The government is a joke. The UN is a joke," Jacqueline Thermiti, 71, said as she lay in the dust with dozens of dying elderly outside their destroyed nursing home. "We're a kilometre (half a mile) from the airport and we're going to die of hunger. "This is one of the most serious crises in decades," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he flew into the Haitian capital. "The damage, destruction and loss of life are just overwhelming." The UN World Food Program was "pretty well on target to reach more than 60,000 people today," up from 40,000 the previous day, WFP spokesman David Orr said. But UN officials said they must raise that to two million within a month. The U.S. aid chief, Rajiv Shah, told Fox News Sunday he believed the U.S. distributed 130,000 Meals Ready to Eat on Satur...
Tragically, the Haiti earthquake has produced thousands of orphans, perhaps tens of thousands. Right now they need food, water and a home, all of which are more readily available in Canada than in Haiti. But that doesn't mean they need new families. Haiti has struggled for many years with its children being sold and traded for profit. UNICEF estimates that desperate Haitian parents have placed some 300,000 children as virtual house slaves in the homes of others. Agency reports suggest that as many as 3,000 children are trafficked annually to the Dominican Republic for sexual exploitation and forced labour. Sadly, it is a lucrative trade. While it is possible that a Haitian orphan could have more opportunities in Canada, it is also true that such a child also represents Haiti's future. I...
...The Office of Biologics of the Food and Drug Administration has identified groups at a...· Recent Haitian entrants into the United States. · Present or pas...
The situation in Haiti is grave and fragile and in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, a lack of basic needs such as food and clean water are causing stress and anger amongst the local population," [Peter MacKay] said. "The government of Canada feels it has a moral imperative to do everything in its power to help with the international relief and stabilization efforts in (Haiti), and to do so as quickly as humanly possible. Canadian law enforcement officers serving with the United Nations, most of whom are already several months into their nine-month tours, are growing frustrated at the international community's inability to get relief to those who need it most. "There are trucks and trucks just sitting at the airport," said a Canadian police officer, who spoke on the conditi...
... Malakoff, 17, as she arrived back in the Haitian capital. The group from the Slocan Valley in south...
Out of a school of just 240 students, this year's "Live Like a Refugee" event -- to be held Thursday and Friday -- has more than 100 participants signed up to take part. "'Live Like a Refugee' is going to be a challenging and exciting way to gain insight on the lives of many people whose present and future have been permanently changed by life threatening circumstances," committee secretary Sarah Dalrymple said.
... also include entertainment, traditional Haitian food, desserts and both live and silent auctions w...
... became the first democratically elected Haitian president to peacefully serve out his full mandate... both Haiti and Haitians, marked as it was by food riots, serial hurricanes, an extended and paralyzi...
... only build houses or tents for us or give food away but also to equip the people on the ground --...
... it: a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding are... Haitian partners through Canadian Foodgrains Bank and the Action by Churches Together (ACT) All...
The Canadian dead are: Yvonne Martin, a retired nurse from Elmira, Ont.; Georges and Mireille Anglade, from Montreal. He was an academic and one of founders of the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, while she was a longtime advocate for women's rights in Haiti; and Sgt. Mark Charles Gallagher, an RCMP media relations officer who had been in Haiti since July training and mentoring Haiti's police force. We need food. The people are suffering. My neighbours and friends are suffering," said Sylvain Angerlotte, 22. "We don't have money. We don't have nothing to eat. We need pure water. Salvation Army: www.salvationarmy.ca or call 1-800-725-2769. Bell Mobility customers can make $10 donations by texting the word "haiti" to 45678. Donations can be mailed to Army Territorial Headquarters, Canad...
... earthquake, based on information from the Haitian Red Cross and government officials. Worries mounte...
... business man, perceived to be part of the Haitian Diaspora, the applicant alleges that he fears pers... in Port-au-Prince which included buses and a food distribution centre. He claims that he was harasse...
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