NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2010.  Several fraudulent solicitations claiming to be from or associated with the William J. Clinton Foundation are circulating the internet in various languages. Some of these scams include: Emails from an individual or individuals misrepresenting themselves as agents of the Clinton Foundation regarding an International Roundtable conference[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the wholesale rebuilding of Haiti as he urged donors to provide $11.5 billion over the next 10 years for the reconstruction of the Caribbean nation that was devastated by a massive earthquake in January. “What we envision, today, is[Read More…]

Port-au-Prince / New York–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – With the majority of the Haitian population still extremely vulnerable, donors attending the United Nations conference in New York on March 31, must not take measures that would limit the populations’ access to health care, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  As Ministers, delegates and aid organizations meet in New York this week to discuss the reconstruction effort for Haiti following the devastating earthquake on 12 January, the people of Haiti say they want jobs to be their path toward rebuilding. In a survey of over 1700[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– President Clinton provides an update on how donations to the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund are being used and what he has learned from his trips to Haiti. Thanks to donations from individuals and corporations, the Fund has allocated more than $3 in donations to organizations on the ground[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – On the eve of an international donor’s conference for Haiti at the United Nations, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, Plan International, World Vision International, Oxfam and UNICEF have stressed the importance of ensuring children, young people and their families are at the centre[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – Haiti’s human capital will play a crucial role in the country’s recovery following January’s catastrophic earthquake through food-for-work projects to stimulate the agricultural sector, as part of a new plan unveiled by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today. Working in concert with donors[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2010 — The American Red Cross today announced its long-term recovery plan for spending the rest of the nearly $400 million it has received in Haiti donations. The announcement comes two days before an international donor’s conference hosted by the United Nations to discuss ways that governments and[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2010 – The “smart” rebuilding of Haiti after January’s earthquake will require some $11.5 billion of spending over the next 10 years, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today ahead of Wednesday’s international donor meeting on the way ahead for the Caribbean country. “That is our challenge in New[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 March 2010 – Some 200 Haitian families have been moved into the first of an expected five transitional sites being set up to decongest spontaneous settlements of those left homeless by the 12 January earthquake, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today.[Read More…]