HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operating theaters and emergency wards in Haiti are still busy. The two teams in Leogane, for instance, are carrying out an average of 30 operations each day, as are the teams at the new hospital in Carrefour. The inflatable hospital in[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Haiti: Shaken but Resilient, a Community Struggles to Survive
Port-au-Prince, HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–01 Feb 2010 – The Bel Air neighborhood in downtown Port-au-Prince has seen its share of troubles including poverty, high unemployment, gang violence and other social ills. But nothing prepared the usually resilient community for the earthquake that struck on January 20. Many of the residents were forced to[Read More…]
Obama Ignores Marijuana Question During Online Interview
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. President Obama’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, an answer to the most popular question was absent from the president’s address, which took place on YouTube this afternoon. Last year, when marijuana reform questions topped[Read More…]
Promess Warehouse: Matching the World’s Medical Donations to Haiti’s Needs
Port-au-Prince–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010. To meet the enormous health challenges posed by the January 12 earthquake, Haitian authorities, United Nations agencies and donor countries have been providing tons of medicines to scores of health partners on a daily basis through a large-scale coordinated effort run out of the country’s pharmaceuticals hub[Read More…]
Save the Children Statement on Child Protection in Haiti
WESTPORT, Conn.–(ENEWSPF)–Feb. 1, 2010. Save the Children is working quickly to uncover and gather information about 33 children reportedly stopped at the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with members of an American organization attempting to take them out of the country illegally. Save the Children is coordinating with[Read More…]
World Bank: How to Rebuild Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. By: Robert B. Zoellick In the wake of the devastating earthquake, there has been an outpouring of international support for Haiti. The first priority has been saving lives. That means getting water, food, shelter, medicine and other basic supplies to victims. The first rush must be[Read More…]
Women Must Play Active Role in Haiti’s Recovery – UN Experts
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010 – Women must be given a key role in all aspects of the emergency relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti for it to be effective and to protect the human rights of the most vulnerable, a United Nations committee warned today. “The needs and capabilities of women[Read More…]
UNICEF Aims to Bring Sense of Stability and Safety to Children After Quake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010 – Where did you sleep last night? Where did you eat? What does your neighbourhood look like? These are some of the questions United Nations staff are asking hundreds of children in Haiti after launching a new programme to keep track of children orphaned or separated[Read More…]
ANA Continues Earthquake Relief Efforts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, continues to recruit nurses who are interested in being considered for possible deployment to Haiti. Tafford Uniforms, an ANA member benefits partner, has donated scrubs for two separate deployment missions. In addition, they[Read More…]
AARP Statement on White House FY2011 Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy A. LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to the Administration’s FY2011 budget request: “The Administration’s budget request demonstrates the serious challenges of balancing the need to put our country’s fiscal house in order while also providing needed help to millions of[Read More…]
