Earthquake survivor and violinist plans return to Haiti
Romel Joseph did not expect to survive the earthquake that ripped through his Port-au-Prince music school, killing his pregnant wife and trapping him under the rubble two months ago.
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Romel Joseph did not expect to survive the earthquake that ripped through his Port-au-Prince music school, killing his pregnant wife and trapping him under the rubble two months ago.
Following the Jan. 12 earthquake, the Archdiocese of Miami announced plans to spend $1.57 million for Haitians in Haiti and in South Florida.
Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake - and with torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelters they promised.
The last of 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping is facing a new charge.
The Archdiocese of Miami says it will spend $1.57 million for ongoing relief in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, including medical support, church rebuilding and assistance to new Haitian immigrants in South Florida.
An official says two European aid workers kidnapped in Haiti and later released were from the Czech Republic and Belgium.
Kidnappers have freed two Swiss women snatched off the streets of Haiti's capital and held for five days, officials said Thursday.
With the commemoration of International Women's Day on Monday, the world's attention focused on women's trials, tribulations and triumphs. It is well documented that when times are hard, women and children fare worse than men.
President Barack Obama welcomed Haitian President René Préval to the White House Wednesday, pledging that as it rebuilds, the earthquake-wracked country ``will continue to have a steady and reliable partner in the United States of America.''
The U.S. military hospital ship Comfort has completed its relief mission in Haiti and is heading home.
Haitian President Rene Preval is heading to the U.S. to discuss what is needed to rebuild his shattered country.
A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody.
U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international aid is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
Aid agencies say they have delivered emergency shelter to half of the 1.3 million people in need following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most visible portion of international is ending even as the city is still mired in misery and vulnerable to unrest.
Two months after an earthquake killed hundreds of thousands, Haitian President René Préval arrives in the U.S. to ask for aid and coordination.
Two U.S. missionaries are spending another weekend in a Haitian jail.
The world's bill for the Haitian earthquake is large and growing - now $2.2 billion - and so is the criticism about how the money is being spent.
Haitians must proceed with their presidential election this year despite the burden of earthquake damage, the top United Nations official in the country said Thursday.
Their home is a pile of rubble, their church in ruins and their honeymoon suite a tent shared with eight relatives.