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Haiti's Homeless Languish in Limbo

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:57:49 CDT

It's been six months since a powerful earthquake rolled through Haiti, devastating lives and buildings in its path—and the landscape doesn't look much better than in the days after, reports the New York Times in an examination of the stalled recovery effort. Of the 1.5 million people displaced...

Haitian Parents Abandon Kids in Droves

Mon, 10 May 2010 10:05:00 CDT

The catastrophic earthquake that left at least 1.3 million Haitians homeless was the final straw for families that could barely afford to feed their children before. Now with aid dwindling, Haitian families are abandoning their children in skyrocketing numbers in the hope of offering them a better life—a...

Bush, Clinton Tour Port-au-Prince

M. Morris — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:30:00 CDT

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush toured Port-au-Prince today, meeting survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake at a huge homeless camp in the Haitian capital. The former presidents, who were making their first joint visit, spearheaded the American relief fundraising effort, which has drawn $37 million so far. "Our mission...

Family Survives Haiti's Quake, Then Chile's

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:37:00 CST

The Desarmes family left their native Haiti after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, joining a son in Chile for what seemed a refuge from the fear and chaos of Port-au-Prince. Their sense of security lasted barely a month. It was shattered Saturday when one of the most powerful quakes on...

One Thing Back on Track in Haiti: Mourning

Harry Kimball — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:39 CST

As the shock over the inconceivable 230,000 lost in the Haitian earthquake begins to subside, survivors have begun to shift to mourning individuals—from teachers to tax collectors, schoolchildren to elderly priests, brothers to sons. As the New York Times reports, the police chief whose daughters died on the...

Angelina Jolie Heads to Haiti

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:08:48 CST

Angelina Jolie's latest humanitarian mission: Haiti's earthquake victims. The actress and UN goodwill ambassador visited with survivors hospitalized in the neighboring Dominican Republic yesterday, and a UN rep says she is traveling to Haiti today, the AP reports. During yesterday's hospital visit Jolie, accompanied by a UN rep, "spoke with...

4 Weeks Later, Man Pulled From Rubble

Will McCahill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:11:00 CST

Relief workers pulled a 28-year-old man from under rubble in Port-au-Prince today, nearly four weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed some 200,000 of his fellow Haitians. The man is suffering from malnutrition and severe dehydration, and appeared confused, telling doctors someone had been bringing him water while...

Death Toll Passes 200K: PM

Will McCahill — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:59:43 CST

The death toll in Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake has passed 200,000, the nation’s prime minister says, calling the temblor “a disaster on a planetary scale.” Jean-Max Bellerive tells AFP that some 300,000 more are injured, 250,000 homes and 30,000 businesses lost—and more than 4,000...

Haiti Aid Piles Up at Bottlenecks as Unrest Grows

Jane Yager — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:38:00 CST

Massive amounts of aid are arriving in Haiti only to hit bottlenecks at the Port-au-Prince airport, the port or warehouses, where medicine, bandages, and other desperately needed supplies are piling up. Clogged roads, a crippled government, and outbreaks of violence mean that the aid flowing into Haiti is reaching earthquake...