The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund joins Haitians in looking ahead, rebuilding the country and creating economic opportunity. As of January 6, 2012, the Fund has committed close to $36M to programs promoting smart, sustainable economic development. Part of this support includes today’s announcement of $3.2M in financing and business services for small and growing enterprises.
Haiti's Civil Protection network received a substantial boost with the presentation of SUVs, trucks, boats, canoes, 11,000 solar radios, tents and other disaster-response equipment presented as gifts to the Government of Haiti by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Haitian government wants to reinforce the national police and increase its number to 12,000 officers as a previous step to the reestablishment of the Army, said National Police Chief Mario Andresol
Delta Air Lines Inc. on April 7, 2012 is to launch a weekly flight from Atlanta to Haiti, the first nonstop air service to the country from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in at least two decades. Delta already flies nonstop from New York to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, but that flight is mostly sustained by local demand.
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