Kenneth Cole Haiti Health Center (KCHHC) at St. Mary's Hospital in Cite Soleil, Haiti—one ...by Published on 08-31-12 12:37 PM
Comment peut-on être Haïtien et ne croire ni en Dieu ni en la religion, me reprochait récemment une collègue non haïtienne mais francophone jusqu’au bout des ongles et se débrouillant tant bien que mal en kreyòl, la langue interne de tous les Haïtiens nés et élevés en Haïti ? Selon ma collègue, les Haïtiens devraient être le dernier groupe ethnique à nier l’existence de Dieu, car leur histoire même témoigne ...by Published on 08-30-12 12:14 PM
Above: the Royal Oasis
Haiti’s new Royal Oasis hotel will open its doors in Petion-Ville Dec. 12, according to Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin.
The announcement followed a meeting between Villedrouin and Spanish hotel company Occidental Hotels & Resorts, which is managing the project.
Occidental manages a group of hotels in Latin America and the Caribbean, ...by Published on 08-30-12 12:11 PM
LETTER OF THE DAY - Helping Haiti, helping ourselves
THE EDITOR, Sir:
An open letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister:
I would like to humbly suggest that you have an excellent opportunity to make a monumental contribution to Haiti's development that would provide a win-win situation for Jamaica and Haiti and be an example of visionary ...by Published on 08-30-12 12:05 PM
The weekend news reports showed Tropical Storm Isaac's damage to Haiti. It was evident that hundreds of people were still living in homemade tents and assorted structures no different than after the 2010 earthquake. The images appear to reflect the same conditions that were present after the earthquake.
Do you remember all the fundraisers for the earthquake victims in Haiti, from churches, ...by Published on 08-30-12 12:01 PM
UN Donor Conference: More than 100 countries pledge $15 billion 03.31.2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - "The passage of the storm Isaac again demonstrates the vulnerability of victims of the January 12 [earthquake] still living in tents," a statement from the Office of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe reads, recognizing that only a third of aid promised by the international community had been ...by Published on 08-29-12 06:50 PM
Le Bureau international du travail (BIT) a lancé une nouvelle campagne en Haïti pour tenter d'éliminer le travail des enfants, a indiqué mercredi l'organisation.
Un enfant haïtien sur dix est un travailleur domestique ou «restavec».
«Le système des restavec est indubitablement la pire forme de travail des enfants en Haïti et il a continué de se détériorer ces dernières ...by Published on 08-29-12 06:47 PM
It could be tough for Leo H. Desire Sr. to conduct mortgage fraud in Haiti.
U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel sentenced Desire on Monday to four years in prison, to be followed by a deportation to Haiti, for his role in a mortgage fraud scam that involved condos on Cobden Street in Roxbury. Desire was also ordered to pay a $75,000 fine, restitution of more than $2.8 million and to forfeit $897,000 ...by Published on 08-29-12 06:19 PM
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(ENEWSPF)--August 28, 2012. As violent crime continues to rise in Haiti, more households are helping their children cope with the trauma as well as deal with burdensome funeral and burial costs, a new University of Michigan report indicated.
Violent crimes were more common in densely packed zones in Haiti's largest urban communities, including Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes ...by Published on 08-27-12 09:34 PM
Située en face du lycée Sainte Marie, à Cocody Ambassade, la Maison des Haïtiens attend ses premiers visiteurs.
Vous avez été nommé, en novembre 2011, Consul honoraire de la République d’Haïti en Côte d’Ivoire par le président Michel Joseph Martelly. Quelles démarches avez-vous entreprises pour avoir ce statut ?
Je voudrais, avant de parler de l’installation ...by Published on 08-27-12 09:30 PM
La tempête tropicale Isaac aura fait finalement une vingtaine de morts en Haïti, selon le plus récent bilan établi par les responsables du Bureau de la protection civile. Les images, qui circulent sur le net, ne donnent qu’en partie l’ampleur du drame, selon différents témoins que j’ai pû interroger. Les autorités elles-mêmes ne pourront avoir d’évaluation réelle avant quelques jours.
Pourtant, ...by Published on 08-27-12 06:17 PM
Editor's note: Wyclef Jean is a Grammy-winning Haitian musician, actor, producer, and former member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees. His memoir, "Purpose: An Immigrant's Story," comes out next month from It Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
(CNN) -- Today, when I turned on the news, I watched in horror as Tropical Storm Isaac marched toward Haiti. Almost every news ...by Published on 08-27-12 06:12 PM
Rural residents of Haiti most easily see the benefits of composting human waste, says Sasha Kramer, the co-founder of SOIL.
Affiliation: Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL)
Location: Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Bio: Kramer is the co-founder and executive director of SOIL, a nonprofit organization in Haiti dedicated to protecting soil resources by providing ecological ...by Published on 08-27-12 09:27 AM
NASSAU, Bahamas — More than 150 illegal Haitian migrants have been detained in the Bahamas after a smuggler's sloop ran aground during Tropical Storm Isaac's trek across the region, officials said Sunday.
The islands' National Emergency Management Agency said the boat ran aground Saturday just off Andros Island as Isaac churned southwest of the Bahamas.
Immigration Director ...by Published on 08-27-12 09:23 AM
People in Haiti line up to get water from a water purification system that Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students installed this month
DAYTONA BEACH -- A tent city in Haiti is receiving clean water daily after a group from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University installed a water purification system.
The 10 Embry-Riddle mechanical, civil and aeronautical engineering students ...
