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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...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...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...Fernandez: it is up to Haiti to make sure Int. community comes through
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said that Haiti is ultimately the country that needs to ensure the international community fulfills its pledges to help the neighboring nation recover from January’s devastating earthquake. Yet, Fernandez said that the Dominican Republic is willing to do all it can to help Haiti follow up on those promises. “It is the government [...]
Continue reading...Clinton: Haiti Rebuilding Must Address Longstanding Problems
Monday, May 31, 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...Re-founding Haiti
Monday, May 31, 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...Monsanto donates corn and vegetable seeds to Haitian farmers
Monday, May 31, 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 [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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