Clean water projects

Relief for Camp Dadadou

Friday, February 26th, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dadadou is a tent city in Port-au-Prince where about 7,000 quake victims are living in tents set up on a sun-scalded AstroTurf soccer field. (more…)

Clean drinking water for Haiti’s youngest

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Gridlocked traffic, exhaust fumes, blaring horns: a typical morning in Port-au-Prince. (more…)

Hell on earth

Monday, December 28th, 2009

The village of Balan is as close to hell as you can get in this hemisphere. (more…)

Sewage problems threaten health of Haiti hospital

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

gen hospital PAP1

HAITI – Port-au-Prince’s General Hospital is a 700 bed facility that treats around 3,300 patients a week. It’s a very busy place with an emergency room open 24/7 and where patients line up at the gate at 6 a.m. to wait for an 8 a.m. opening. (more…)

The silence of the starved

Friday, June 12th, 2009

BELLADERE, Haiti – No one knew her name. No one knew her age. But everyone knew why she was there.

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Haiti’s hidden crisis

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

BELLADERE, Haiti – In the pediatric ward of Belladere Hospital, IV stands line the room like lampposts, each one standing guard next to white-barred cribs where infants lay listlessly and parents stand quietly beside.

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