Highlights from Haiti: 16 January 2015

Leaders world wide pledge support for Haitian President. Political instability and protests continue to plague Haiti from moving forward. Mental Health and Haiti: 10 Psychiatrist for 10 million people. Medbox.org is a great resource to build your knowledge base regarding medicine in developing contexts. Incredible design can turn raw sewage into clean

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Highlights from Haiti: 26 December 2014

 Arcade Fire singer backs Haiti coffee project. Misuse of antibiotics will lead to catastrophic results. Please consider supporting efforts to avoid such an outcome. A discussion of the challenges and opportunities with the future of sustainable energies in Haiti. Encouraging news on some small, measured growth in the five years

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Highlights from Haiti: 12 December 2014

 Please pray for peace and resolution as political tensions in Haiti continue to rise. Here is the US State Department’s report on Human Rights Practices in Haiti from 2013. Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment is doing some substantive work in rural Haiti. Rainn Wilson (Dwight from the Office)

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Highlights from Haiti: 5 December 2014

Tensions rise as political impasse persists in Haiti. Haiti’s amputee soccer team heading to Amputee World Cup. A missionary from Thailand writes eloquently about some not-so-often-talked-about struggles missionaries must endure. Marriott is scheduled to open a major hotel in Port-au-Prince in February, with possible expansion in the future. A beach

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