Jim Luce on Haiti & Haitian-Americans

J im Luce arrived in Haiti on the last day of the last century - New Year's Eve, 1999.  He stayed in the Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince where he heard the vodoo rock band Ram play - and met the Haitian orphan care expert who would become his first director there.

Series: The New Haiti (2012)

Architects Announce Six Final Plans for Haiti Housing Collaborative

First 100 Global Advisors Join Haiti Int’l. University Center

Haiti Two Years Later: For Many, 10% Better – For Uni Haiti, 20%

Haitian-American Professionals Return to Haiti to Help Post-Quake

International Crowd Gathers for “Uni Haiti” at Upper East Side Gala

Global Advisers of Ambitious Haiti Project Lauded at Foundation Event

Haiti YMCA National Office & Youth Center Open in Port-au-Prince

Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti

Latino College Students Fund Haitian High School Graduates

NYC's Japan Americans Fund Haitian Students Dream of International Study

One Year After Earthquake, AIA's Creative Homes for Haiti

Small Organization with Big Vision for Haiti

Small Town America Rallies for Both Haiti and Japan

The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Mountain Bike Haiti: Ecotourism as International Aid

New University to Rise in Haiti as Higher Education There In Collapse

One Year Ago: Orphans International Worldwide Benefit for Post-Quake Haiti

Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Rebuilding Haiti thru Partnership: UPenn & Haitian Ministry of Education

With Haitian Ambassador at Orphans International Worldwide  U.N. R eception 2006.

Series: The Earthquake (2009-2012)

Eyewitness: Haiti Has Improved Somewhat in Last Two Months

Skype Interview with Josh Silverman on Haiti and Bettering Humanity

Film Shown at U.N. Donor Conference on Collapse of Haiti’s Presidential Palace

Airplane Interview with the American Ambassador to Haiti

Film Shown at U.N. Donor Conference on Collapse of Haiti’s Presidential Palace

Inside the Shantytowns at Haiti’s Ground Zero

U.N. Blue Helmets from Sri Lanka Come to Our Assistance in Haiti

Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn

Dr. Judy on Trauma of Disasters – like Haitian Earthquake

Dr. Lauri Grossman: On Being Human, Becoming Whole

A Songwriter’s Passion for Haiti, Healing and Global Citizenship

Connecting Disaster Relief Through Technology After Earthquake in Haiti

Damon Dash Gallery Hosts Benefit for Haiti

No Word Yet From Our Orphaned Children in Haiti

Haitian Student Reflects on Earthquake and its Aftermath

Orphans International Worldwide Haiti Survives Second Shock in Jacmel

Haitian Leadership Mentoring Program for Orphans Growing in Leogane

Top Ten Private Initiatives in Haiti Supplement Big Players in 2010-11

Trip to Haiti #22: Some Changes at Bottom, Same Old Stuff at Top

Two Major Haiti Relief Benefits at NYC's Historic Webster Hall

Series: The Arts in Haiti / Haitian-American Art

Film on Haitian Art: In the Eye of the Spiral

Which Publisher in U.S. will Discover Haitian Writer Frankétienne?

Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully

Haiti History & Politics Seen Through Amazing Film of One Big Band

Saving Grace: A Celebration of Haitian Art in New York City

Surprise at Tribeca Festival: Best Film on Haiti Ever

Series: My Early Years in Haiti (1999-2009)

A Tour of Cité de Soleil on the Edge of Port-au-Prince

Can We Change Perceptions? “The Obscenity of NGOs”

Fleeing the Mob up a Haitian Mountain

Essay: Busy Lives Crossing in Busy Airports – Dr. Jean Pape

Eye on Haiti Photography Exhibit at Yale Club

My First Trip to Haiti: Fear and Empowerment (2001)

Orphans International Worldwide: One Day of My Life in Haiti

Photographic Archives from Devastating Hurricanes in Haiti

Waking Up to Bright Sunshine at OI Haiti

Series: The Haitian Diaspora

One of Many: Diaspora Doctor Continues to Help Haiti

Haitian-American Professionals Returning to Haiti to Help Post-Quake

Hip Hop Saves Lives’ Wan-Luv Summer Music Series in NYC

Series: Microfinance in Haiti

Zafèn Haitian Microfinance Effort Engages Haitians to Forge a New Future

Zafen Microloan Program for Haitian Businesses Announced at NYC Launch

Zafèn: Redefining "Interest" in the Changing World of Microfinance

Zafèn: New Interest-Free Microloan Initiative Launched for Haiti

Something Good in Haiti: Zafèn Attracts $276,000 in First Nine Months

Fonkoze: Haitian Diaspora Unites Across U.S.

Fonkoze Helps Rebuild Haiti through Microfinance Following Earthquake

Series: Live from  Léogâne (Post-earthquake in 2010)

Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for Orphan Mentors

Live from Leogane: Orphans Int'l. Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan

Live Report: No Spiders to Bite Me in My Pre-Dawn Haitian Shower

Live Report: 200 Haitian Earthquake Survivors Interviewed for 10 Chinese Scholarships

Live Report: Tremendous Progress Accomplished in Six Long Haitian Days

Live Report: Orphans International Worldwide Goes Live in Leogane, Haiti

Live Report: Cement Dust Coats All of Haiti, as 9/11 Dust Coated New York

Series: Haitian History

Jean-Claude Duvalier: His Place in Haitian History

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