The importance of dialogue is a topic that recently sworn in President Rene Preval has raised repeatedly. Haitians are masters of the gift of gab....talking, joking, arguing, debating. But what is the difference between a conversation and a dialogue? Both are ongoing...perhaps a dialogue is a conversation in search of a resolution. Read more »

During the past 60 hours over 20 Haitian children in Port-au-Prince received some of the best medical care from Dr. John Ragheb and his visiting team from Miami Children’s Hospital. Pediatric Neurosurgeons Dr. Ragheb and Dr. Bhatia, also of Miami Children’s accompanied by a 7th year resident started performing surgery on children with Hydrocephalus just 3 hours after landing in Haiti this past Sunday. With the post-op and outreach support of Healing Hands Haiti and Project Medishare and the logistical support of Norwich Mission House Dr. Ragheb’s team of 19 performed third vetriculostomy surgeries, a procedure with an 80% success rate on most of the children they saw. Read more »

Haiti Innovation joins with Asosiyason Pwof Ansanm: Today, Haiti Innovation joined with Asosyason Pwof Ansanm to further their ongoing education program in the highly isolated city of Jeremie, located in the southwestern portion of the country known as the Grand Anse. Read more »

I'm just coming in from visiting numerous voting polls in Port-au-Prince where UN sources tell me the numbers are as low as 8 to 15% voter turnout. Not a line to wait in at any polling station and election workers with their heads down on the voting tables. By 11 am it seemed as if everyone and anyone who intended to vote had done so and now people were just mulling around. Some deputy and senator ballot boxes were nearly empty.

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Anyone who has been to Haiti knows that its environment has been devastated. In fact, one of the first things a visitor notices when flying into Haiti are sandy, rocky mountains that used to be covered with trees. The erosion not only makes the soil less productive, but it also makes villages more susceptible to flooding, mudslides, and other natural disasters. Read more »

With agricultural day approaching on May 1st Haitians are preparing to exhibit environmental projects and programs on Champs de Mars in Port-au-Prince, the town of Jacmel and elsewhere around the country with much enthusiasm. But in the mean time not enough is being done about waste management, basic problems and emphasis on change. Read more »

Each of the members of Haiti Innovation's Board of Directors was a Peace Corps Volunteer. Each of us had rewarding experiences, alike in some ways and different in the others. For us, it was an opportunity to become familiar with another culture intimately, to learn another language fluently, and to work side by side with out Haitian counterparts on projects with the potential to change a community for the better. We learned about Haiti, and through us, Haitians learned about the United States and Americans. Read more »

Last week, Haiti's President-elect, Rene Preval, visited Washington, DC in an attempt to bolster support for US backed aid packages during his second term. While on Capitol Hill, he met with lawmakers of the Senate and the House Ways and Means committee to shore up support for the HOPE Act, a trade bill that would offer preferential trade status to Haiti on certain textile exports to the US. Read more »

The United States receives a bad wrap when it comes to development assistance. Statistics are frequently batted around that show the United States as being one of the least generous industrialized countries. I have yet to see figures that include the donations of Americans to non profit organizations. Read more »

Today, the 4th annual World Water Forum met in Mexico City, Mexico to release the triennial UN World Water Development Report, a collaboration of 24 UN agencies in partnership with governments and other organizations. Click here to find a copy of the 2nd United Nations World Water Development Report: 'Water, a shared responsibility'. Read more »