‘Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief’ Announces Superstar Lineup of Operators Standing By

NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, and LONDON, Jan. 22 - »Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, » today announced that some of the biggest names in film, television, and music will be working the phones and taking donations from Los Angeles during tonight’s broadcast. « Hope for Haiti Now » will air on Friday, January 22, [...]

Real Madrid to help rebuild school in Haiti

MADRID – Real Madrid plans to provide funds to rebuild a school that was destroyed in the earthquake in Haiti. Team president Florentino Perez said the Real Madrid Foundation will donate money to resurrect the Ecole Saint Gerard in Port-au-Prince. Real Madrid will work with a Spanish NGO that founded the school. It had 1,200 [...]

Haïti: Thierry Henry fait un don de 56.000 euros

MADRID — L’attaquant français du FC Barcelone, Thierry Henry, a fait un don de 56.000 euros à l’ONG Médecins sans frontières pour venir en aide à Haïti après le séisme du 12 janvier, a annoncé vendredi le club de football catalan. « L’attaquant +azulgrana+ a collaboré avec Médecins sans frontières et a décidé de donner 56.000 [...]

Athletes Leading Haitian Recovery Efforts

Images from Haiti have pervaded the media and blogosphere over the past week and a half, with scenes of disaster ever-present on the American consciousness. Donations and relief aid have come from all parts of our society. With the disaster seemingly in a place so far removed from the realities of American life, however, it [...]

Report: Mathieu survives earthquake

Former North American Soccer League defender Frantz Mathieu, who could not be contacted during the days following the earthquake in his native Haiti, reportedly is alive, according to ChicagoBreakingSports.com. Mathieu, the MVP of the 1981 Soccer Bowl for the Chicago Sting, also played for the Manic de Montreal. According to former Manic player and current [...]

U.S. Private Security Firms Head to Haiti

Just days after Haiti was devastated by a powerful earthquake, The Nation reports [2] that some of the same private security companies operating in Iraq and Afghanistan are preparing to set up shop in the Caribbean nation. A trade group representing military contractors and private security firms, the International Peace Operations Association, has launched a [...]

Sans secours, les habitants de Petit Goâve font front

La ville de Petit Goâve, 20 000 habitants à l’ouest d’Haïti, a son miraculé : Michael Saintima. Ce petit garçon de 5 ans a passé sept jours dans les ruines de sa maison et a été secouru. « Je l’ai cru mort. Et il n’a rien », raconte sa maman Elonne, en montrant une simple [...]

Des oeufs brouillés pour 13 dollars : Haïti en pleine fièvre inflationniste

Les oeufs brouillés à 13 dollars, la nuit d’hôtel à 200 dollars : Haïti est en pleine fièvre inflationniste depuis le séisme. La nourriture, les boissons, l’essence changent de main à des prix records et les spéculateurs se frottent les mains. À Port-au-Prince, les sinistrés du tremblement de terre manquent de tout et surtout des [...]