‘Women-only’ aid handed out in Haiti
Relief workers in Haiti began handing out women-only food coupons to help ensure that families and the weak get supplies following the country’s devastating earthquake.
A glance at Haiti developments 18 days after quake – AP
The Associated Press= A look at the latest from Haiti on Saturday, 18 days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left an estimated 200,000 dead throughout the country: SANITATION Relief officials are scrambling…
NYT: Cost dispute halts airlift of Haiti victims
The U.S. has suspended its medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled, military officials said.
Haitian families start own rebuilding
Defying government pleas to wait for Haiti’s reconstruction, families are starting to do the unthinkable: build new homes on top of old ones devastated in the earthquake.
IKF’s Wonderfund(TM) Needs Support for Haiti’s Children
MIAMI, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The IKF’s (International Kids Fund) Wonderfund™ has established an emergency fund for Haiti’s Children called the “Haiti’s Children Fund.” It will support young Haitian earthquake victims expected to arrive at…
America’s Pharmaceutical Research Companies Donate $25 Million to Relief Efforts in Haiti; More Help Coming
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the need for health care assistance mounts after the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies continue to provide help. So far, more t…
America’s Pharmaceutical Research Companies Donate $25 Million to Relief Efforts in Haiti; More Help Coming
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the need for health care assistance mounts after the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies continue to provide help.
Call for breast milk donations in Haiti goes bust
U.S breast-feeding advocates may have unleashed a well-meaning but misguided flood of mothers’ milk to earthquake-shattered Haiti, one that aid workers say was not requested — and is not needed.
Central Florida Business Donates to Haiti
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Scootarama is a company in Orlando, Florida that specializes in mobility scooter rentals for use in Disney World, Universal Studios and Sea World. Scootarama has donated over $1000 to various charities following t…
Mom of quake girl never gave up hope
The mother of a 16-year-old girl pulled from the rubble in a stunning rescue 15 days after the earthquake in Haiti says she always believed her daughter was alive.