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Live from Leogane: College Prep Leadership Training Begins for our Orphan Mentors
T he College Prep Leadership Training Program of Orphans International Worldwide ( OIWW ) Haiti launched this week at l'Ecole de la Redemption in Leogane, 18 miles west o…
Live from Leogane: Orphans International Partners with Haitian School Founded by Orphan
Leogane, Haiti. "My father, Ambroise Beauliere, wrote our school's mission statement forty years ago to provide private education at the best possible quality at the lowe…
Live Report: Cement Dust Coats All of Haiti, as 9/11 Dust Coated New York
Leogane, Haiti. It is 5pm on our first full day in Haiti. Our relief team has achieved much, but we woke up - as most Haitians do - at 5am to make it all happen. We arriv…
VIDEO: At Least 32 Dead in Second Japan Earthquake
Tokyo, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on Saturday to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitud…
He's Back! NBC's Brian Williams - Changing World for Better (2009)
Originally published in The Huffington Post , November 13, 2009. New York, N.Y. Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and C…
In Nepal, U.N. Rushes to Replace Quake-Damaged Health Facilities Ahead of Monsoon
New York, N.Y. The United Nations health agency is racing critical medical supplies to fourteen of Nepal's most earthquake-affected districts in an effort to restore heal…
Nepal: Quake’s Impact on Food Security ‘Very High’
New York, N.Y. Some eight million dollars is urgently needed to help disaster-struck Nepalese farmers rapidly recover lost agricultural inputs and resume preparations for…
U.N. Allocates $15 Million in Emergency Funds for Nepal
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. In response to severe devastation caused by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and many strong aftershocks that have hit Nepal since 25 April, the Unit…
U.N. Races to Deliver Aid as Powerful New Quake Hits Nepal
New York, N.Y. A new earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude has struck Nepal today killing at least 40 people, according to information received by the United Nations, jus…
Young Humanitarian Helping Nepali Girls Survives Earthquake
Irvine, CA. Sara Safari is a young woman who, inspired by the plight of lower caste girls in Nepal, decided to go beyond her limit and climb the world's highest mountain…
Dr. Judy on Trauma of Disasters - like Haitian Earthquake
Dr. Judy Kuriansky trained local Boy Scouts to be "comforters" in the wake of the earthquake that recently destroyed Haiti. The patients were also grateful that anyone ca…
Eyewitness: Haiti Has Improved Somewhat in Last Two Months
Léogâne, Haiti. I am sitting in the office of Belo Water in Léogâne, Haiti, on the first morning of my 21st trip here. This is my second trip since the terrible January 1…
Franketienne: Haiti's First Nobel Laureate - Hopefully
New York, N.Y. As a cultural area studies graduate, seldom do I feel over my head culturally. Standing in the home of possibly the next Nobel Prize recipient for Literatu…
Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti
Léogâne, Haiti . I am perhaps the most excited I have been in my entire life as I prepare to move to Haiti next month. Ten months after the earthquake of January 12 I wil…
The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven
New York, NY. The images from Haiti before the earthquake were dismal. 'Poorest in the Western Hemisphere,' we heard again and again. Post-quake reporting has seemed to f…
U.N. Blue Helmets from Sri Lanka Come to Our Assistance in Haiti
Leogane, Haiti. Another early day here in Leogane, Haiti - epicenter of the earthquake - for our international NGO post-disaster relief team. I brief the team over breakf…
Which Publisher in the U.S. will Discover Brilliant Haitian Writer Franketienne?
Brooklyn, NY. Having only recently discovered Franketienne – in the way that Columbus "discovered" America - I feel like a Johnny Come Lately to the cultural feast. This…