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Article: Haiti fights its fears
Aid workers fighting Haiti’s cholera epidemic are not just facing a shortage of medical staff and a lack of sanitary facilities, they also have to deal with the fear of an unfamiliar disease. Karline Kleijer, emergency aid...
Article: Wyclef Jean: from pop star to presidential candidate
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean wants to be the next Haitian president. The former Fugees singer announced his candidacy on 5 August, just a few days before the registration deadline. Not much is known about his election programme, but his fame...
Radio Show: Money - what money? The world fails to cough up the cash for disaster-hit Haiti
Network Europe - 16 July 2010. Money - what money? The world fails to cough up the cash for disaster-hit Haiti. It ain't over till the fat lady sings - but what does it take to be an opera singer these days? We visit London's Literary...
Article: Haiti needs a plan - US gives a billion plus
The debris from his collapsed apartment building is still lying there. United States rescue workers painted ‘17 January 2010’ on the damaged walls. That was the day they searched for survivors, in vain.
Article: Rape: a new disaster in earthquake-torn Haiti
Rape has always been a major problem in Haiti. But since January’s earthquake, women and girls have become easy targets. In the lawless environment of the tent camps, no one is safe from the gangs who prey on vulnerable victims....
Article: Tents, canvas or a jail cell as rain falls in Haiti
Too few tents and too much rain, even though the rainy season has yet to begin in earnest. In Haiti there are still major problems providing aid to the people made homeless by the earthquake of 12 January. Many people are soaked to the...
Article: Why Chile is not a second Haiti
Although Saturday’s massive earthquake in Chile was a terrible tragedy – the death toll currently stands at over 700 – things could have been much worse. Registering 8.8 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was 500 times...
Article: Haitian mayor also struggling with death toll
The mayor of Port-au-Prince says he believes the death toll from the earthquake in Haiti is much lower than officially stated. Radio Netherlands Worldwide issued a report earlier this week after conducting research in Haiti which...
Article: Haiti quake death toll well under 100,000
Haiti has buried an estimated 52,000 victims since the earthquake on 12 January 2010. More bodies still lie under the rubble, but the total number of casualties will not surpass 100,000 - that's according to observation and research on the...
Article: First aid for Haiti’s cultural heritage
Museums, palaces, churches, sacred voodoo sites, archives: Haiti’s cultural heritage was also devastated by January’s earthquake. The Dutch Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development wants these buildings and their cultural...
