In November 2011, Intermodal Structures erected a two-story Class A office building in the Airport Industrial Park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The customer, Les Couleurs Infinies, operates a lumber and steel company which is located immediately adjacent to the building. The LCI building can withstand any seismic event or hurricane and is designed to meet current international building codes. It was erected in 2 1/2 days. High Performance Buildings. Anywhere!
Most people have no idea where Haiti is or much less what Port Au Prince looks like. This is a video driving through downtown PAP on August 21st 2011. The capital is still devastated and overpopulated. It will take years to rebuild. Sorry for the shaky footage. The roads are terrible.
Containers To Clinics (C2C) is an NGO that provides clean medical facilities for women where none exist. It converts used shipping containers into medical clinics to provide antenatal care. It partners with a local hospital or clinic to provide staffing, and other NGOs to provide free pharmaceuticals and medical systems. C2C launched its first clinic in October 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti at Grace Children's Hospital which lost 80% of its buildings due to the earthquake.
Amazing Port-au-Prince MD-80 Cockpit Video, MTPP Toussaint Louverture International Haiti HD720p
Descend over the Dominican Republic through a canyon connecting to Haiti. There are 2 Lakes in this canyon. The first you see is in the Dominican Republic, called "Enriquillo". It has an National Park Island in it. Its the Parque Nacional Isla Cabritos. Shortly thereafter you can see Lake Etang Saumatre, This is then in Haiti. The border runs North South, or in this video from Left to Right. Here after we set up a visual pattern and landing fron the Baie de Port au Prince side. Note: I was flying the last part visually but backing it up with the ILS. The final approach was intercepted under the glideslope thus the warning. Hope you enjoy it, and dont forget to comment !
Amid Quake Recovery, Can Haiti Build a Different Port-au-Prince?
Eighteen months after the massive and devastating earthquake, Haiti is still reeling from the wreckage and a cholera epidemic. Ray Suarez and Dr. Paul Farmer discuss his new book, "Haiti After the Earthquake."
I was in Haiti in May 2011 for a 5 day scouting trip for my wife and I's year-long volunteer trip. I shot this video on the way from the airport. We were driving south towards Jacmel. You can learn more of our work and goals on our website: www.livefromhaiti.org. Or "Like" us on Facebook www.facebook.com We are also on Twitter: twitter.com
Giftbox Project - Winter 2011 - Port Au Prince, Haiti
Nearly 700 shoeboxes filled with toys, hygiene items, and candy were prepared in the metro Atlanta/Gwinnett County, GA area for children in Haiti. The boxes were collected by Hope for the Future of the Children of Haiti, a non-profit agency headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA, and distributed through the House of Hope orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti in February 2011. Many of the children in this video have lost their parents or been abandoned by them...the lucky ones live in extreme poverty with their family. To learn more about how to give, please visit the website: hope4thefuturenow.org
"Amazing" Asiankrizzos's photos around Port Au Prince, Haiti (sunset in port-au-prince blog)
Preview of Asiankrizzos'sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Port Au Prince, Haiti Entry Title: "Amazing!!!" Entry: "I woke up early this morning to take one last walk on the beach and watch the beautiful blue ocean waves come in. We ate breakfast consisting of eggs and bread toasted on one side???? We never really figured out why they only toasted the bread on one side but never the less it was still good. We packed up the trucks and the guys secured the PVC pipe one final time before we made the long drive back to Port Au Prince. We still had to stop and readjust the pipe but I actually looked forward to it this time because it gave us a chance to stand up and stretch. We invented a new syndrome on the drive called 'NBS' which by the end of the drive turned to NBD. So it went from numb butt syndrome to numb butt dead! The seats were hard and the bumpy roads didn't help any. The general route took us through many cities including Les Caiyes, Caucillon, Aquin, Miragoane, Petit Goave, Leogane, and to Port Au Prince. We arrived in Port Au Prince and went around the city a different way. We saw several more UN vehicles and then we drove by the port. There were many guard towers and men with guns on lookout. The traffic was slow but not nearly as bad when we were trying to get out of the city. We drove by City Soleil which is one of the worst slums <b>...</b>
"Day 1 - First, get to Haiti" Christineraymo's photos around Port-au-Prince, Haiti (travel pics)
Preview of Christineraymo's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Entry Title: "Day 1 - First, get to Haiti" Entry: "Wow. What a ride so far and it's only the first day! I got up at 3:30 to catch the flight to Miami at 6:30. Dom dropped me off and I couldn't even think about him without crying the whole day! Now that I'm here in Haiti I seem to be a little better. We had a four hour layover in Miami but what great people watching! There was quite a mix of people on the flight to Port-Au-Prince. There were Haitians going home or going to visit family, big and small church groups with matching t-shirts and my favorite were a group of Medical students who would bust out into Creole songs every once in a while. They were from a college in Alabama but I think a lot of them were from Haiti or else were descendants. We made it to Port-Au-Prince airport at 3:30PM. Looking out the window as we landed was unreal. You could see the sprawling tent cities and all of the devastation across the city and up the mountains. Then we got closer to the airport and saw a lot of the US military vehicles and people. We landed and they taxied us to our gate giving us a view of the front side of the airport building with massive cracks all over. We shuffled off the plane and out of the terminal (thank God) onto a shuttle that took us to a warehouse <b>...</b>
Haiti's Eathquake Didn't Spare the Banking District in Port-au-Prince, But the Music Doesn't Stop!
