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Posts Tagged ‘Haiti’
Health, Weird Stuff, Dec 3rd, 2010,
At least 15 people where killed over the past two weeks in Haiti. They didn’t die from the cholera epidemic or any other disease, at least not directly. All of them where lynched and their bodies burned in the Southwestern province of Grand’Anse after being accused of propagating cholera with black magic. Fear, ignorance and confusion over the fast-spreading cholera epidemic lay at the basis of this violent witch-hunt. In a little less than 6 weeks, more than 1.800 people have died from cholera and more than 84.000 people are currently infected. In the province of Grand’Anse the first case…
Tags: cholera epidemic, Haiti, Unicef, voodoo
Climate Change, Health, Nature, Nov 16th, 2010,
Frustrations and rumors culminated into violent protests against the United Nations Nepalese military troops stationed in Haiti. According to wide spread rumors amongst Haitians the Nepalese Blue Helmets would be responsible of bringing the cholera bacteria into the country. In several cities Haitians demonstrated against the U.N. military throwing stones, shouting their displeasure about the situation and sometimes even shooting at the troops. Sadly enough, at least two people died during the protests. One man was shot after he tried to shoot a Nepalese soldier, another died as a result of violent riots in the streets. The misery is not…
Tags: cholera outbreak, earthquake haiti, Haiti, Haitians, Nepalese troops, riots, U.N., united nations, violent protest
Climate Change, Health, Nature, Nov 8th, 2010,
Last week, Haiti was in a state of alert awaiting hurricane Tomas. Luckily, the passage of the hurricane turned out to be less devastating than anticipated. Unfortunately Haiti faces yet another force of nature with heavy rains, storms and flooding coming down on the fragile country and the earthquake survivors. According to Save the Children, an independent organization for children active in Haiti, at least 35.000 people where victim of recent floods, hitting Haiti only a couple of kilometers from the country’s capital Port-au-Prince. Because of the recent floods, the rain and the difficult conditions in the refugee camps, the…
Tags: cholera outbreak, earthquake haiti, Haiti, hurricane tomas, rain season
Climate Change, Nature, Nov 3rd, 2010,
Haiti is facing yet another disaster as hurricane Tomas approaches its shores. While still fighting against the rise of cholera in and around Port-au-Prince, the Haitian Red Cross is now working together with Civil Protection officials to get the more than 1.3 million earthquake survivors to safer grounds and out of their current camps. In the meantime, Haitian authorities are on high alert, watching tropical storm Tomas gain strength as it moves towards the Caribbean. Weather forecast predict there is a 60 percent chance that hurricane Tomas will hit Haiti within the coming days.
Tags: earthquake, Haiti, hurricane, hurricane tomas, tropical storm
Climate Change, Health, Oct 26th, 2010,
Cholera is a terrible disease. It’s an infection of the small intestine that causes profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. It’s transmitted mainly through contaminated drinking water or food. It can be treaded with antibiotics and with rehydration solutions. Still, cholera is a major cause of death in the world that affects the weak and the poor long before it can spread to the rich and wealthy in western countries. And it’s easy to understand why. As an infection it starts with contaminated water or food and needs to be treaded with medicine (obviously) but also with clean water…
Tags: cholera, clean water, earthquake, Haiti, outbreak
Green living, Health, Weird Stuff, Sep 16th, 2010,
Twitter wants to make a change and yesterday marked the beginning of that change. Between September 15th and 25th, you can take part in the big TwitChange auction event. Users get to bid on their favorite celebrities. Winners of the auction will be followed by their celebrity choice, have a tweet of theirs retweeted by the celebrity, and may even be mentioned by the celebrity in their own special tweet! Oh yes, and there is more. Different celebrities are also offering some extra goodies to their winning package, though you’ll have to check their personal twitter pages to find out…
Tags: A House in Haiti, celebrity auction, children, earthquake victims, eBay, Haiti, orphans, TwitChange, twitter
Climate Change, Mar 8th, 2010,
On Friday, actor/activist Sean Penn appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher to talk about the current situation in Haiti and the continued threat Haitians face from natural disasters. That’s right, the inside scoop on an immediate threat to the erstwhile darlings of the media – Haitian quake victims – brought to you by Jeff Spicoli. Haiti’s approaching rainy season brings with it clear and grave dangers in the form of floods and diseases. The problem is that Haiti has no infrastructure. It didn’t have much of one before the earthquake and now – with some 230,000 confirmed dead and…
Tags: disaster, earthquake, flood, flooding, Haiti, rainy season
Videos & Documentaries, Mar 4th, 2010,
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale struck in Taiwan today causing structural damage, rail disruptions, fire and around 64 injuries. Fortunately, there have been no reports of deaths from the quake so far. In an article on the earthquake, The Christian Science Monitor spoke to Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Seismology Center of Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau, who said the recent quakes in Chile and Haiti are unrelated to this latest seismic event in Taiwan: Kuo says the Taiwan, Chile, and Haiti quakes involved different tectonic plates. Globally, he says, there’s an average of one…
Tags: Chile, earthquake, Haiti, magnitude, quake, Taiwan
Climate Change, Feb 28th, 2010,
In less than 24 hours, a good portion of the globe has been hit with a number of natural disasters. Unfortunately for them, the worst of it hasn’t even happened yet. Yesterday, Chile was hit by an 8.8 earthquake—one of the worst ever recorded. Homes, highways and bridges were torn apart and at least 214 people have been found dead so far. To make matters worse, that isn’t even the full extent of the damage and the death toll will most likely rise. A 15-story building in Concepcion (Chile’s second largest city) collapsed. The nation’s capital, Santiago, saw damage to…
Tags: Asia, Chile, Climate change, crazy weather, earthquake, flooding, global warming, Haiti, Hawaii, natural disasters, New Zealand, tsunami, weather
Green living, Jan 22nd, 2010,
It is no big secret by now that Haiti has been devastated by a massive earthquake and a great number of aftershocks. People died, homes were destroyed, and many supplies are needed. There is always the possibility that another earthquake will happen in the future and they can’t keep dealing with rubble and reconstruction projects forever. So, how do you build a home that has a better chance of withstanding an earthquake? With shipping containers, that’s how! The Clemson University SEED project is currently working to do just that: provide new housing for all those in Haiti who lost their…
Tags: donations, earthquake, emergency housing, Haiti, SEED, shipping container, sustainable living
Green living, Natural disasters, Recycling, Jan 20th, 2010,
Last week, an earthquake destroyed a good portion of Haiti. The 7.0 quake left millions injured or without homes and the death toll has risen to 200,000 thus far. Round the clock aid is being provided and donations are being made. If you are wondering how you can help, there is one rather interesting type of donation you can take part in: cell phones. Yes, by recycling your old or unwanted cell phones, not only will it eliminate waste from landfills, it will also help all those Haitians in need. How? PhonesForHaiti.com is the one responsible for the program. All…
Tags: American Red Cross, cell phones, disaster relief, earthquake, Haiti, phonesforhaiti.com, ReCellular, recycle
Green living, Videos & Documentaries, Jan 9th, 2010,
The Caribbean island nation of Haiti is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. There is little industry in Haiti and the majority of Haitian people – mostly subsistence farmers – survive on about $2 a day. In addition to poverty and political and economic instability, Haiti suffers from environmental hardships including soil erosion, flooding and deforestation. Tropical storms and hurricanes also periodically batter the country. In such impoverished and disadvantaged conditions, commonplace things can take on entirely new meanings. Take trash: the organization SOIL or Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods is a self-described ‘non-profit organization dedicated…
Tags: CNN, Haiti, report, SOIL, trash, video, waste
