All stories related to Haiti
Haiti: State of the art education
Oct 06, 2011
High tech solutions mean safety for these students during an earthquake or hurricane
Haiti: Up in the mountains, a school takes shape
Apr 15, 2011
A helicopter makes light work of getting timber up a west Haiti mountain. Soon, children will have their school re-built
Haiti: Camp life
Jan 12, 2011
Photographer Paul Jeffrey documents the intense struggles of daily life for earthquake survivors living in camps in Petionville, Haiti
Haiti: ACT can dance!
Jan 06, 2011
Photo gallery: a psychosocial project in Port au Prince supported by ACT members is helping children to recover from the events of the last year
Haiti: Living in fear of sickness and death
Nov 10, 2010
Knee-deep in filthy water and prey to cholera: Haitians describe life in the wake of Hurricane Tomas
Haiti: "The first to be forgotten" reclaiming dignity
Jul 12, 2010
In a city where mobility is difficult even for able-bodied people, a monthly celebration here has come to represent a triumph
Haiti: seeding recovery in the countryside
May 21, 2010
Distributing seeds today ensures food in the coming months
John Nduna: “Haiti’s homeless and vulnerable deserve better”
Mar 15, 2010
"Haitian camps are dangerous," says Nduna
Haiti camps: dignity despite misery
Mar 11, 2010
ACT head John Nduna leaves a Haiti camp sad, but impressed
ACT in Haiti
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
International organisations in Haiti
- Christian Aid
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church World Service (CWS)
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- Lutheran World Federation, The
- Lutheran World Relief
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Organisations funding work in Haiti
- Bread for All
- Bread for the World
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Christian World Service
- Church of Sweden
- DanChurchAid
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Kerk In Actie
- Lutheran World Relief
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- United Church of Canada
About Haiti
- Capital: Port-au-Prince
- Area: 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
- Major languages: Creole, French
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 59 years (men), 63 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
- GNI per capita: US $660 (World Bank, 2008)