This is footage I shot a while back in May, 2010 at an intersection on Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines in downtown Haiti if I have my street names right. The Boulevard was home to Haiti's major banks, all of whom took some kind of hit, some of which may never be rebuilt. Even so, as you can see, the Boulevard is teeming with music, traffic and people, so the dance of life and commerce go on, with or without banks.
MaximsNewsNetwork: HAITI - UNICEF's ANTHONY LAKE VISITS REFUGEE CAMP in PORT-AU-PRINCE
MaximsNewsNetwork: 03 October 2010 -- UNICEF: Port-au-Prince, Haiti -- UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake got a firsthand look at the reality facing those people when he visited Accra camp on his first official visit to Haiti; the camp is home to some 26000 people and more than 8000 children. He toured the camp facilities and spent time with the children in one of the camp's six child friendly spaces run by UNICEF and partner, American Rescue Committee. UNICEF and its partners are working on long term initiatives for income generating projects to stimulate economic activity that can lead to self reliance. Lake viewed the camp's facilities and spoke to the staff of the recent achievements as well as the challenges remaining, getting people out of the tents and into stable housing is one of UNICEF's top priorities. The camp is located on privately owned land and it may need to be vacated by January 2011. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director: "Who could be more vulnerable than children who have not only had destroyed their homes perhaps lost family members but who are now living with such horrific memories. So the child friendly spaces we are seeing here are tremendously important for the children, not only to give them some physical safety but also a psychological haven that could well shape, in many ways they might not even understand, the rest of their lives." SOUNDBITE ( English) Francoise Gruloos- Ackermans UNICEF Representative in Haiti <b>...</b>
Honorable Mayor Jean-Yves, Jason of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Arrives in Atlanta, GA
English Transcription of his greetings to the Atlanta Haitian Community A big good morning, good afternoon, or good evening to the Atlanta Haitian Community. I am the Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and my name is Muscadin Jason Jean-Yves. I have been the Mayor of Port-au-Prince for now three and a half years. As all of you know a grave tragedy struck our country, particularly Port-au-Prince. An earthquake ravaged most of the city. Since then, my team and I have been hard at work to support, empower, and uplift our citizens to develop a new perspective and context for a transformed city. As we have said, another Port-au-Prince is possible, and we can build it together if we want to. To realize this new possibility, we must work on a plan together, and at the same time, engage everyone in what we call reconstruction. We will rebuild the homes, and we will rebuild our citizens as well. We will rebuild the mindset, and particularly, we will engage you our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora, to help us accomplish this task. We've always said it, and today it has been proven that you have an important role to play in what is happening at home. To you who love Port-au-Prince, to you have heard about Port-au-Prince, to you who love our home, today, the Mayor of Port-au-Prince opens his arms and says: "Come home!" The citizens of Port-au-Prince through my speaking say: "Come home!" We need your presence. We need your strength. We need your resilience. We need you to know that <b>...</b>
Democracy Now! in Port-Au-Prince: Patrick Elie on Haiti 6 Months After Quake 3
Democracy Now! in Port-Au-Prince: Patrick Elie on Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake Haiti remains a nation in ruins, six months after one of the world's worst natural disasters killed more than 300000 people. Thousands of bodies still lay under rubble. We begin today's show in Port-Au-Prince outside what remains of the Montana Hotel where some 200 people died in the earthquake. We speak to Patrick Elie, a longtime Haitian democracy activist and Haiti's former Secretary of State for Public Security. "We are a people who can fend for ourselves," Elie said. "We have a vision of where we want to go so we do need friends but we don't need people to think for us or to pity us and that is probably this attitude that is playing a part in the aid not being forthcoming."
Democracy Now! in Port-Au-Prince: Patrick Elie on Haiti 6 Months After Quake 2
Democracy Now! in Port-Au-Prince: Patrick Elie on Haiti Six Months After the Earthquake Haiti remains a nation in ruins, six months after one of the world's worst natural disasters killed more than 300000 people. Thousands of bodies still lay under rubble. We begin today's show in Port-Au-Prince outside what remains of the Montana Hotel where some 200 people died in the earthquake. We speak to Patrick Elie, a longtime Haitian democracy activist and Haiti's former Secretary of State for Public Security. "We are a people who can fend for ourselves," Elie said. "We have a vision of where we want to go so we do need friends but we don't need people to think for us or to pity us and that is probably this attitude that is playing a part in the aid not being forthcoming."
