Latest Haiti Stories

JetBlue Flights to Port-au-Prince Now On Sale!

2013-06-12 08:20:56

- Starting this December, JetBlue will offer daily non-stop flights from New York's JFK Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (a) - NEW YORK and FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announces that tickets are now on sale to its 82nd destination, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Beginning December 5, 2013, the airline will serve Toussaint Louverture...

BD and Heart to Heart International Continue Ongoing Collaboration to Help Improve Healthcare in Haiti with Third Volunteer Service Trip

2013-06-04 08:29:19

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and OLATHE, Kan., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Heart to Heart International, a nonprofit humanitarian medical aid organization, are collaborating on their third joint volunteer initiative to strengthen healthcare in Haiti. A team of 14 BD employees from around the world will build upon the progress made by their colleagues in 2012. This year the volunteers will visit...

Dr. Donald Roland to Receive Humanitarian Award

2013-05-28 23:02:02

Renowned New York Plastic Surgeon Recognized for Charitable Works New York, NY (PRWEB) May 28, 2013 Renowned New York plastic surgeon Dr. Donald Roland is honored to be chosen as recipient of the Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club’s Humanitarian Award in recognition of his work with the children of Haiti. The Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club is Brooklyn’s newest Rotary Club. This year will mark the first annual Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club Awards Banquet, to be held on May 23 at the Dyker Beach...

Media Alert: International Diaspora Alliance Launches Diasporta To Build Sport Infrastructure And Communities Within Developing World

2013-05-24 16:22:12

The Phoenix Stadium in Cite Soleil, Haiti, Hailed as Program Centerpiece WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA), Univision, and Project Phoenix announced the launch of Diasporta, an innovative partnership to engage diaspora communities, ethnic sports leagues, and sports companies, foundations, and media outlets in a collaborative process to tackle development challenges using sports in the developing world. The...

JetBlue to Begin Flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti!

2013-05-09 12:20:24

-- Daily non-stop flights between New York's JFK and twice daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti set to begin December 5, 2013 (a) -- NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced its intent to serve Port-au-Prince, Haiti with daily nonstop service from both New York City and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. From Toussaint Louverture International...

Boca Pharmacal Contributes to a Healthier Haiti

2013-05-01 12:27:59

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Pharmacal, Inc., today announced that it successfully donated 18,814 bottles of prescription multivitamins to Haiti in conjunction with Christian Aid Ministries, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that helps the needy throughout the world. Perhaps more importantly, the company has also been successful in seeing that the products are getting to where they are needed - in clinics and hospitals on the island. (Photo:...

Sugarcane plantations farm workers work earns Ulrick Gaillard Rotary's prestigious honor

2013-04-29 16:31:45

NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The founder and CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance, Ulrick Gaillard, joins the rank of Dominican personality, investigative journalist and television producer Nuria Piera, to receive from the Rotary Club of New York Rotary International's prestigious honor--Paul Harris award. The ceremony was held on April 29, 2013 at the Harvard Club in New York City. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120120/DC36161LOGO ) For sixteen years,...

April 24th Statement on President Obama's proposal to reform U.S. Global Food Aid by Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS)

2013-04-24 12:31:06

NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to Senate and House hearings this week on foreign assistance and the president's FY14 budget proposal, here is a statement for attribution from Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, an organization that has been deeply involved in the fight for international food aid reform: "We enthusiastically support the proposal for international food aid reform in President Obama's FY 2014 federal budget plan....

Resilience is Theme of Haitian Art Exhibit at Newton's Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, April 25-May 24

2013-04-23 12:29:23

Exhibit is Part of Month-Long Celebration of Haitian Resilience NEWTON, Mass., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Haitians continue to rebuild their lives and country, their resilience as a people and an art community is becoming more and more evident in Haitian art, according to Joseph Chery, a co-curator of "The Colors of Resilience," an exhibit of work from artists of Jacmel, Haiti and their American Haitian counterparts in New England. The exhibit, which is currently...

Landmark MIT-Haiti Initiative Will Transform Education In Haiti

2013-04-17 20:22:14

BOSTON, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking today at Boston's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe lauded the history-making approach of the MIT-Haiti Initiative in addressing one of Haiti's most significant agenda concerns: Education. Thanks to the MIT-Haiti Initiative, innovative technology-enhanced resources for improving science and math education will be developed and disseminated in Kreyol, Haiti's primary language. (Photo:...