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Best opportunity ever: the diaspora, land and public service
[Re-posted from Develop Haiti] In my periodic search for news about the most consequential issue for Haitians–right after emergency food and medicine–I came across an Ansel Herz article and as luck* would have it, a
… ContinuePosted by Carla Murphy on June 16, 2010 at 1:25pm — 5 Comments
New map: completed and planned t-shelters
Posted by Timo Luege on June 16, 2010 at 10:00am — 5 Comments
Mobile Phone Data Sheds Light on Exodus After Haiti Quake
If there’s one thing people do not stop doing in the wake of an earthquake – it is making calls from their cellular phones.
Using mobile phone data collected before and after Haiti’s January earthquake, researchers have produced a comprehensive picture of where residents of Port-au-Prince went after the disaster.
In a… Continue
Posted by Emma Jacobs on June 15, 2010 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments
ITU and Haiti Government Plan Round Table on Rebuilding Haiti Telcoms June 29-30 in Barbados
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Posted by Evan Hansen on June 13, 2010 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments
Housing the Displaced: Emergency Shelter Coordinator Gerhard Tauscher
Gerhard Tauscher acts as the Emergency Shelter Coordinator for the Shelter Cluster in Haiti. Prior to arriving in the country, Tauscher worked with the Red Cross on roughly twenty operations.
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Posted by Emma Jacobs on June 15, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments
Forecast on Haiti: Alex as a Tropical Cyclone
We are not ready for it. The city of Leogane can not even sustain light rain, let alone a hurricane. Those are the words being expressed by the people of Leogane. As one radio station reported that the National Hurricane center warned there is a 60% chance for Hurricane Alex to hit Haiti as tropical cyclone within the next few days, the people are getting very nervous about this forecast. This is considered the first hur
… ContinuePosted by Ilio Durandis on June 15, 2010 at 11:16am — 4 Comments
Do's and Dont's for Technical Education in Haiti
Marla Petal is the co-director of Risk Reduction Education for Disasters (Risk RED) since she experienced a serious quake in Turkey, soon after… Continue
Posted by Emma Jacobs on June 14, 2010 at 3:00pm
Lack of Infrastructure (Grandrivye, Jacmel)
By Enel Beauliere
A note on Granrivye, seventh communal section of Jacmel:
The people of the area felt lost and neglected. They can’t believe that in the 21st century, they still have no access to a public heath center. The only way to get treated, if they become sick is to go to a neighboring town. Madame Louis Victor, a mother of five children, with a tearing eyes, was explaining
… ContinuePosted by Ilio Durandis on June 14, 2010 at 1:00pm
Facilitating Financial Transactions in Haiti with Mobile Banking
(The ruins of UniBank in downtown Port-au-Prince near Champs de Mars, formerly one of the largest banks in the country. Photo: Arikia Millikan, April, 2010)
Last week, the Bill & Melinda Gate… Continue
Posted by Arikia Millikan on June 13, 2010 at 4:30pm — 7 Comments
Reforming Reform: Judicial Edition
The Wall Street Journal reports on moves by the Senate Appropriations Committee t… Continue
Posted by Jake Johnston on June 11, 2010 at 10:15am — 8 Comments
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Good communication is essential 7 Replies
Four and a half months after the terrifying January 12, things do not seem to have changed for the affected population. Or not enough. While people in the camps have received much help from humanita…
Tagged: media, press, communication
Started by Claudel Victor in General. Last reply by Toni McNulty 3 hours ago.
let's start rebuild Haiti ! 133 Replies
wake up ! so Haiti wi'll face to order dificulty so we must start rebuild to put some of people in the street in a better place .How can we start ? How can you start ? How can i start ? i think we h…
Tagged: ilio
Started by vixamar bernard in General. Last reply by Denny Seabright 9 hours ago.
NO MORE POOR HOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE IN HAITI 33 Replies
I have just finished reviewing the various T-Shelters on PICASA of shelterhaiti2010 examples and find each to be inadequate, unless one accepts gradual deterioration over time, or sudden loss in a ca…
Started by alan scouten in General. Last reply by Alister Wm Macintyre 11 hours ago.
Volunteering in Haiti 23 Replies
I get a daily digest of Google Alerts for the term "Haiti" so that whenever it is mentioned on the web, the links are sent to my inbox. Today I came across a posting on Yahoo Answers that is reminisc…
Tagged: organizations, secular, volunteering
Started by Arikia Millikan in General. Last reply by Toni McNulty 19 hours ago.
Weather Forecast Haiti 52 Replies
I do not plan to post stuff here every day, only when the forecast is particularly bad.I selected Forum, not Blog, for this, because we can attach files to Replies.I plan to attach my sources of info…
Tagged: risks, forecasting, winds, hurricane, Al-Mac-promises-promises
Started by Alister Wm Macintyre in General. Last reply by Alister Wm Macintyre 23 hours ago.
Concrete Crushers on the ground?
To those who are on the ground or have been there, I am wondering if there are large concrete crushers set up on diferent blocks in POP? If not, why not? Also why is it that all I hear about is tempo…
Started by Denny Seabright in General 1 day ago.
MY PROMISE: Pillaging Of Haiti Will Stop! 2 Replies
Started by Wilgëens Rosenberg in General. Last reply by Wilgëens Rosenberg 1 day ago.
KozeAyiti - Building informed society through communication 2 Replies
Hello Rewired Community, My name is Moses Shumow, I'm the project director for a communication initiative focused on Haiti that has been launched at the University of Miami (FL). I look forward to b…
Tagged: training, collaboration, communication, journalism, media
Started by Moses Shumow in General. Last reply by Moses Shumow Jun 14.
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