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CARICOM Develops Health Project in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is developing a project to improve the healthcare infrastructure and raise Haitian residents'' awareness in the Brooklyn neighborhood, in the community of Cite Soleil, in this capital.

  The project, called WASH, consists of personal hygiene and food safety practices, and is part of support for Haiti's national strategy to fight the epidemic of cholera, the website caribbeannewsnow.com reported on Friday.

Servotel opened in front of Toussaint Louverture International airport

This is a hotel of 54 rooms the hotel group's largest country has just opened in front of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport. This investment of six million, the group owner and Kinam Karibe, offers an attractive setting in the first hotel that combines comfort to earthquake standards.

Self-sustaining nutrition enterprise in Haiti

Big pharma companies such as Abbott Laboratories, the Illinois-based company is donating the time of dozens of workers with expertise in food sciences and engineering, in addition to $6.5 million cash, to build a charitable, self-sustaining nutrition enterprise in Haiti,

Muhammad Yunus 2006 Nobel Prize Winner, talks 'social business' in Haiti

Yunus said the "social business" idea is different from the "microcredit" industry that he pioneered in the 1980s, when he gave tiny loans to poor people to help them start small businesses. "There's a business world. There's a charity world," "Why can't we take those ideas and try to make money and also solve (social) problems?" 

 



 

Haiti Ranks 128 in Forbes Magazine's Best Places for Business 2011

Bill Clinton launches business loan program in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Former U.S. President Bill Clinton launched a new business loan program in Haiti on Tuesday aimed at helping bolster an economy that was devastated by the January 2010 earthquake. Clinton said the first loan in the $20 million program is being made to Caribbean Craft, which produces colorful goods such as carnival masks, sculptures and paintings for export and lost its workshop in the earthquake.

U.S. State Department's New Haiti Travel Warnings

The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Haiti about the security situation in Haiti. This replaces the Travel Warning dated January 20, 201.

New Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Grant Will Strengthen Female-Run Businesses in Haiti

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund continues to nurture economic opportunities for Haiti, today announcing a grant to a unique Haitian microfinance institution. The $850,000 grant to Fonds Haïtien d’Aide à la Femme (FHAF) will help put this institution on a path to financial recovery, and allow it to continue to provide loans to women throughout Haiti.

Haiti getting training from construction company

The death and destruction from the earthquake that shook Haiti last year was partially due to shoddy building techniques.  A Bay Area construction firm and related nonprofit group are working to improve concrete construction and training in the devastated country.

Haiti getting training from construction company

The death and destruction from the earthquake that shook Haiti last year was partially due to shoddy building techniques.  A Bay Area construction firm and related nonprofit group are working to improve concrete construction and training in the devastated country.

Trafficking of Filipinos in Haiti worsening

Human traffickers are running circles on Philippine authorities, despite a crackdown on the illegal deployment of Filipinos for non-existent jobs in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, sources close to FilAm Star said.

This is the grim assessment of Filipino Community (FilCom) leaders in Haiti and by Philippine diplomats, who have jurisdiction over Filipinos in Haiti, an impoverished nation of 9.7 million people in the Caribbean.

Trafficking of Filipinos in Haiti worsening

Human traffickers are running circles on Philippine authorities, despite a crackdown on the illegal deployment of Filipinos for non-existent jobs in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, sources close to FilAm Star said.

This is the grim assessment of Filipino Community (FilCom) leaders in Haiti and by Philippine diplomats, who have jurisdiction over Filipinos in Haiti, an impoverished nation of 9.7 million people in the Caribbean.

Forging a new Haitian strategy: trade, not aid

Shortly after he was sworn in as Haiti’s newest President, Michel Martelly offered the international community a promise that doubled as a challenge: “Haiti is open for business,” he said. The provocative performer vaulted to political power on vows to transform Haiti’s basket-case economy into a beacon for trade. “We cannot continue with this humiliation of having to extend our hand for help all of the time,” he said in his inaugural speech earlier this month.

Micro-finance paying off in Haiti

Lucien, a computer engineer who emigrated from Haiti to Massachusetts at 16, has been involved for years with the islanders of Ile a Vache, visiting three or four times a year, helping restart one of their schools, starting a micro-credit program and creating a modest tourist resort, among several other initiatives.

Energies Renouvelables S.A. (Renewable Energies, Inc.)

Energies Renouvelables S.A. (Renewable Energies, Inc.), the first Haitian company to produce photovoltaic modules and solar-powered streetlights.

American Apparel Companies Interested in Investing in Haiti

The textile manufacturing sector employed more than 25,000 people prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake. After the quake, estimates suggest the industry is operating at about 50 percent capacity. If U.S. companies begin manufacturing in Haiti, experts say the industry there could support 100,000 jobs.

"We're going to build a hospital," Studdert, Steven

Stephen Studdert, a Utah County businessman who orchestrated a 120-person "rescue and relief" mission to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, now aspires to help rebuild the country. He'll leave the business of food, water and housing to others. But the 62-year-old has ambitious plans to tackle the impoverished country's growing health crisis.

Haiti 3 Months On: World Vision Provides Aid to 1.8 Million People

Three months after the earthquake in Haiti, international relief agency World Vision has provided aid to around 1.8 million people, bringing much-needed aid to affected families throughout the capital city.

Architecture: A Plan to Spur Growth Away From Haiti's Capital

The lucid, far-reaching reconstruction guidelines that the Haitian government is scheduled to unveil on Wednesday at a donors’ conference at the United Nations should give all who care about Haiti’s future cause for hope.

John Stanton Envisions Copper-Free Haiti

Speaking at the International CTIA Wireless Show today, Trilogy Chairman John Stanton described the role of wireless technology in recovery efforts in Haiti and unveiled his vision for transforming Haiti – the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere – into the world’s first truly wireless nation.

UPS Tracking Technology Used to Streamline Supply Distribution in Haiti

The system is based on UPS’s Trackpad® technology, which UPS customers use to track packages within campus environments as the packages move from the loading dock to distributed offices for delivery.

Battle For Lucrative Haiti Cleanup Contracts Begins

As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work. At least two politically connected U.S. firms have enlisted powerful local allies in Haiti to help compete for the high-stakes business.