Hospital brings hope to Haiti
A hospital opened in January where a year earlier cows grazed. There were banners and bands that bright day in the tiny community of Lacolline, Haiti. Thousands of people came, singing, playing music,...
View ArticleHarvard responds to Haiti crisis
A catastrophic earthquake in Haiti Tuesday (Jan. 12) sent tremors all the way to Boston, prompting rapid, broad-based medical and humanitarian assistance from Harvard University and its affiliates....
View ArticleHarvard mobilizes relief fund
Harvard University will create a relief fund for faculty and staff who have been directly affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The University’s executive vice president, Katherine N. Lapp,...
View ArticleReflections on a catastrophe
As twilight fell over Port-au-Prince that first terrible night after Haiti’s January earthquake, Louise Ivers watched a strange cloud of dust settle over the city. Stirred by buildings collapsing as...
View ArticleProgress in Haiti ‘painfully slow’
A year after Haiti’s deadly earthquake, nearly a million people still live in temporary tent cities, plagued by sexual violence and hopelessness. In downtown Port-au-Prince, large sections of the city...
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