Posted on 13 May 2012.
Haiti’s countryside Trou Du Nord may hold the key to relieving it from centuries of poverty, disaster and disease: There is gold hidden in its hills — and silver and copper, too.
A flurry of exploratory drilling in the past year has found precious metals worth potentially $20 billion deep below the tropical ridges in the [...]
Posted in Haiti News, International, National, Politics & Perspective, Reconstruction News
Posted on 08 May 2012.
Haitienne Magazine wants all to remember Haitian Flag Day in remembrance of May 18, 1803, the day our first flag was created. The creation of the Haitian flag was one of the primary symbols of freedom, and source of pride from the Haitian Revolution.
The flag shows the spirit of freedom and rebellion against slavery, it [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Haiti News, National, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 03 May 2012.
(CNN) – To call Mia Love a minority is an understatement. She’s a black woman who won an upset primary race to become the Republican candidate in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. If elected, she’d be the first black Republican congresswoman in the House of Representatives.
Love, who has attracted lots of national Republican support, also stands [...]
Posted in Haiti News, International, National, Political, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 14 March 2012.
(Reuters) – Some two decades ago, Brian Moynihan’s younger brother Patrick came to him for advice. Patrick who had been a trader wanted to move to Africa to work as a missionary.
Moynihan, now the chief executive of Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), instead suggested moving to Haiti to run a Catholic school that he had [...]
Posted in Education, Haiti News, National, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 07 March 2012.
Earthquake, Rape, Sexual Health, African swine fever virus, Sexual Violence’s, Famines, Political Dictatorship, Political Unrest, Tontons Macoutes, Tortured, Crimes, Kidnappings.
Let’s talk about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for Haitian women.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a type of anxiety disorder. It can occur after you’ve seen or experienced a traumatic event that involved the threat of injury or death.
PTSD can occur [...]
Posted in Haiti News, National, Political, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 05 March 2012.
Last week president Martelly say “The Haitian woman is the foundation of our society” so we wanted to run this article again to continue to bring to light the plight so many Haitian girls in Haiti.
The earthquake that struck Haiti on two years ago, left many thousands of children orphaned, lost or separated from their [...]
Posted in Education, Haiti News, International, People, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 04 March 2012.
Gathered at the hotel Karibe from February 28 to March 1, 2012 in Port-au-Prince, women from all departments of Haiti have together, defined a “National Platform of Action of Haitian Women for the Reconstruction”, created following an agreement between leaders of 150 women’s association to enable them to speak with one voice.
The President Martelly accompanied, [...]
Posted in Haiti News, National, Politics & Perspective, Reconstruction News
Posted on 01 March 2012.
[ March 29, 2012 6:00 am to March 30, 2012 11:00 am. ] personally invite you to join us once again for a celebration of courage, innovation, and partnership at the Fonkoze 2012 Benefit, Insuring Haiti’s Future, taking place on Thursday, March 29 in New York City. This event will help us raise critically needed funds with 100% of the net proceeds going directly to support our innovative, poverty-fighting programs in Haiti. [...]
Posted in Event, Haiti News, National, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 29 February 2012.
Friend of Haiti in NY and a partner of Haitienne Magazine just came back with some fantastic photos from their recent trip to Haiti last week. Michelle Kalil one of the key people in Friend of Haiti in NY organization, is doing such a great jobs to make the people of Fond Verrette, Fond de [...]
Posted in Education, Haiti News, International, People, Politics & Perspective
Posted on 25 February 2012.
By Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned on Friday after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake.
Conille submitted his resignation in a letter to President Michel Martelly, according to a statement by the president’s office. There [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Haiti News, National, Politics & Perspective