Stories about Haiti from December, 2007
Haiti: Prayer for the New Year
Pwoje Espwa bids 2007 farewell and welcomes the New Year with a prayer.
Haiti: Meaning of Christmas
Pwoje Espwa says Christmas is “less commercialized” in Haiti.
Haiti: Haiti Now! Film Festival
kiskeácity links to a review of the Haiti Now! Seminar, held earlier this year: “There have been some misunderstandings between anglophone West Indians and Haitians over Caricom and its role...
Haiti: Restavek
Denise Green at Haiti Innovation blogs about the island's Restavek situation.
Haitian Magistrate on the Right to Die
A magistrate from Cap-Haitien shares his views on the right to die [Fr].
Haiti: The Needs of Children
“I would argue that the measurement of progress in a country is…the ability of that country to meet the needs of its children”: Haiti Innovation refers to a UNICEF report...
Haiti: Citizen Media & Transparency
kiskeácity wonders if citizen efforts to help Haiti should incorporate blogging.
Haiti: A Neglected Disease
“With a population 8,000,000 that would mean approximately 320,000 people have it”: Haiti Innovation focuses on the prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) on the island.
Haiti: Reviving Tourism?
Haiti Innovation has a few ideas about how to revive the island's tourism industry.
Haiti: Of Policies & Procedures
“I like to think that my time in Haiti has made me a kinder, more patient Tara. As it turns out maybe that is only true in certain situations”: Livesay...
Haiti: Climate Change
Haiti Innovation wonders what the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change means for Haiti.