Driving through Port-au-Prince at the end of June you see loads of debris on all sides of the street. The earthquake created approximately 20 million cubic meters (26 million cubic yards) of debris that have to be removed. To put this into perspective: after the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, that number was 2.3 million cubic meters (3 million cubic yards). If you put all the debris in shipping containers and put them end on end, they would reach from London to Jerusalem or New York to Las Vegas. The majority of Haitians are removing debris from their plots by hand.
Manto de Guadalupe Misison to Haiti Day 1 by Cathedral Port Au Prince
We didnt understand what they were saying, I thought for a minute, could this be a group of santeros or some sort of group doing a ritual or something... but as we got closer to them we saw they carrying their rosaries in the chest and crucifixs... they were happy and praising God!!!! They had nothing, they were living right next to the cathedral and they had nothing... and yet they were praising God!!! That scene will stay in my heart for the rest of my life! I have NEVER seen people in such a misery, but yet they had God in their hearts, they believed, they trusted God and they were there, next to his crucifix praising Him, singing to Him, Loving Him!! What an example and lesson of Love they showed us!! It was an incredible experience... One for sure I will NEVER forget.
The first of my short Flip videos of my week volunteering in Port-au-Prince with Jenkins/Penn Haiti Relief Organization (www.jphrodonate.org). A tour of the ravaged downtown area from a car. For more about the adventure, and how YOU can help, see my blog: www.meimeifox.com See my other short Haiti films on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com I visited Haiti for one week at the end of March 2010, joining the relief efforts of many many other warm-hearted volunteers. Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake on Jan 12. As you can see, even though this is no longer headline news, there is still so much work to be done to rebuild the country. 50% of the population of Port-au-Prince was left homeless. 1 in 10 people were killed. Haiti needs your help. Donate to jphrodonate.org or your favorite organization doing work there. Volunteer yourself, in Haiti or in your own community, raising awareness and funds. Together, we can turn this disaster into an opportunity for growth, community, and sharing the love.
Arrival of the Scientology Volunteer Minister Ship in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Raw footage log, 8 April 2010: The "Lifeboat for Haiti" arrived in Port-au-Prince today. It is loaded with tons of supplies--everything from MREs (meals ready to eat) to crutches, medicine, cooking-stoves and an ambulance. All the supplies were donated by charities and everything is being distributed to charities in Haiti including schools, orphanages, hospitals and clinics. Since 12 January 2010 the Scientology Volunteer Ministers have helped over 250000 people in Haiti in 73 locations, personally, with supplies or training.
MaximsNewsNetwork: MICHELLE OBAMA in HAITI's PORT-au-PRINCE (UN MINUSTAH).mpg
MaximsNewsNetwork: 14 April 2010 - UN MINUSTAH: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - First Lady of the United States (US), Michelle Obama, made an unannounced visit to Haiti on Tuesday where she gave a speech to peacekeepers and humanitarian groups at the United Nations (UN) base (MINUSTAH), thanking them for their efforts with relief operations after the earthquake three months ago. Mrs. Obama expressed continued support from the US as Haiti begins to recover and rebuild. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Obama, First Lady, United States: I repeated to President Preval the plea that my husband made to him at the White House during his visit last month, that as Haiti recovers and rebuilds, you will have a steady and reliable partner in the United States of America. She honored staff that were killed during the devastating earthquake. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Obama, First Lady, United States: For the UN, I understand it has been the single largest loss of life in history. For each of you it was the loss of a co-worker, a friend, a fellow peacekeeper, for those of you in the NGOs community, I know that the loss was just as devastating. Friends and partners and neighbors who you work with every day. And as we mark the three month anniversary of this terrible day I would like to ask us all to just take a moment of silence to honor all those that we lost. Mrs. Obama complimented nations for their participation in what she said was, one of the most complex relief operations the world has <b>...</b>
MaximsNewsNetwork: HAITI: REFUGEE CAMPS FOR CHILDREN IN PORT-au-PRINCE (UN MINUSTAH)
MaximsNewsNetwork: 05 February 2010 - UN MINUSTAH: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Prince has a small oasis of serenity for children amid the chaotic surroundings. Children that survived the earthquake are given toys and activities to try and give them a sense of normalcy in a very uncertain environment. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Roger Jerome, Save the Children project manager: After a shock or a catastrophe like the one we had, be it natural or not, children are always very affected. Save the Children have set up a programme allowing children to come up after a catastrophe or an earthquake of that type. Parents are also sending their children here because so many schools were damaged or destroyed. Nearly 150 children come to this center every day were they are taught by volunteers. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor: Here it is like being at school. We are learning many things. Jean Wilson Strongboy went out to play the day of the earthquake. When the ground began to shake, he watched his house collapse, knowing that his parents were inside. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor : I had planned to go to Accra (neighborhood) to play football. I was still at home when I felt it shaking. By chance I could go out and avoid having it crumble on me. The stress and vulnerability of these children is of great concern for aid agencies. Taking the basic steps of routine activities like schooling and play could help reduce stress <b>...</b>
