NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 August 2010 – The deputy head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is visiting Haiti to inspect recovery and development projects supported by the agency and intended to help the Caribbean country emerge from the devastation wrought by the massive earthquake in January. Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2010.  President Clinton initiated construction on the first project generated by the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC), by breaking ground on a new communal hurricane shelter at The École Communautaire Sainte Thérèse de Darbonne, a school in Léogâne, Haiti. In June, at the request of Léogâne[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 July 2010 – Actress Nicole Kidman, wrapping up a visit to Haiti today in her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, stressed the need to tackle gender-based violence and support initiatives that advance women’s livelihoods as the country rebuilds after the January earthquake. Accompanied by Inés Alberdi, Executive[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2010 – The United Nations agency tasked with promoting education has launched an initiative to send donated books to camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haiti, in an effort to restart the learning process for the country’s children whose schools and libraries were destroyed by the[Read More…]

HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–23 July 2010 – United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving in Haiti have arrested two men who had escaped from jail and are suspected of being responsible for several subsequent rapes in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) set up after the massive earthquake that struck the country at the start[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 July 2010 – Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi visited Haiti to spotlight the challenges facing children six months after the country was struck by a devastating earthquake in his role as a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador. During his one-day visit last week, Mr. Messi stopped[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 July 2010 – The humanitarian needs of people affected by January’s earthquake in Haiti remain immense, United Nations agencies and their partners said today in a report, which also takes stock of the response effort and presents lessons learned from the challenging and complex emergency. “It is clear[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2010. It has been six months since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti and claimed the lives of 230,000 people. Hundreds of thousands more were injured and left homeless. In Haiti’s hour of greatest need the international community responded. The United States and more than 140 nations[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2010.  Since the January 2010 earthquake, the Clinton Foundation has been turning the donations of money and supplies made by individuals and organizations into direct assistance for the people and government of Haiti. More than 100,000 individuals have donated more than $16 million to the Clinton Foundation[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 July 2010 – Six months after being devastated by a massive earthquake, Haiti is on the road towards enhancing its food security, with assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in building a strong nutritional foundation for all of the impoverished Caribbean nation’s people. “In the[Read More…]