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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 [...]
Categories: Chicago, Haiti economy, Haitians, Missionaries, Relief, Technology |
Tags: Chicago, depaul, economy, Haiti, microfinance | 
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Posted by Cassandra on January 23, 2010
brick stone dust and bones an island in ruins, floating on sea of memory
Categories: Haiku, Haitians |
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Posted by Cassandra on January 23, 2010
This haiku is dedicated to all Haitians and people everywhere who have responded to their need. Earth rumbled below Sky opened and rain became Many hands of mercy -Cassandra
Categories: Haiku |
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Posted by Cassandra on January 20, 2010
A guest editorial by S. Eudora Smith Unlike any other mass tragedy of our time, the devastation from the earthquake in Haiti has been framed through the intimate lens of social media—from the video posted on blogs of children fleeing a crumbling orphanage in Port-au-Prince to tweets from the owner of a hotel describing the [...]
Categories: Communications, Haitians, News, Technology |
Tags: citizen journalism, Haiti, reporting, social media | No Comments »
Posted by Cassandra on January 19, 2010
For the next two weeks, Google Voice is offering free calls to help U.S. citizens reach relatives in Haiti. Google Voice is a telecommunications service launched by the world’s largest Internet search firm. The free service allows users to link all of their phones using a single Google-provided number. In another response to the Haitian [...]
Categories: Communications, News, Technology |
Tags: earthquake, gadget, google, Haiti, missing persons, people finder, relatives, voice | 1 Comment »
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