Tag: Haiti
This week marked the 6 month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 230,000 people. Humanitarian groups say while there has been some recovery, an overwhelming amount of work still needs to be done. More
Managing editor Kim Lawton returns to the church, clinic, and school her missionary grandparents helped to establish in Haiti more than 30 years ago. More
Go behind the scenes with the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly crew on their recent reporting trip to Haiti. More
“We start the day with prayer, and we end the day with prayer and pray all day long for the safety and healing of this nation,” says Andrew Haglund of the Adventist Hospital of Haiti. More
With major earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, relief organizations have their work cut out for them as they help the people of these devastated countries.
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Watch more of our conversation with World Vision president Rich Stearns on dual catastrophes in Chile and Haiti, the military’s role in humanitarian relief, and the Obama White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. More
“Most of the countries that did get a lot of aid are not success stories,” says New York University economics professor William Easterly. More
“The most successful poverty reduction program in the world right now is letting people cross the US border…and that’s a very basic way we could help a lot of Haitians right now is just let in more legal Haitian immigrants to escape poverty.” More
“To be successful you need 10 years, not two years, not six months, and one of the problems of our aid program is that there is so much pressure from the Pentagon and the State Department for immediate results in 6 months or a year that we distort the aid program.” More
“We need a stronger development agency, some voice in the US government, a strong voice that can speak up for poverty reduction, global development, and carry that out in an effective way. We don’t have that right now.” More
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