Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Putting Haitian Citizens into the Equation

Common Dreams
by Beverly Bell
Haitian civil society has been completely bypassed in decision-making regarding the post-earthquake reconstruction process. They have thus created their own process.

Jubilee USA Welcomes Passage of Haiti Debt Cancellation Legislation

Bipartisan Congressional Leadership Paves the Way for Quick Relief for Haiti
For Immediate Release
Jubilee USA Network
Contact: Melinda St. Louis, Deputy Director, 202-783-0215, 202-441-7579
Hayley Hathaway, Communications Coordinator, 202-783-3566
The United States House of Representatives showed their support for the cancellation of Haiti’s outstanding debts yesterday through the passage of the Haiti Debt Relief and [...]

Mercenaries Circling Haiti

Common Dreams
by Bill Quigley
On March 9 and 10, there will be a Haiti conference in Miami for private military and security companies to showcase their services to governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the earthquake devastated country.

Raising Up Another Haiti

Common Dreams
by Beverly Bell
As Haiti moves forward from the current point of devastation of its population, capitol city, and economy, what could a different nation look like?
Who knows better than the Haitian majority? Why not ask them what they need and want?

Testimony of Dr. Paul Farmer to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Excerpts: full testimony, including footnotes, available on: http:/ /standwithhaiti.org/ .
Thank you for inviting me to testify today before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. I speak as the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti – President Clinton, as you know, is the Special Envoy – and also as a physician and teacher from Harvard [...]

Fighting Starvation, Haitians Share Portions

New York Times
DAMIEN CAVE

Children waiting for rice and beans distributed by the Haitian government in Port-au-Prince. More Photos

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Maxi Extralien, a twig-thin 10-year-old in a SpongeBob pajama top, ate only a single bean from the heavy plate of food he received recently from a Haitian civic group. He had to make it last.

Haiti: disaster relief or disaster capitalism?

New Internationalist
‘Helping Haiti’ has been a classic case of what the Canadian writer Naomi Klein calls ‘disaster capitalism’, where big powers use aid as a way of imposing free market arrangements and debt obligations on an enfeebled polity in desperate need of outside assistance. Already there are signs that this is at play in the [...]

World Churches welcome G7 relief of Haiti’s debt

Independent Catholic News
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed the initiative by the seven most industrialized nations (G7), which  have pledged to write off Haiti’s debts with them. In a letter from the WCC general secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC also asked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other [...]

Haiti Numbers – 27 Days After Quake

Common Dreams
by Bill Quigley
890 million. Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will forgive $290 million. Source: Wall Street Journal

World Churches welcome G7 relief of Haiti’s debt

Independent Catholic News
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed the initiative by the seven most industrialized nations (G7), which  have pledged to write off Haiti’s debts with them. In a letter from the WCC general secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, the WCC also asked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other [...]