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Lost for 97 Years, Rediscovered Magnolia Tree Spurs Hope for its Restoration in Haiti
An expedition team in northern Haiti has rediscovered a magnolia tree that has been lost to science for 97 years.
The team used the tree’s...
22-Year Old Man Found a Baby Abandoned in a Trash Can in Haiti and Decides to Become its Father
Taking a "leap of faith," a young Haitian man is trying to adopt to a baby he found in a trash can despite it...
Realizing “American Dream” Made Tears Flow for This Haitian Immigrant Cadet
Standing at attention, ramrod straight, eyes seemingly focused on the future – and tears streaming down his face – Alix Idrache has become the...
‘Green’ Stove Dedicated to my Grandma Will Feed 1000s in Haiti
When InStove first started out, their “green” stoves were written off as “patio furniture.”
Years later, these multi-purpose, biomass cook stoves are feeding thousands of...
Major Milestone For Church Group That’s Built 500 Homes In Haiti
Five years is a long time to go without a home.
While many of us have forgotten about the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010,...
College French Students Make Their Own Storybooks for Poor Kids in Haiti
When a group of Virginia college students decided to take French class, they probably didn’t imagine they’d become children’s book authors–but they devoted their...
From Dishwasher to Restaurant Owner, Haitian-American Succeeds With Help of Stranger
A hopeful 20-year-old Haitian immigrant was brought to the United States in 2000 by his father, a taxi driver in Philadelphia. But with no...
Family Builds Haitian Orphanage To Continue Daughter’s Legacy
Britney Gengel was a vibrant nineteen-year-old student at Lynn University when she traveled to Haiti in 2010 to work for an aid group. Deeply...
Cervical Cancer Once Undetectable in Haiti Now Treatable With Cheap Device
A disease long since tamed by modern medicine in the United States, cervical cancer still kills a quarter million women each year in developing...
Sean Penn and Celebrity Friends Raise Millions for Haiti
The eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Sean Penn's friends came out to support his Haitian relief organization's 3rd...
Haiti Factory Cuts Malnutrition and Poverty at the Same Time
A crew of Haitian workers clad in white lab coats, rubber-soled boots, safety goggles, and hair nets pass through a corridor and into a...
Sean Penn Sponsors Haitian Runners for NYC Marathon
Actor Sean Penn's organization J/P Haitian Relief Organization continues rebuilding Haiti with medical, structural and community development programs. But now, he bolsters the hearts and...
Making Stoves and Changing Lives in Haiti
Disaster struck Haitian eco-preneur Duquesne Fednard only a week after his workers were trained and ready to start production: his new stove-making factory was...
New Hospital in Haiti is Fully Powered by 1,800 Solar Panels
Over the past 25 years Partners In Health (PIH) has been working to bring the benefits of modern medical science to poor residents who...
Clinton Brings Investors to Haiti, Donates $700,000 to Boost Farming
Former President Clinton praised Haiti's economic potential while touring new agricultural plants that produce coffee and Heineken beer. He also announced Monday that his...
California Developer Building a Better Haiti
On Jan. 12, Haitians solemnly marked the three-year anniversary of the catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake that decimated their homeland. Today, a few of the...
Occupy Sandy Spreads Beyond New York, To Bring Toilets To Storm Damaged Haiti
The damage from Hurricane Sandy might seem like it all happened around New York, but the storm had a long path before it hit...
Clintons Land in Haiti to Showcase New Industrial Park
The Haitian government is hosting Hillary and Bill Clinton, a delegation of foreign investors and a crowd of celebrities Monday to showcase the marquee...
Haiti Planning Solar Energy Rollout
Haiti is planning the rollout of more than 7,000 new solar street lamps for the country, according to Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe. It’s...
Gold! Haiti Finds Potential $20 Billion of Precious Buried Ore
Exploratory drilling in Haiti has uncovered gold and silver deep inside the country's northeastern mountains that may help relive centuries of poverty in the...