Haiti Reborn Report September 2008
In This Edition:• Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike• Roots of the Food Crisis• Haiti Debt Campaign in High Gear• Thank You Tom!• 160 Miles for Haiti!Download(PDF format; 4MB)read more
The Bolivian government denounces the fascist coup which has started in Santa Cruz
"We are sufficiently strong to split the country," threatens a PODEMOS Santa Cruz deputy Somos lo suficientemente fuertes como para partir al país", amenaza un diputado cruceño de Podemosread more
Pat details Ike Aftermath
Dear Family, Sisters and Friends, Ike hit us in Gros Morne Saturday night and Sunday–worse than Hanna. There was a pause around 7 AM Sun. and I walked around the parish gardens which surround our house and the control ditches were full to the top, but holding. Then the downpour continued another six hours and the end of the second ditch broke and flooded the grounds of John XXIII high school for the second time in a week. Plans are under way to make the erosion controls stronger! The owner of the land above the gardens is willing to cooperate now.
Notes on Ike
We haven’t been able to contact Gros Morne yet since Ike came through this weekend. We hope to speak to them soon, but in the meantime we have been able to glean some information about Ike’s impacts from the web read more
Detailed Report from Pat (Post Hannah, Pre Ike)
Here is a report from Pat in Gros Morne on the status of the community and agro-forestry projects there. We haven’t yet had further contact with Pat since Ike hit this weekend. We are preparing to assist in the appeal that Pat and the local religious community pulled together. Thank you for the outpouring of support thus far. If you haven’t yet, you can donate here. read more
Tens of Thousands Flooded in Gonaives
Today tens of thousands of Haitians are trapped in the flooded city of Gonaives in a gruesome replay of what happened in Hurricane Jeanne in 2004. Unable to move because of flooding, many Haitians are trapped on building roofs without food or clean water. Relief convoys have been turned back at the approaches to the town as they reached the edge of impassible lakes of water or could not cross huge gullies washed in roads.
Message from Pat in Gros Morne
Carol, In Gros Morne we hardly got a drop from Gustav but it wouldn’t let Hanna move on after Hanna slammed us hard. It’s worse than Hurricane Jeanne here. We have people staying at the center in Grepin again and there are families at the Salvation Army down the road from the center.–much property and garden lost. Five houses in town were washed into Riviere Mancelle. We don’t have many reports because roads are out and phone don’t work in a number of places. Gonaives is dreadful because of Hanna, and Ike and Josephine are on their way.
The Hemispheric Social Alliance Bulletin August 26, 2008
Contents:1. The struggles of the indigenous communities and poor farmers of Peru lead to the repeal of Legislative Decrees 1015 and 10732. The Doha Round3. Immigration in America4. Honduras becomes a part of ALBA read more
RSVP for Bill Retirement Party
Bill’s Retirement Party happened Oct 11th. We will be posting photos from the wonderful event here shortly.
Gustav and Hannah Batter Haiti
Hurricane Gustav tore ashore at Jacmel on the southern peninsula of Haiti on August 26th. More than 12 inches of rain fell in a few hours on Haiti’s denuded hillsides. More than 75 Haitians lost their lives and over 8000 their homes in mudslides and flash floods in the hours afterwards. The sad truth is that Haiti was still recovering from tropical storm Fay which soaked the island earlier in the month, killing 23 read more