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Australian and Norwegian Governments Sign Contributions for Haiti’s Reconstruction Fund
The World Bank announced last Friday, June 18, that the governments of Australia and Norway have signed contributions to the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF). According to the World Bank, Australia honored its pledge for AUS$10 million (US$8.64 million) made at the United Nations meeting in March. Norway has honored its pledge for NOK$200 million (US$31.2 million), [...]
Continue reading...Haitian Prime Minister Visits Miami to Discuss South Florida’s Role in Reconstruction of Haiti
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti will discuss South Florida’s role in the reconstruction of Haiti at a luncheon for the trustees of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce on June 16, 2010. Plans to build a new Haiti from the ground up following the devastating January 12 earthquake are underway, with full [...]
Continue reading...As reconstruction of Haiti begins, Geological research from U.S. Geological Survey scientists will assist in defining new building codes
Saturday, June 12, 2010
New building codes to ensure that structures in Haiti are more earthquake and storm resistant in the future will be based on research provided by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). At the time the January 12, 2010 earthquake hit, Haiti had no uniform building code standards in place, a factor that contributed to the [...]
Continue reading...New website makes it easier for Haiti’s Diaspora to connect with projects for rebuilding
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Before the earthquake, dollars from the Haitian Diaspora have given the Haitian economy a boost. The one to two million Haitians living outside of Haiti sent home an estimated $1.9 billion in remittances, accounting for up to 30 percent of the nation’s GDP. As Haiti begins the long process of recovery and redevelopment following the earthquake’s [...]
Continue reading...U.N. Stabilization Mission Head in Haiti, Edmond Mulet, says peace will be in Haiti’s future if we do a good job on reconstruction
Thursday, June 10, 2010
The head of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, Edmond Mulet, is urging countries to take “decisive action” towards promised assistance to Haiti as the island nation struggles to rebuild. In particular, he stressed the importance of institutional reconstruction, one of the four pillars of Haiti’s action plan for recovery and development. A [...]
Continue reading...Taiwan aid package commitment to Haiti totals US$121.37 million
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tawain’s Central News Agency (CAN) reports that Chen Wu-hsiung, chairman of the country’s Council of Agriculture (COA) discussed Taiwan’s assistance to Haiti during the recent summit in the Dominican Republic, held on June 2, hosted by Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Taiwan’s total aid package to Haiti over the next ten years is estimated to be around [...]
Continue reading...With the 2010 World Cup kicking off, Haiti’s passion for the sport and the spirit of its national “football family” remains strong
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
For a small island, Haiti has an unusually huge passion for soccer. In fact, the official FIFA website, the world’s governing body for the sport, says that Haiti has a passion for soccer that is “among the most intense on the planet.” Dr. Yves Jen-Bart, President of the Haitian Football Federation and one of the [...]
Continue reading...Fernandez: international community to cover Haiti’s fiscal deficit
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The international community pledged to cover the fiscal shortfall Haiti was facing this year, one of the main objectives set out for the summit held this week in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic. “It was a major concern for the Haitian government, due to the abrupt shortfall in fiscal income caused by the tragedy, that [...]
Continue reading...Venezuela pledges more than $2.65 billion to Haiti’s reconstruction
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The Venezuelan government has pledged to provide 2.65 billion dollars to Haiti’s reconstruction efforts, forgiving the debt that the earthquake ravaged nation has with the state-ran Petrocaribe and by setting up a “solidarity fund of fuel imports,” which would provide benefits of more than 2 billion dollars over the next six years. “All of this means [...]
Continue reading...Preval: strengthening of democracy is crucial to Haiti’s recovery
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Haitian President Rene Preval said that the strengthening of his country’s democratic system is essential to its long term recovery from January’s devastating earthquake. Preval, in his speech during the Haiti Summit being held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said that lack of political stability has gotten in the way of progress over the last 50 [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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