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Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
theGrio via AOL· 6 hours agoIn a bid to help save Haiti’s youngest generation, the country is undergoing a wider push to dispel a long-standing […] The post Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now ...
Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight
NPR· 8 hours agoHe heads the G9 federation of gangs. He is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop...
Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
Los Angeles Times· 1 hour agoShunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more...
Man known as Barbeque is credited with uniting gangs against Haiti's government
NPR· 10 hours agoHaiti's capital has been relatively calm in recently ahead of the anticipated deployment of an international security force lead by Kenyans aimed to bring order to a city crippled by gang violence.
Contractors arrive in Haiti to build base for Kenyan-led forces
Reuters via AOL· 4 days agoCivilian contractors have arrived in Haiti to build living quarters for a Kenyan-led international...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoBy reading her letters, diary entries and notes from various meetings, I noticed that Bethune was...
Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country
Stamford Advocate· 4 days agoPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is...
Haitians demand the resignation and arrest of the country's police chief after a new gang attack
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 6 hours agoPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the...
What Haiti needs now is Republican support | Opinion
Miami Herald via AOL· 4 days agoAt long last, there is hope for Haiti – that it can be rescued from anarchy and its people saved from mass starvation. And hope, too, for the United...
New exhibit showcases the importance of Miami’s historic Little Haiti neighborhood
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 days agoThere was just something about Little Haiti that Edouard Duval-Carrié couldn’t escape. It was the...