REBUILD HAITI: Mission Possible 2009

By Jennifer Browning
For the second year in a row, Coral Gables Congregational Church will host REBUILD HAITI: MISSION POSSIBLE.
The fundraiser will feature Haitian-American writer and 2009 recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Award,” Edwidge Danticat. Danticat is known for her contemporary work of Haitian heritage writing in English from her award-winning 1994 debut, Breath, Eyes, Memory [...]

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UTHSCSA wins $10,000 grant for Project Medishare on Ideablob.com

By Jennifer Browning
Since their first partnering trip with Project Medishare in December 2008, University of Texas Health and Science Center in San Antonio (UTHSCSA) has been working toward raising enough money to send two medical groups to Haiti in 2010.
They received quite a boost after the group won a $10,000 grant from Ideablob.com this month.
UTHSCSA [...]

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Project Medishare’s Dr. Barth Green joins panel discussion in Washington D.C.

By Jennifer Browning
In November, Project Medishare’s Co-Founder, Dr. Barth Green will join UN’s Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer  and Haiti’s Ambassador to the United States, Raymond Joseph during the panel discussion “Meeting the challenge of the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti: A progress report from the poorest country in the Americas.”
The panel [...]

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“Sweet seeds” sowing for good in the social gaming world

By Jennifer Browning
If you’ve been tending to your crops in Farmville, think about purchasing some sweet potato seeds in an effort to feed children in Haiti.
Under Zynga’s “Sweed Seeds” initiative, when Farmville users purchase special sweet potato seeds,  50 percent of profits are donated to non-profit organizations in Haiti.  Those being FATEM.org and FONKOZE.org.  FATEM [...]

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Send holiday cheer to Haiti

By Jennifer Browning
Coral Gables Congregational Church (CGCC) is partnering again with Project Medishare this holiday season to provide toys for children in Thomonde and Marmont. The church annually hosts an Angel Tree/Toy Drive campaign and chose  the children of Haiti be the beneficiaries of the toy drive campaign once again this year.
CGCC collected toys last [...]

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Carter plans to combat malaria in Haiti and Dominican Republic

By Jennifer Browning
An estimated 30,000 Haitians were infected this year and several thousand more across the border in the Dominican Republic. Such statistics prompted former President Jimmy Carter to begin a $200,000 pilot program to fight malaria in Ouanaminthe and in neighboring Dajabon, Dominican Republic. The pilot program is operated by the noprofit, The Carter [...]

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Big names come to Haiti in search of investment

By Jennifer Browning
Over the weekend, big names congregated in conference rooms in a luxury hotel in Haiti. Big names like Levi and Gap were interested in the potential of American trade legislation that wipes out duties on apparel assembled in Haiti. Citibank and Scotiabank were on hand to discuss loans.
With the State Department downgrading its [...]

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Boots made for walking also help Haiti

By Jennifer Browning
Got a mountain in mind to climb? Are the Everglades calling you to traverse it’s ghostly winding paths? Now you can choose your next pair of boots from Timberland, who has created a 16-boot footwear collection specifically for Wyclef Jean’s Yéle Haiti organization. The musician and his organization have teamed up with the [...]

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