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Haiti dance troupe to perform for students, public
The Resurrection Dance Theater from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, will be making a stop in New Bern from Sept. 13 to 15, including performances for 2,500 school children and a public performance at Garber United Methodist Church.

Haiti quake a 'game changer' for corporate philanthropy
World Vision - USA As Haiti marks nearly eight months since its devastating earthquake and Chile sees the six-month mark since its own destructive quake, international aid agency World Vision has seen a notable increase ...

Out of rubble of Haiti hotel, online family is born as Facebookers vow to leave no one behind
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ? The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

Rebuilding Haiti: Brainstorming at UMass Boston workshop
More than a dozen urban planning and disaster relief specialists will lead brainstorming sessions at the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus on Friday on ways to rebuild sustainable communities in Haiti after the earthquake. The day-long workshop opens at 9 a.m. at the Healey Library, is open to the public. You can register here. More details on the event are available here. And this draft ...

In Haiti's south, aid, health care hard to come by for quake survivors
CAYES-JACMEL, Haiti (CNS) -- Hyppolite Lappe, an agronomics student, stood in a long line at a health clinic run by American volunteers at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish. His elderly mother was by his side.

More kidnappings this year in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The number of kidnappings in Haiti has dropped sharply in recent years but U.N. police report an increase since the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Haiti - Port-au-Prince - Caribbean - Government - Organizations

In post-quake Haiti, radio evolves into powerful mouthpiece
Broadcasting from tarpaulin tents, Haiti's radio journalists are striking a more critical tone. read more

Tending to Haiti's dead strengthens teen's resolve
Joe Shattuck, 17, recently accompanied his father, Frankfort business owner John Shattuck, on a humanitarian mission to the earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Joe said the experience in Haiti adds even more purpose to his life goal of becoming a physician. "It makes me more appreciative of what we have in this country, of all that we take for granted."

Headed to Haiti at Last
RHINELANDER - A recent graduate of Rhinelander High School is finally getting her chance to make a service trip to Haiti.