The Team Heads to Haiti “Co-founder Jonathan Cloud, along with colleagues Matt and Sandy Polsky, head out fearlessly in stormy weather…” Good thing we still have a sense of humor, as it looks like we’ll need it. As of this writing, it’s been snowing for a day and a half in Central Jersey, but supposedly […]
Haiti Trip, March 24-April 2 Sustainable Haiti Conference, April 4-6, Miami In brief: The Coalition is leading a small delegation to Haiti on March 24 to scout locations and opportunities for sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship. Let us know if you want to contribute ideas, contacts, locations, etc. or have requests for information from us. All […]
National Conference to Feature Sustainable Haiti Coalition: Sustainable Haiti Conference, April 4-6, Miami Convention Center Basking Ridge, NJ, March 4, 2011 – In the face of cholera outbreaks, political turmoil and faltering development efforts in Haiti, can individuals in America impact the long-term prospects for Haitians? Tamara Apollon, president of Mon Pays Mon Cuisine (i.e. […]
The Sustainable Haiti Coalition welcomes Frank C. Pao, CEO of Atlantis Energy Systems, as a charter member of the Coalition’s Founders Circle. The act of joining the Founders Circle demonstrates the company’s commitment to ethical leadership, the blended value principle of combining business with public benefit and the Coalition’s vision of stewarding triple bottom line […]
The United States has disbursed only $120 million of its pledge (of $1.15 billion), according to Office of the Special Envoy’s most recent update. Source URL: http://www.thenation.com/article/157646/haiti-wheres-money. Posted to the Permaculture Relief mailing list. Haiti: Where’s the Money? by Isabel Macdonald The Nation January 11, 2011 After a devastating earthquake killed more than 200,000 people […]
Hi all! We are about to launch our 2 1/2-month Train-the-Trainer for the Nouvelle Vie Youth Corps. Twenty of our strongest Haitian youth leaders will be trained to facilitate community empowerment and meditation workshops, yoga courses, and, of course Permaculture trainings, focused on food security and composting/waste management. We’ve been searching for Kreyol translations of […]
It’s apparent, in the light of the last ten months, that things have not gone well with the relief effort in Haiti. More than a million people remain in tent cities; most of Port-au-Prince remains in ruins, with much of the rubble untouched; the displacement of as many as a million other people has also […]
Under the heading “Sustainable Haiti: Rebuilding for the Long Haul,” TriplePundit.com’s Bob Siegel has posted an article about the Coalition, at http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/11/sustainable-haiti-rebuilding-for-the-long-haul/. Check it out.
In a remarkable report marking nine months since the earthquake, HUMNEWS gives us a daunting picture of life in Haiti: still more than one million people living in tent cities, less than 2% of the rubble cleared in Port-au-Prince, and only a small amount of the money collected being released for relief and reconstruction. The […]
Here is a list of projects, which amount to over $1.6B, that were approved at the IHRC board meeting on 17 August 2010.
Download PDF Version: ProgressReportontheCoalition29AugFinal The Coalition was founded in March 2010 at the Sustainable Haiti conference in Miami. Over the recent months, we have been actively engaged establishing in growing the Coalition and creating the conditions to build its infrastructure and ensure success. This report speaks to current members, individuals and organizations who’ve signed up to […]