By Jennifer Browning If you've been tending to your crops in Farmville, think about purchasing some sweet potato seeds in an effort to feed children in Haiti. Under Zynga's "Sweed Seeds" initiative, when Farmville users purchase special sweet potato seeds, 50 percent of profits are donated to...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Coral Gables Congregational Church (CGCC) is partnering again with Project Medishare this holiday season to provide toys for children in Thomonde and Marmont. The church annually hosts an Angel Tree/Toy Drive campaign and chose the children of Haiti be the beneficiaries of the...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning An estimated 30,000 Haitians were infected this year and several thousand more across the border in the Dominican Republic. Such statistics prompted former President Jimmy Carter to begin a $200,000 pilot program to fight malaria in Ouanaminthe and in neighboring Dajabon, Dominican Republic....
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Over the weekend, big names congregated in conference rooms in a luxury hotel in Haiti. Big names like Levi and Gap were interested in the potential of American trade legislation that wipes out duties on apparel assembled in Haiti. Citibank and Scotiabank were...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Got a mountain in mind to climb? Are the Everglades calling you to traverse it's ghostly winding paths? Now you can choose your next pair of boots from Timberland, who has created a 16-boot footwear collection specifically for Wyclef Jean's Yéle Haiti organization....
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Although the cruise line mostly bills the stop as Hispanola, Miami's Royal Caribbean Cruises has been making Labadee, Haiti a frequent port of call. Now the cruise line is making a an investment, nearly $55 million, to fuel hope that Haiti can become a...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning University of Texas Health and Science Center in San Antonio, one of our partnering universities, entered Healthcare for Haiti as an idea to support on Ideablob.com in order to help them raise money for their medical trip in January, and to help funding...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning A water cistern in Marmont is still in need of repair. Project Medishare is dedicated to helping the people of Marmont have safe drinking water, but funding is still needed to complete the repairs. Clean water plays an important role in not only preventing...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning Under the enhanced Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, United States Ambassador Kenneth H. Merten and Haitian Minister of the Economy and Finance Daniel Dorsainvil today signed a bilateral debt relief agreement. In recognition of Haiti's successful completion of the HIPC, under the terms of...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Browning During the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting yesterday, Water.org co-founders Matt Damon and Gary White announced the organization's $2 million commitment to provide 50,000 in Haiti with safe water and sanitation over the next three years. As part of the commitment, Water.org has also...
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