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Posted by Cassandra on March 5, 2010
DePaul University is collaborating on a microfinance program designed to increase investment in the country’s economy, DePaul Magazine writer Ruhan Memishi reports. Working with Vincentian organizations worldwide, DePaul hopes to lay the foundation to “give Haitians seed money to create and develop small businesses that will make a big difference.” The program, called Zafen, is [...]
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Posted by Cassandra on February 4, 2010
“The people of Haiti understand what these folks were trying to do—-steal babies. Whether it was to peddle their flesh or to bring to “the Lord” in Idaho these babies were stolen plain and simple and I am very glad that they are being charged and pursued.”–E.R. Brown, commenting on nytimes.com Haitian officials on Thursday [...]
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Posted by Cassandra on January 25, 2010
This post includes an audio interview. See link at the end. The Haitian Development Fund serves the medical needs of residents in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood called Sarthe. For almost a decade, HDF has provided critical care to the mothers and children who visit the Sarthe Neighborhood Medical Clinic, which is “smaller than a Chicago bungalow,” [...]
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