NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 March 2010 – Shelter remains the biggest and most urgent priority in Haiti, two months after it was struck by a catastrophic earthquake, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he visited the country for the second time since the disaster and stressed that the world has not forgotten[Read More…]
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Secretary-General Ban to Visit Haiti on Sunday as Post-Quake Relief Efforts Reach Two-Month Mark
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a one-day visit to Haiti on Sunday, his second to the Caribbean country since the 12 January earthquake, his spokesperson announced today. While in the capital, Port-au-Prince, Mr. Ban will meet with President René Préval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive,[Read More…]
American Red Cross Issues Two-Month Progress Report for Haiti Earthquake
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010. The American Red Cross today issued a two-month progress report describing its efforts since the January 12 earthquake and sharing its plans to address longer-term needs such as emergency and longer-term shelter. “While there is still massive need everywhere you look, I have seen signs of resilience,[Read More…]
Walmart Fires Cancer Patient for Legally Using Medical Marijuana
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010. Joseph Casias, 29, has sinus cancer and an inoperable brain tumor. Despite his condition, he has dutifully gone to work every day for the last five years at a Walmart in Battle Creek, Michigan, where in 2008 he was named Associate of the Year. Casias is[Read More…]
Chile: Red Cross Supplies Medicines and Helps Prisoners Contact Families
Santiago de Chile–(ENEWSPF)–12 March 2010. The earthquake and tidal wave that struck Chile on 27 February also affected the inmates of prisons in the Bío-Bío and Maule districts. In Lebu, prisoners had to be evacuated to a school after the collapse of an external wall. They are now back in[Read More…]
Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund Fact Sheet, March 12, 2010
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010. Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)3’s on the[Read More…]
Make Tracks to Park Forest’s New Wetlands Discovery Center
Two young participants with plaster replicas of an animal track which they made. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– ME4E will be offering their very popular Keep on Trackin’ program on Saturday, March 20 from 1:00-2:30 pm in Park Forest’s Wetland Discovery Center. Find out who has been visiting your home[Read More…]
Illinois Weekly H1N1 Activity Information Estimates, March 12, 2010
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010. Illinois H1N1 CumulativeVaccine Allocation*(As of March 12, 2010) Allocated 4,465,700 Ordered 3,587,200 Shipped 3,583,020 * The above table represents H1N1 vaccine allocation for the 10 million people in Illinois who live outside the city of Chicago. Chicago receives an H1N1 vaccine allotment for its3 million residents[Read More…]
H1N1 Flu: Situation Update, March 12, 2010
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2010. Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of February 28 –March 6, 2010, most key flu indicators remained about the same as during the previous[Read More…]
Chile: UNICEF to Reach Out to 1 Million Quake Victims
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 March 2010 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is providing emergency education and water services for 1 million Chilean children and their families in the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck the South American nation on 27 February. A tsunami inundated part of the coastline, wiping[Read More…]
