Jean Etiome Dorcent - UN/MINUSTAH Four cholera treatment centers (CTCs) are being built in Upper Artibonite - in Gros- Morne, Dessalines, Desdunes and Estère. "[With these centers] people will have a safe place to seek treatment. My greatest wish is to increase the healing response to the [affected] population" said the Mayor of Estère, Michelet Jean Jacques, at the launch ceremony in Estère on July 8th. Created by the International Organization…
Nouveau marché à l'Ile à vache Coup de pouce à la Presse La MINUSTAH forme les journalistes haïtiens en reportage TV. Voici une sélection des meilleurs reportages réalisés par les participants de l'Artibonite. La mission de Nigel Fisher s'achève.
Vicky Delore Ndjeuga - UN/MINUSTAH Between July 15th and19th, a dozen officers from Cap Haïtien were trained in port and marine security. The session aimed at better enabling the Haitian National Police (HNP) to familiarize themselves with their mission at the ports. The training was led by the United Nations Police (UNPol), including specialists in drugs and techniques and tactics of intervention, such as vehicle- and people-searches. The…
Almost 500 hectares of land will be irrigated through the renovation of an irrigation channel in Grande-Saline, in the department of Artibonite. The project was launched on July 15th. Près de 500 hectares de terre seront arrosés grâce aux travaux de bétonnage d’un canal d’irrigation, lancés le 15 juillet 2013 à Grande-Saline, dans l’Artibonite. Taina Noster - UN/MINUSTAH At Nan Vallette, in Grande Saline, twenty farmers are busy in the rice paddy…
NATIONS UNIES / UNITED NATIONS COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE L’ONU octroie 2,5 millions de dollars à Haïti pour poursuivre la lutte contre le choléra (Port-au-Prince, 22 juillet 2013) : L’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) a annoncé une enveloppe supplémentaire de 2,5 millions de dollars américains, 1.5 millions provenant du Fonds Central de réponses aux urgences (CERF) et 1 million du Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD), pour…
Originating from poor families in the countryside or the capital, trafficked by so-called ‘benefactors’ within Haiti or through the border of the Dominican Republic in search of jobs, many Haitian children are victims of human trafficking. Issus de familles pauvres des campagnes ou de la capitale, livrés à de soi-disant bienfaiteurs ou traversant seuls la frontière à la recherche d’emploi, nombreux sont les enfants haïtiens victimes de trafic…
On July 5th, following a year of career-orientated training, 50 female entrepreneurs and 200 young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince received diplomas. 50 femmes entrepreneurs et 200 jeunes issus des quartiers sensibles de la capitale haïtienne ont reçu leur diplôme, le 5 juillet dernier, après une année de formation professionnelle. To prepare for the labour market, 200 young interns and 50 female…
More than 90% of the energy consumed in the department of Plateau Central comes from charcoal. Once green and leafy, the vegetation covering this department - neighbouring the Dominican Republic – today stands at just 1%. Plus de 90% de l’énergie consommée dans le département du Plateau central provient du charbon de bois. Autrefois verdoyante, la couverture végétale de ce département limitrophe de la République dominicaine ne représente plus que…
Grace à un projet de la MINUSTAH et HPCD, 189 jeunes ont appris le métier de la construction. La construction d'une maison a ses règles: en les respectant, cela protège la vie. Un autre épisode sur la construction des fondations. Spot de sensibilisation : Pour la saison cyclonique, il faut être préparé avant, pendant et après!
Optimistic, intelligent, a real go-getter, Marie-Aure Clermont has undergone training in small business management for women from vulnerable parts of Port-au-Prince. Called Maggy by friends and family, Marie-Aure started her own collection of fashion items and today employs 26 artisans. The products are well known to the Haitian public: jewellery made of bone, ox horn, wood and other materials; hand crafted sandals and embroidered clothes using…
An avowed priority for the Haitian government and its president for 2013 – ‘Year of the Environment’ - the reforestation of Haiti is a challenge, a new frontier to cross. Physical border… With the slogan ‘Two Countries, One Island under Environmental Protection’ the two nations of Hispaniola are fighting the same fight: namely, to erase the boundary - visible to the naked eye – marking the countries; one side all wooded hills, the other, bare…
Brazilian aircraft incident at the airport