Haiti

Tropical Storm Isaac pummels Haiti’s homeless

Published in Monday August 27th, 2012 In In the media

Tropical Storm Isaac has killed at least four people in different parts of Haiti, with more than 4,000 people still remaining in temporary emergency shelters. Lashing rains and gale-force winds and high winds were reported along parts of the country on Saturday. The impoverished Caribbean nation is still reeling from the effects of a devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people.

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In Haiti, the Government is firmly committed to resolving the housing problem

Published in Monday August 27th, 2012 In In the media

August 27, 2012 The passage of Isaac demonstrates once again the vulnerability of 400,000 IDPs of January 12 still living under tents in difficult conditions. The Government is committed more than ever to find lasting solutions to the housing of most disadvantaged. Since the announcement of the arrival of the storm Isaac, the Government has […]

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Haiti – Reconstruction : The National Palace will be demolished

Published in Thursday August 23rd, 2012 In In the media

August 22nd, 2012 The Government announced on Tuesday that the National Palace of Port-au-Prince, heavily damaged by the earthquake of January 2010 will be demolished. J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO), the humanitarian organization established by American actor Sean Penn [Roving ambassador for Haiti] would be responsible for the demolition. This is a volunteer mission […]

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Haiti – Reconstruction : Presentation of the Strategic Development Plan of Haiti to ECOSOC

Published in Tuesday August 7th, 2012 In In the media

August 6, 2012 The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), that held end of July in New York, its annual substantive session for 2012, discussed on the situation in Haiti, with Ms. Josépha Raymond Gauthier, the Haitian Minister of Planning and External Cooperation. During this meeting, Ms. Gauthier presented the progress made in the […]

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The Minustah concerned following the incidents of Park La Visite in Haiti

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Social movement news

July 28, 2012 The United Nations Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (Minustah) said it was concerned by the reports reporting several victims and injured, in circumstances not yet clear, during a forced eviction operation, in circumstances not yet elucidated, conducted by police officers in the National Park La Visite, located in the town of Galette […]

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In Haiti, anger over slum eviction plans

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 28, 2012 A general view of the hillside slum of Port-au-Prince on July 12, 2012. The government plans to demolish hillside shanties for a flood-control project. Photo: AFP Plans to evict people from slums precariously situated on the vertiginous slopes around the Haitian capital are sparking protests from many who want to stay despite […]

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In Haiti, a police operation goes wrong at The Park La visite

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 27, 2012 Monday, July 23, around noon, a squad composed of 36 officers of the Departmental Unit of Law Enforcement (UDMO), directed by the Departmental Director of the PNH, accompanied by the Departmental Delegate of Southeast, the Government Commissioner and a Judge of Peace, went to Seguin [Commune of Marigot] specifically at Parc La […]

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UN in Haiti: At least 4 die in police eviction in national park

Published in Monday July 30th, 2012 In In the media

July 27, 2012 Investigators from the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Haiti are trying to figure out how at least four Haitians died after police officers carried out an eviction in a national park. A statement on Friday from the U.N. said the killings took place in the southeastern town of Seguin, but didn’t say […]

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Slum eviction plans in Haiti spark protests

Published in Wednesday July 25th, 2012 In In the media

July 25, 2012 Plans to evict people from slums precariously situated on the vertiginous slopes around the Haitian capital are sparking protests from many who want to stay despite the dangers. Port-au-Prince acts as a magnet in the poor Caribbean nation, which was struck by a catastrophic 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 225,000 people […]

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About 100 protest planned eviction in Haiti

Published in Friday July 13th, 2012 In In the media

July 13, 2012 About 100 people marched in Haiti’s capital Thursday to protest a government plan that threatens to demolish their homes. The protesters said they won’t let authorities destroy their houses even though they sit on the edge of a ravine looming over Port-au-Prince and sometimes crash down the hillside during heavy rains and […]

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