(Reuters) – Government planners and international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this week to reconstruct Haiti’s economy after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure. A team of 150 Haitian government officials and 90 international experts is to submit the plan to the government by Friday, said Doekle [...]
by TCRN Staff The Colombian singer Shakira announced that, through the Barefoot Foundation, she will build a new school in Haiti. Thus, the famous artist joined the list of celebrities who have sympathized with the tragedy experienced by Haiti after the earthquake. This project will be supported by Architecture for Humanity, an organization will be [...]
by TCRN Staff The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asked the Department of Migration to process work permits for Haitians living illegally in Costa Rica. This proposal aims to allow these foreigners to obtain income and send remittances home, which was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale on January [...]
by TCRN Staff The generosity of the Costa Rican community has once again shown itself. The national campaign to aid those affected by the Haitian earthquakes has received 10 tons of food, medicine, water and over $430,000 via the Red Cross of Costa Rica. The goods were collected and packaged by the national youth commission [...]
by TCRN Staff Twelve days after the Haitian earthquake on January 12, the official death toll has reached 111,499 dead and is expected to reach 150,000 by Monday. The Minister of Communication, Marie Laurence Lassec, stated yesterday to the press that teams of Haitians, Mexicans and Dominicans are still searching for survivors, despite the UN [...]
by TCRN Staff Rescuers from around the world searched yesterday for survivors in the wreckage of the earthquake which struck Haiti on Tuesday, as American troops began to distribute food and water among the population. Despite the large amount of aid being sent to Haiti in food and rescue groups, the infrastructure of the small [...]
by TCRN Staff The earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the process of recovery that had begun years ago in the impoverished country, experts fear. “It is not only unprecedented destruction. The quake abruptly halted a good start,” lamented Bob Perito, coordinator of programs from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). “There [...]
by TCRN Staff The Haitian capital was transformed into a giant cemetery after the quake that the government says will have caused over 100,000 deaths. Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night outdoors, without water or electricity because of the 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday that destroyed the largest city in the America’s poorest [...]
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