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The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Commits Its Remaining Funds

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:30:00 CST

Dec. 23, 2012 - The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund announced its final grants to organizations promoting economic opportunity in Haiti. By dedicating the $54.4 million it raised after the January 2010 earthquake to support more than 50 organizations, the Fund has helped Haitians create a better future through smart, sustainable economic development.

OAS Calls for Renewed Commitment to Be a Focus in Haiti Two Years after Devastating Earthquake

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:00 CST

Jan. 12, 2012 - Two years after the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands and left over one million people homeless in Haiti, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, is calling on the international community to re-focus and re-think its aid co-ordination efforts in Haiti, and to work with the government and recognized authorities in this regard.

Executives Without Borders Launches Recycling Program to Create Thousands of Haitian Jobs

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:30:00 CDT

Port-au-Prince -- July 22, 2011 - Executives Without Borders (ExecWB), in partnership with CSS International Holdings, Inc. and Haiti Recycling, will officially launch Ramase Lajan, a “cash for recyclables” program July 23 – 24 at Wahoo Bay Beach Resort just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The event invites Haitian business leaders, NGOs and donors to learn about the plastic recycling program designed to spur sustainable jobs with significant incomes and remove the plastic from Haiti’s otherwise beautiful landscape and beaches improving health conditions.

UN: number of cholera deaths in Haiti shows signs of falling or stabilizing

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:00 CST

24 January 2011 – The number of people dying from cholera in Haiti has been on a downward trend or has stabilized in all ten of the country’s departments affected by the outbreak, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today, adding that the number of hospitalized people has also been decreasing.

Communique: Haiti-CARICOM Consultation, 5-7 Jan. 2011, Jamaica

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:30:00 CST

CARICOM, Guyana -- Jan. 13, 2011-- Arising from consultations held in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, the Government of Haiti and representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on several key project proposals designed to strengthen Haiti’s institutional and technical capacity in three priority areas: housing and settlement development; physical and environmental planning; and infrastructure development and coordination.

UN marks one-year anniversary of Haiti earthquake

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:00:00 CST

Jan. 13, 2011 -- On the one-year anniversary of the earthquake which devastated Haiti, the United Nations remembered the disaster’s victims in memorial events in Port-au-Prince, New York and elsewhere around the world.

Haiti Leaders and CARICOM Representative Agree on Capacity-strengthening Plan for Haiti

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:00:00 CST

Port au Prince -- Dec. 29, 2010 -- The Government of Haiti and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed to strengthen Haiti's institutional capacity by harnessing the full support from the Caribbean Community, the Diaspora and the Private Sector.

IDB announces record disbursements of $176 million for Haiti in 2010

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:00:00 CST

Dec. 23, 2010 -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) disbursed a record $176 million in grants to Haiti in 2010, including outlays for school reconstruction, budget support and other basic services devastated by the earthquake.

Haiti: US$3 Million World Bank Grant to Help Local Banks

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:30:00 CST

Washington, Dec. 15, 2010 —The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$3 million grant to Haiti to support a partial credit guarantee program to help local banks and cooperatives restructure the loans of borrowers affected by the earthquake.

Haiti: UN expert urges changed focus for 1.3 million quake survivors

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:30:00 CDT

21 October 2010 – With 1.3 million people still living in spontaneously formed camps nine months after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, a United Nations expert today called for a shift in the focus of humanitarian operations and more urgency in launching the reconstruction process.