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President Bush Signs HOPE into Law

By Robert Miller on Thursday, December 21, 2006.

hopeYesterday, President Bush signed into law the Haiti Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act (worst acronym ever). Read more »

The Kidnapping Conundrum

By Bryan Schaaf on Sunday, December 17, 2006.
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Victim If the kidnappings in Haiti have proven nothing else, it shows that no one is safe and that left unaddressed, stability and ultimately development will not take place.

Gangs have brazenly announced they would be targeting women and children. True to their word, there has been an upsurge - culminating in the abduction of a bus of school children as well as a temporary abduction of a Senator that was resolved fairly quickly. Read more »

FY 2006 World Disasters Report

By Bryan Schaaf on Wednesday, December 13, 2006.

hurricane Today marked the release of the FY 2006 Disaster Report [link], put together by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (185 chapters in all). Read more »

Haitian Police Call for Help from Caribbean Neighbors

By Robert Miller on Sunday, December 10, 2006.
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policeAccording to a recent news report, at the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police at Amaryllis Beach Resort on Tuesday of last week, Haitian Nation Read more »

Haitian Trade Bill Passes House

By Robert Miller on Saturday, December 9, 2006.

A Tenth of Haitian GDP Comes From Garment Exports

By Robert Miller on Wednesday, December 6, 2006.
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garmentsAccording to a recent study, 1/10 of Haiti’s GDP comes from the garment industry. A report released by the Progressive Policy Institute goes even further to point out one of the key arguments for granting Haiti preferential trade status: Read more »

Haiti Innovation Now on Technorati

By Robert Miller on Sunday, December 3, 2006.
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New Photos from HII on Flickr

By Robert Miller on Saturday, December 2, 2006.
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Below please find a link to Haiti Innovation's collection of photographies, which we store on Flickr. Read more »

Foundation Seguin Bamboo Advocates

By Matt Marek on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

On 2 recent visits through the mountaintop village of Seguin, I passed through a patch of Haiti's dwindling pine forest. According to a long time resident of Seguin this area is one of the country's 3 main watersheds, the othertwo being Marmelade and Macaya in the North and the South respectively. Read more »

How Far Will You Go to H.E.L.P.?

By Matt Marek on Thursday, November 16, 2006.
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Haitians, Friends of Haiti and Fans of Haitian art from around New York City please come out and support the best education program in Haiti, H.E.L.P. (Haitian Education Leadership Program). H.E.L.P. in collaboration with Galerie Monnin and Galerie Bourbon-Lally will be holding an art auction at Aristeia Capital on December 1st. Read more »