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  Saving Haiti's Forests One Briquette at a Time

  By David Bois | Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:28 PM ET

  most violence-racked neighborhoods is putting people to work, turning waste into fuel and raising hopes to reverse the deforestation which has been Haiti's most worrisome environmental challenge.As Scientific American reports, efforts are underway to produce briquettes used to boil water and coo Read More

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  Floating Doctors are Real Lifesavers

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:33 PM ET

  the delivery of health care," LaBrot told CNN.He and his 15-person crew plan to travel south and hit 15 countries in Latin America, including Haiti, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and several Pacific Islands.At each destination, the group will dole out some of the 20,00 Read More

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  Former Slave Works to End Child Slavery in Haiti

  By John Casey | Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  among many others, is child slavery, according to an article by Shayla Silva in the Central Florida Future. Jean-Robert Cadet was a child slave in Haiti, and now he is working to raise awareness of the modern form of slavery practiced there. Cadet spoke to a group of students at the Universit Read More

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  Safe Place for Haitian Women

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 9, 2009 2:17 PM ET

  by the national police force and the government to address the problem of gender-based violence," according to an article by Jonah Engle in The Haitian Times."We must overcome the taboos and the macho culture within our society in our struggle to combat violence against women," Stanley Jea Read More

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  'Infecting' Students With Volunteerism

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  of North Carolina State University to pile into one of the school's auditoriums to pack more than 300,000 meals into bags for school kids in Haiti and people in Peru who had just suffered a terrible earthquake, according to an article by Jay Price in the News Observer.That feat is just on Read More

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  WIN, Soros to Fund Haitian Industrial Park

  By John Casey | Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:38 PM ET

  as special U.N. envoy to Haiti to encourage international investment there. This week, right on the heels of Clinton's visit, comes news that "the Haiti-based conglomerate WIN Group and the Soros Economic Development Fund today announced plans to develop a $45 million industrial park t Read More

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  Wyclef + Timberland Equals a Better Haiti

  By David Jenison | Tue Oct 6, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  The famed singer also worked with Timberland on a new Earthkeepers footwear line set to debut in late November with a dollar a shoe going to Yéle Haiti. Selects stores are even offering free CDs or downloads of "DJ Drama Presents Wyclef Jean" for holiday purchases.In addition to helping th Read More

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  Bill Clinton Stumps for Haiti Investment

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 2, 2009 7:06 PM ET

  industrial park, an investment that could create 25,000 new garment industry positions.Another aspect of help for Haiti concerns AIDS."Clinton and Haitian President Rene Preval signed an agreement to invite the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative to provide support to the government, to help expan Read More

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  The Roundup, CGI Edition: Sept. 21-25

  By Caroline Walker | Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:24 AM ET

  Global Initiative. Katherine Gustafson explains his new commitment, through his nonprofit Water.org, to provide clean water to 50,000 people in Haiti. Relive the hands-down most high energy, fun-filed (yes, fun at CGI) session: not surprisingly, Brad Pitt's report on Make It Right and hi Read More

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  CGI Live Blog: Closing Session With Hillary Clinton

  By Caroline Walker | Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:02 AM ET

  unicef 2:05 Steve Enders: now a group developing new cookstove - works without charcoal and produces less emissions. sounds like they're made for Haiti 2:06 Steve Enders: benefit for indoor cooking and severe deforestation in Haiti 2:07 Steve Enders: 3% of the island has forest covered Read More

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