Haiti Earthquake

After Bringing Cholera To Haiti, U.N. Plans To Get Rid Of It

Richard Knox — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:49:29 +0000

Not quite 10 months after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, a more insidious disaster struck: cholera.

Haiti hadn't seen cholera for at least a century. Then suddenly, the first cases appeared in the central highlands near a camp for United Nations peacekeeping forces.

Since then the disease has struck 1 out of every 16 Haitians — nearly 640,000 people.

A Poetic Journey After The Quake: HIV/AIDs In Haiti

Patricia Sagastume — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +0000

The devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti demolished the country's health care system along with everything else.

But from the ruins came Voices of Haiti -- an odyssey in verse that grew out of a commission from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to document HIV/AIDS after the quake. The multimedia project, which came to the University of Miami this year, blends Haitian voices to conjure up images of strength, hope and faith.

Three Years After The Haiti Earthquake, An Unsure Future For One Woman And Her Country

WLRN Staff and WL — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:30:00 +0000

All this week we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her right leg three years ago in the earthquake in Haiti.

Fabienne’s right leg was crushed and had to be amputated. When she danced again, she was hailed as a symbol of Haiti’s post-earthquake recovery.

But as reporter Jacob Kushner discovered during the year he spent reporting on this story, the quest to rebuild one woman’s life would take much more than that.

On The Anniversary Of The Haiti Earthquake: Has The Diaspora 'Checked Out?'

Phil Latzman — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:01:15 +0000

It's been three years since an earthquake leveled Port au Prince and shook all of us indirectly in South Florida, home to the nation's largest population of Haitian-Americans.

Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles remembers January 12, 2010, well.

That day, Charles was in the process of writing a story about Haiti's latest mess, a controversy over the government taking a loan from Venezuela to help the country rebuild an airport.

After The Haiti Earthquake, Fabienne Jean Dances Again

Jacob Kushner — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

All this week we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti three years ago. A prosthetic technician from Boston helped Fabienne get a replacement leg.

He hoped to help her recover in other ways too: to start a business, buy a house and open up a dance studio.

Slideshow: Fabienne Jean, Three Years After The Haiti Earthquake

Jacob Kushner — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

All week long we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti three years ago this month.

A prosthetic technician from Boston heard her story and fitted Fabienne with a fake leg. He tried to help Fabienne recover in other ways too. He hatched plans to help her start her business, buy a house and open a dance studio to raise money for Haitian amputees.

But as reporter Jacob Kushner discovered, Fabienne's recovery has been a slow, frustrating process.

HAITI: The Aftershocks of History

Joseph Cooper, Bonnie Berman and Paul Leary — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000

01/08/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with historian Laurent Dubois, author of HAITI: The Aftershocks of History. Even before the 2010 earthquake destroyed much of the country, Haiti was known for its poverty and corruption. Dubois says Haiti can only be understood by its complex past and inception as the only successful slave revolt in world history. Can a new Haiti emerge from its legacy?

After The Earthquake: A Haitian Dancer's Highs And Lows As She Recovers From An Amputation

Jacob Kushner — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Yesterday we began the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake that devastated Haiti three years ago this month. A prosthetic technician from Boston promised to help Fabienne dance again. But he didn't stop there. He wanted to help her put the rest of her life back together too.

In the second part of our week-long series, Jacob Kushner tells us how difficult their task would become.

Haiti Three Years After The Earthquake: Still Rebuilding A Life

Jacob Kushner — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000

The earthquake that struck Haiti three years ago this month sent a concrete wall crashing down onto the 30-year-old dancer Fabienne Jean. Her right leg was crushed and had to be amputated. When Fabienne danced again, she was hailed as a symbol of Haiti’s post-earthquake recovery.

But as reporter Jacob Kushner discovered, the quest to rebuild one woman’s life would take much more than that.

One Year After The Quake: “Las Twins”

Dan Grech — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:11:44 +0000

Carmen Maria Romero was one of the four medical workers in Haiti whose voices you heard in After the Quake: Patients and Healers. She’s a physical therapist who had already been volunteering in Haiti for ten years, and who traveled there last January to help with the relief efforts.

Romero was so moved by the suffering and the resilience of her patients that she decided to quit her job and relocate to Haiti.

Lost Between Two Nations

Jacob Kushner — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:38:09 +0000

When an earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, the United States stopped deporting Haitian immigrants to the devastated nation. But deportations resumed last January, and Franco Coby, 24, of Fort Myers, found himself banished from the country he grew up in since the age of 6.

Muralist Makes His Mark In Little Haiti

Trina Sargalski — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:45:25 +0000

If you’ve ever visited Little Haiti, you’ve probably seen Miami muralist Serge Toussaint’s work, which is sprinkled throughout the city. How can you tell it’s his work? His signature is a dollar sign instead of an “S” in Serge. He spends most of his time in Little Haiti, but his work can be seen in Liberty City, Little River, Allapattah, the Miami River and all the way to Fort Lauderdale.

Surviving Survival: Earthquake Victims In Limbo

Tina Antolini — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:49:26 +0000

After the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, thousands of Haitians fled to South Florida to escape the devastation in their country. Some were able to leave Haiti on tourist visas.

A Journalist Turns His Mic On Haiti's Grievances

Jennifer Maloney — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:52:54 +0000

One of the aftereffects of the earthquake in Haiti is that local journalists have found new freedom. Many are now airing the kinds of political commentary and criticism that used to invite violence and censure– even d

Haiti Reconstruction: Potholes Aplenty For South Florida Developers

Kenny Malone — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:51:54 +0000

In March, 150 nations pledged more than $5 billion dollars to rebuild Haiti. Construction firms around the world, and especially in South Florida, began jockeying for those funds. Developers and planners from South Florida bi

2 East: A Young Patient Helps His Doctor Cope

Niala Boodhoo — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:53:58 +0000

After the earthquake, nine-year-old Peterson Exais was trapped under rubble for four days.

Teens Buddy Up With Quake Survivors

Sammy Mack and Trina Sargalski — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:55:10 +0000

After January’s massive earthquake, thousands of Haitians fled to the United States. More than 2,500 of them were school-aged kids who were quickly placed in classrooms across South Florida.

TPS: The Long And Winding Road

Alicia Zuckerman — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:59:55 +0000

A few days after the earthquake, the U.S.

Faith In The Aftermath

Ruth Morris and Kenny Malone — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:07:18 +0000

When Rev.

Hear The Hymn: Mwen Pap Sa Bliye

Staff — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:34:25 +0000

This hymn is the one you hear under our piece, “In this episode, we look at how the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti changed life here in South Florida.

Patrick Farrell: An Audio Slide Show From The Quake

Ruth Morris and The Miami Herald — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:07:30 +0000

This piece reconstructs an inspiring moment amid tragedy and pain, at a makeshift hospital tent in Port-au-Prince.

More Voices Of Teen "Ambassadors" From Boyd Anderson High

Sammy Mack and Trina Sargalski — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:28:57 +0000

Under the Sun listeners were introduced to students James Celestin and Michel Philco from Boyd Anderson High in our