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Revitalizing Haiti’s Agro-business Sector
Haiti is blessed with great diversity in climate, soil type and altitude, from coastal planes to mountainous regions, making it possible to grow a rich variety of crops including tropical fruits such as mangoes, tubers and vegetables for local consumption and export. Such variety is an asset and farming has historically been a major contributor [...]
Continue reading...Haiti’s fighting spirit: In the midst of the devastation the entrepreneurial spirit remains strong.
31. May 2010
Haiti’s enterprising drive was not crushed by the earthquake. As evidence, workers who lost their homes and loved ones rebounded quickly and were back at work, restoring production to pre-earthquake levels within three days of the disaster. In the aftermath of the devastating January 12 earthquake, Haiti’s entrepreneurial drive remains strong. Everywhere signs of creative [...]
Continue reading...Clinton: Haiti Rebuilding Must Address Longstanding Problems
31. May 2010
As world leaders prepare to attend the Haiti Summit that will be held in Punta Cana this week, former U.S. President Bill Clinton says that efforts to reconstruct the Caribbean nation from the devastation caused by January’s 7.0 earthquake must address the country’s longstanding problems, especially the lack of education. “Only about half of the children [...]
Continue reading...World Bank cancels Haiti’s debt
31. May 2010
The World Bank canceled the remaining US$36 million of the debt Haiti had with the help of contributions from 13 other countries, the multilateral institution said on Friday. With the announcement, Haiti has nothing further to pay to the World Bank. The Caribbean country owed the debt to the International Development Association (IDA), the institution’s fund for [...]
Continue reading...Taiwan announces Haiti debt relief plan
31. May 2010
Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Timothy C.T. Yang, said on Friday that his government will cancel the more than US$12 million in interests attached to the loans that Taiwanese banks subscribed with Haiti, in an attempt to help the Caribbean nation to reconstruct itself after the devastation caused by the January 12 earthquake. In addition, Yang [...]
Continue reading...U.S. kids lend a hand to ailing Haiti
31. May 2010
Students all over the United States have shown to be more than willing to lend a hand to Haiti in its time of need, and have been kept busy in the past few months sending help to those left homeless by January’s devastating earthquake. From gathering hundreds of dollars to collecting urgently needed items, such as [...]
Continue reading...Re-founding Haiti
31. May 2010
As world leaders begin to gather for the Haiti Summit, there is a growing sense among participants that the need goes beyond the restoration of the infrastructure destroyed by the cataclysmic earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation in January. What must be done, according to participants of the event, is to lay out the groundwork [...]
Continue reading...Haiti tops U.S.’ concerns at the start of Hurricane season
31. May 2010
In the fringes of what is expected to be a very intense hurricane season, experts are saying that Haiti tops the list of their concerns, warning that even a mild storm can spell out serious peril for the more than one million people that were left homeless by January’s devastating earthquake. Bill Read, director of the [...]
Continue reading...Monsanto donates corn and vegetable seeds to Haitian farmers
31. May 2010
Haitian farmers, who otherwise may not have had sufficient seeds to plant this season in their earthquake-ravaged country, are receiving help from a unique public and private partnership to provide access to high-quality, conventional hybrid corn and vegetable seeds in time for this planting season. The Haitian Ministry of Agriculture approved a donation from U.S.-based Monsanto Company [...]
Continue reading...Donors continue to pour out help for devastated Haiti
31. May 2010
Five months after a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, donors continue pouring out aid for the devastated Caribbean nation, contributing more than US$ 1.3 billion despite the effects of the world economic crisis, according to the Philanthropy Center at Indiana University. That total – obtained through 96 different private charities like the American Red Cross, Habitat for [...]
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31. May 2010
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