NPR is to run a two day series on Haiti. Follow this link to hear today's episode titled, "Fighting Gangs to Save a Port-au-Prince Forest."

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As this year comes to a close, it is only natural to ask if Haiti is better off this year than last. In many regards, the answer is yes. Haiti is safer, kidnappings are down, and democratic elections are (fingers crossed) around the corner. However, while these are all encouraging signs, progress to the fast majority of Haitians is incremental if not nonexistent. Read more »

This title is taken from a book about the relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two radically different countries that share the same island. Their relationship is extremely poor, fueled by paranoia on both sides. Dominican treatment of Haitians ranges from callous to positively inhumane. Haitians continue to flock to the Dominican Republic to work in the cane fields, construction, and a variety of other jobs that Dominicans do not want....at least not at the rate Haitians are paid. Read more »

Haiti undoubtedly has one of the most compelling histories of the Western Hemisphere. Haiti was the first free black republic, second only to the United States. Napoleon’s massive losses in Haiti, at that time worth more than all thirteen American colonies, contributed to the transfer of land from France to the United States known as the Louisiana Purchase. Haitian troops fought in the American Revolution. Though its problems are many and severe, Haiti's history enriches the western hemisphere.

The Haiti Water Well Rehabilitation Project - a joint effort between the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti (CNP) and Living Water International (LWI) - moved forward in 2005 with the achievement of several milestones. First, twelve (12) wells have been repaired thus far in 2005 bringing the total number of wells put back into service since the project’s inception to fifteen (15). Second, CNP/LWI has recently contracted the services of local area residents to perform recent repairs. The passing of these two milestones restores potable water to 15 communities and provides intermittent, but regular, jobs for our local contractors. Read more »

I am pleased to have been introduced to Haiti Innovation and this community. This site plays an important role in bringing all of our efforts together to build a better future for Haiti. Read more »

FLASH NEWS RELEASE ! Collective Bargaining Contract Signed at the Ouanaminthe CODEVI Free Trade Zone
Batay Ouvriye is pleased to inform the public in general, all those who have been following the situation at the Ouanaminthe Free Trade Zone, and particularly those involved in the workers' struggle there, that, after several months of negotiations, a final agreement was signed during the afternoon of Tuesday, December 13th, between management at the Codevi Free Trade Zone (Grupo M) and the SOCOWA workers' union, affiliated with the May First Batay Ouvriye Union Federation. Read more »

There are few places in Haiti where you can see trees that are a hundred years old but many places where you can see the environment eroding right under your feet. By contrast there are many places in Haiti were children linger around without a thing to do and those children born into a country that depends on agricultural production to survive have no knowledge of the earth surrounding them outside that of the Port-au-Prince slums they live in. Read more »

Haiti Innovation is proud to announce the recent receipt of a Google AdWords Grant, which now enables us to reach a far greater audience in the development community. In addition to being already syndicated on numerous public blog feeds (the blogosphere), an AdWords campaign will now place an HII link in the right margin of Google’s website when key words are used in a search. (Try google-ing “Haiti” or “MINUSTAH”). Read more »

In an article posted today by the Economist Intelligence Unit, they reported on a World Bank analysis of regional customs houses in Latin America and the Caribbean. What they came up with was shocking, but not unexpected. According to the article, the report (which I have been unsuccessful finding) concludes that Haiti's customs houses are at the bottom of the list for efficiency. Read more »