Malya Villard-Appolon, 2012 CNN Hero of the YearMalya Villard-Appolon is the woman that was named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year. This was given to her for the work she has done in order to combat against sexual violence towards women in Haiti. She will be speaking at the Northern Illinois Univer... |
Reconstruction of Faculty of Sciences (FDS) at State University of Haiti (UEH)The University of Haiti, located in Port-au-Prince, is also known as UEH and it is one of the best institutions in Haiti. Unfortunately the earthquake in 2010 destroyed a great deal of the campus. They are receiving $7.3 million in order to r... |
Raoul Peck, named Tisch School of the Arts? new scholar-in-residenceRaoul Peck, the former minister of culture of the Republic of Haiti is an award winning filmmaker. He has been named as a new scholar-in-residence at Tisch School of the Arts’, New York, United States. Christine Choy one of his former colleag... |
President Michel Martelly decorated Pastor Wallace TurnbullAt Haiti’s National Palace in March, President Martelly conferred Commander of the Order of Honor and Merit on Pastor Wallace Turnbull, who established the Conservative Baptist Mission of Haiti (CBMH) in Fermathe in 1943. Present at the honor... |
Furcy, a mountain village up past KenscoffHigh up in the mountains—so remote one can access it only by foot, horse, or 4-wheel drive—is the mountain village of Furcy. Not known for much save its remote location 30 miles outside of the capital, the village sits on a ridge surrou... |
Optometry program planned for University of HaitiHaiti has long been a country with limited, ready-to-use resources. As such, the population has had to make do with having less than what is acceptable in other countries. One area in which this rings true is that of optometry. The country of over ... |
Michaelle Jean awarded the Grand Cross by France's Legion of HonourMichaëlle Jean is a stateswoman and a successful Canadian journalist who served as the 27th Governor General of Canada between 2005 and 2010. Jean was born on born September 6, 1957 in Port-au Prince. Her father was a principal and teacher for... |
Clean Cap-Haitien in preparation to the Festival of the SeaThe Haiti North Regional Office of Tourism (NROT) has been promoting a campaign to raise awareness of the excessive littering and trash disposal that has turned the streets of Cap-Haïtien into a virtual dumping ground. The city has dedicated a... |
Coffee farmers in Thiotte, HaitiThiotte is another success story of rural farmers supported by Root Capital’s small-business model is COOPCAB, a chain of nine first-tier coffee collectives, with a member base of 5,000 coffee farmers, who have banded together to produce prem... |
Philippe Derose, First Haitian-American U.S. Public OfficialPhilippe Derose, birth date of November 22, 1952, was born in Liancourt, Haiti, but grew up in St. Marc. His parents, a father, who worked for the Government of Haiti (GOH) and mother who ran her own catering service, fed and clothed nine children,... |
Haiti Caravan of InvestmentThe Caravan of Investment is a special event the Consulate of Haiti in Orlando and the Centre to facilitate Investment in Haiti (CFI) have today, (June 25, 2012) organized in Orlando, at the ‘Majestic’ starting from 6:00 pm. The event, ... |
Haitian Government wants Trade and Investment from The BahamasThe Government of Haiti (GOH) is pushing hard to repair, re-build and improve its infrastructure destroyed by the 2010 earthquake by increasing trade and investment with the Bahamas. Much of the focus has been on stimulating Haiti’s tourist t... |
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