This week’s question: Do you believe that international aid to Haiti reaches the people most in need? Tonia Dyer Former President Association Haitianne Du Grand Toronto No I do not believe that international aid to Haiti reaches the people most in need . Of the 2.4 billions in humanitarian funding, […]
The Canadian government has set aside $4.58 million in humanitarian aid for Haiti and other Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Matthew. That amount includes $300,000 for the Red Cross to provide emergency care and $280,000 for drinking water and child-friendly hygiene kits. Much of the federal aid is earmarked to help Haiti in the aftermath […]
Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official, as the death toll from the storm rose to more than1,000 people. The powerful hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, slammed into Haiti last week with 145 mile-per-hour (233 kph) winds and torrential […]
By Gerald V. Paul As Hurricane Matthew barrels across the Caribbean, leaving a trail of death and destruction, concerned members of the Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto, are galvanizing support for relief initiatives to assist those in the affected areas. Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the […]
End of US Humanitarian policy toward Haitian migrants By Michael Lashley “My dear friend, …I do not know if you remember the extent of my anguish[ when we first discussed this drastic change in the Americans’ policy towards Haitian migrants].Haiti certainly does not have in place the structures to welcome back home her refugees […]
By Michael Lashley I had the distinct pleasure of being among the enthusiastic aficionados invited to attend the Canadian premiere of a Cuban documentary, hosted in Toronto recently by A Different Booklist at the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI). The documentary was entitled Reembarque/Reshipment and it tells the gripping story of the Haitian presence in […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians are bracing for trouble as an electoral verification commission delivers the results of a month-long review of last year’s contested presidential and legislative elections. The five-member panel, led by a businessman who is a former ambassador to the U.S., was due to give its recommendations to Haiti’s revamped Provisional Electoral Council […]
NEW YORK CITY – The UN Security Council has expressed deep disappointment that Haitian officials failed to meet election and inauguration deadlines agreed upon in the February political accord, calling on all concerned to ensure the prompt return to constitutional order. In a statement, the council welcomed, however, the reconstitution of the Provisional Electoral […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – The UN food relief agency has committed to assisting 1.6 million people hit by droughts exacerbated by El Niño in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti and building resilience against future climatic shocks. Speaking at the end of visits to El Salvador and Guatemala to see the compounded impact of El […]
