Obama Seeks $2.8B in Aid to Haiti

Obama Seeks $2.8B in Aid to Haiti, by Lesley Clark and Jacqeline Charles, The Miami Herald, March 25, 2010 Exactly one week before international donors meet to help Haiti, the president has asked Congress for $2.8 billion in aid funds. More...

Haiti Recovery Blueprint Includes Foreign Donors

Haiti Recovery Blueprint Includes Foreign Donors, by Jacqueline Charles, The Miami Herald, March 23, 2010 That's the amount each donor nation will have to ante up for a say in Haiti's early recovery under a plan Haitian President René Préval plans to present at an international donors conference in New York at month's end. More...

Haiti's Diaspora Hopes to Play Role in Reconstruction

Haiti's Diaspora Hopes to Play Role in Reconstruction, by Lesley Clark, The Miami Herald, March 24, 2010 Those who left Haiti and now live abroad, Edeline Clermont says, can't help but feel a twinge of guilt. ``Maybe if we had been there we could have done more,'' she said, acknowledging a sense of helplessness as she watches news reports about the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left the government reeling. It's that sense of responsibility, she said, that prompted the Miami nurse and 500 others with Haitian roots to spend three days in conference rooms at the Organization of American States this week, hoping to carve out a role for Haiti's diaspora in the country's reconstruction. ``We want to be a part of it,'' Clermont said of the engineers, teachers, architects, doctors and entrepreneurs who took part in the meeting. More...




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NYT: Americas Development Bank Forgives Much of Haiti’s Debt

MEXICO CITY — Haiti received a boost to its balance sheet on Monday when the Inter-American Development Bank, meeting in the Mexican resort city of Cancún, agreed to forgive $479 million of the country’s $1.2 billion in foreign debt.

To draw attention to Haiti’s long-term needs, meanwhile, former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush met Monday with President René Préval on the grounds of the toppled National Palace in Port-au-Prince and toured the central plaza, which has been transformed into a sprawling squatter camp. More..

Customs stalling aid efforts in Haiti

Customs stalling aid efforts in Haiti, by Frances Robles, Miami Herald, March 18, 2010.
As foreign do-gooders try to send humanitarian supplies, they are encountering problems -- for a variety of different reasons. More...

Trees for Haiti campaign starts -- slowly

Trees for Haiti campaign starts -- slowly, by Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, March 18, 2010
Shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I wrote that the hundreds of millions of dollars pledged by the international community to rebuild the country would be a waste of money unless accompanied by a massive re-forestation effort.
I said each of us should donate one tree for Haiti. Nearly two months later, we're beginning to see the first -- admittedly limited -- steps in that direction. More...

AIDS care rebounding in Haiti, though many lack shelter

AIDS care rebounding in Haiti, though many lack shelter, by Michael Vasquez and Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald, March 19, 2010
HIV/AIDS services in Haiti fared better than the country as a whole after the Jan. 12 earthquake, but the rise of tent cities presents challenges when it comes to prevention. More...