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Haiti official: Cholera outbreak is stabilizing (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 250 people in rural Haiti is stabilizing, health officials said Monday, as aid groups and the government race to prevent it from spreading to the capital’s squalid camps of earthquake survivors. The outbreak was expected to continue spreading, but aid groups and the government said a drop in the death rate and the number of new cases suggested it could progress more gradually than feared.
Wyclef Jean brings sizzle to Haiti election (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An anxious public waited Friday to hear whether hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean would be allowed to run for president of Haiti, but one thing is already certain: The singer has brought sizzle to the election, attracting fresh attention to a country still devastated by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti’s presidency (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Singer Wyclef Jean officially announced his bid to be president of Haiti to a roaring crowd of supporters on Thursday, thrusting himself into a contentious race to lead an impoverished country reeling from a devastating earthquake. At one point the hip hop artist-turned-politician bodysurfed on the hands of bandana-waving backers in Haiti’s capital and stepped onto a speaker truck to address the crowd of hundreds.
Wyclef resigns from charity before Haiti campaign (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Wyclef Jean has stepped down as leader of the embattled aid group he founded as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency. The singer released a statement that he was resigning the chairmanship of Yele Haiti effective immediately Thursday.
Clinton-led commission starts up in Haiti (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton officially inaugurated the commission overseeing Haiti’s post-earthquake reconstruction on Thursday, pledging to accelerate and organize a process that has raised less than 1 percent of the money promised by international donors.
UnifiedHelp.org Launched to Allow Ordinary People and Corporations to Help Nonprofits In Haiti
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 29 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — UnifiedHelp.org (“UH”) has launched the Unified Help Exchange (“UHX”). It is a Craigslist for nonprofits.
Wrenching decisions haunt Haiti rescue surgeon
CHICAGO (WBBM) – An Israeli surgeon, involved in his country’s widely-acclaimed rescue effort after the killer earthquake in Haiti, is touring the United States, sharing his expertise. Dr. Ofer Merin…
Local doctor helps Haiti move to long-term care for quake victims
Dr. Mahesh Raju can’t forget the haunting tragedies he encountered following the earthquake in Haiti.
Deputy coroner helped identify dead in Haiti
As a deputy coroner for Sangamon County, Jim Allmon sees death on a regular basis. But he said nothing prepared him for the devastation he witnessed when he arrived in Haiti three weeks ago in an effort to help recover and identify some of the more than 230,000 who died as a result of the Jan.
Chile was ready for quake, Haiti wasn’t
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month — yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher. The reasons are simple.