Voice from Haiti: “We’re Tired of Living in Tents”
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Boucicault, Esther
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Justice pour Jean Dominique et Jean Claude Louissaint!
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The Promise, Politics and Profit of Primary Education for All
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12 January 2012: Year Zero + 2
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Beauvais, Garcelle – Haitian Model and Actress
Beauvais, Garcelle, Model, actress Beauvais born November 26, 1966, in St. Marc, the youngest of seven children, Beauvais moved with her mother and siblings to
OAS Visit Dominican Republic after Citizenship Ruling
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Martin Luther King’s Birthday: 15 January 2012
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HSG Facilitates UK/Europe Visit by Leading Haitian Human Rights Lawyer
UK/Europe visit by leading Haitian human rights lawyer: put Haitians in charge of their own development The second anniversary of the earthquake of 12 January
Uncoordinated and Unworkable Plan: Haiti Grassroots Watch Reports
Photo: Corail-Celesse – © Oxfam International
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – nine months after the catastrophic earthquake which killed some 300,000 and left 1.3 million homeless, as reports and articles denounce the terrible conditions in Haiti’s 1,354 squalid refugee camps, the new grassroots “reconstruction watch” effort, Ayiti Kale Je or Haiti Grassroots Watch decided to look into the issue.
Bastien, Marleine
Social worker, community activist – Bastien grew up in Pont Benoit, a village in central Haiti. Her father, Philippe, built the area’s first school, and
Struggle Against Impunity
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Legal Limbo for Dominicans of Haitian Descent
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Brussels Expert Meeting: Rhetoric and Reality
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Advocating Reconstruction from the Bottom Up
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Latortue Government just as Lax as its Predecessor
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Basquiat, Jean-Michel
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The Dominican Ruling which could Leave Thousands Stateless
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Phoenix Project… born again?
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HSG Advocacy on EU aid: Looking for Light at the End of the Chunnel
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Haiti Advocacy Week, Washington DC
The HSG is taking part in this major event which is taking place from Friday, March 25 – Thursday, March 31 in Washington DC. The HSG has
Protest Against Abuse of Workers’ Rights
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Auguste, Rose Anne
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Outsourcing sovereignty – Interview with Justin Podur on Haiti’s New Dictatorship
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Speaking Out, Paying the Price: Two Years On
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HSG at House of Commons Commemoration of 12 Jan 2010 Earthquake
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OEA et le Gouvernement d’Haïti annoncent US$1,5m au projet de cadastre
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L’Organisation des États Américains (OEA) et le Ministère des Travaux publics, Transports et Communications d’Haïti ont annoncé aujourd’hui une contribution du secteur privé de 1, 5 million de dollars pour le projet FONCIER HAÏTI, élaboré par l’ONACA (Office national du Cadastre) et l’OEA.
Haiti’s Labour Movement in Renaissance
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