MaximsNewsNework: HAITI: UNICEF's ANN M. VENEMAN in PORT-au-PRINCE
MaximsNewsNetwork: 05 February 2010 - UNICEF: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman visits Port-au-Prince to witness firsthand the devastation, the needs of those affected and the efforts to assist them. Haitian children play in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy. Flying kites in a camp for people displaced by the magnitude 7 earthquake, theyre able to forget for a while, the horrors of their collapsed city, Port-au-Prince. But UNICEF and partners have been working around the clock to get assistance to the quake stricken country and to the people most in need, those living in camps and orphaned and vulnerable children. She visited a makeshift shelter in downtown Port-au-Prince where UNICEF and partners are working together delivering food, clean water and basic health services. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director: I think the real challenge here is how do you get help to the people in need because the destruction is all over this huge city. And I think that all of the people on the ground that are delivering humanitarian aid are doing the very best that they can. But its very, very important that we all work together to get as much to as many people as possible. The quake has taken a massive toll on Haitis children, destroying schools and orphanages in affected areas throughout the country. Thousands of children were either orphaned or separated from their families. Many are severely traumatized. UNICEF is setting up <b>...</b>
84 year old woman pulled out of the rubble on day 12 or later. We sent her straight to the USS Comfort and this is just when she first arrived at the hospital
Haiti: Destruction of Radio Magic 9 in Port-au-Prince
Internews producer Frederick Alexis and Internews journalist Johnny Etienne talk about the destruction of a local radio station and their plans to help get information to Haitians. Internews Network has responded to the January 12 earthquake in Haiti by bringing equipment and producing a daily humanitarian information program that is distributed to local radio stations. Learn more: www.internews.org
MaximsNewsNetwork: HAITI: ORPHANAGE IN PORT-au-PRINCE (UNICEF) (UN MINUSTAH)
MaximsNewsNetwork: 20 January 2010 - UNICEF - UN MINUSTAH: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - One week since a catastrophic earthquake turned what was already a desperately poor part of the world into a full fledged humanitarian emergency, the staff of an orphanage in the Haitian capital of Port-au Prince are trying to figure out what to do with all the children who have recently lost their families. The orphanage, which houses 40 children, was operating in a much larger building before the quake rendered it unusable. Fifty more children are expected to arrive shortly. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Edith Salome, Orphanage Caretaker: "We are still having problems with finding food, medicines, and diapers for the children. And we are a bit tight here, because before we had a big house. But the house collapsed. So now we are living in two small rooms as refugees." UNICEF is prioritizing health clinics, hospitals and orphanages in their deliveries of water dispatching 140 water trucks to over 140000 people today. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Julien Atchade, UNICEF Water and Sanitation Specialist: "We are deploying our efforts to cover the entire city. We have some priority interventions - orphanages, health clinics, and a few other strategic points. And certainly the major encampments, where we have already 72 water distribution points." Separated and unaccompanied minors are being taken into the interim centres being set up by UNICEF to house, feed and care for 900 children who have found themselves alone <b>...</b>
The Guardian: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. scientist says Haiti and the Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes following the 2010...
BBC News: The United Nations says it is investigating two alleged cases of sexual exploitation of children by UN staff in Haiti. UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said one of the cases...
Al Jazeera: The UN has begun an investigation into two new allegations of UN police abuse and "sexual exploitation" of children in Haiti, Martin Nesirky, a UN spokesperson, said. One...
The Associated Press: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday. The study says Haiti's 7.0-magnitude...
The Associated Press: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday. The Jamaica-based private company is bringing in DamianBlackburn to replace...
The Associated Press: CALEBASSE, Haiti (AP) -- The American missionaries arrived in a beige bus in the days after the earthquake, promising a better life for the children of this village in the mountains above Haiti's capital. The Idaho-based Baptist...
The Miami Herald: PORT-AU-PRINCE -- The improvised scales of the soprano saxophone dance off the soundproof walls, creating a mosaic of sound fused by African and Haitian rhythms. This mélange of Caribbean, American and European cultures is...
The Associated Press: LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) -- A Haitian judge on Thursday convicted seven police officers for their role in a prison riot in which at least 10 prisoners were shot to death in the chaotic aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake. The...
The Associated Press: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The former Haitian dictator known as "Baby Doc" has been summoned to court to be scolded for violating the terms of his house arrest by venturing outside the capital, a judge said Thursday....
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