Fashion Industry Rallies for Haiti Relief
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Erin Bleakley in Arts and Such, [Inter]national
Almost two months have passed since Haiti’s earthquake, yet it’s devastation is still on the very forefront of all of our minds. The Red Cross estimated about 45,000 to 50,000 kids and adults, people just like you and I, with dreams and hope, have died – and deaths are continuously increasing.
Many people have stepped up [...]
Why We Should Worry About Haiti’s Rebuilding Process: A Historical Lesson
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Michael Neil in Op-Ed, [Inter]national
With the news that over one million Haitians remain homeless and that efforts are shifting away from the construction of permanent housing in favor of do-it-yourself wooden and, occasionally, steel structures, concern over the future of Haiti’s rebuilding process abounds. Even the International Organization for Migration sees few permanent structures emerging in less than five [...]
Haiti: Security or Survival
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Ben Waldman in Op-Ed, [Inter]national
As governments and aid organizations struggle to distribute desperately needed aid, it is becoming clear that this disaster in Haiti is larger than anyone can yet imagine. Aid is slowly trickling in while the response teams figure out how to best distribute aid in a city with heavily damaged infrastructure. Haitians are running out of [...]
