By: Mary Rose | 2010-03-11 | Nature A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale shook Haiti on Tuesday, causing several buildings to collapse in the poorest nation of the Western hemisphere< read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-04-22 | Journalism The Pulitzer Prize for breaking-news photography belongs to a trio of Washington Post photographers including Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti, who captured the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti over months. Guzy visited Port-au-Prince 24 hours after the 7.0 magnitude quake hit this country and thousands of Haitians asked for help beneath rubble. Kahn traveled Haiti over the ensuing months as the unrest and cholera epidemic swept out. Carioti arrived in August to document the continuing tragedy. The Haiti’s 2010 disastrous earthquake killed 316,000 people, injured 300,000 and made 1,000,000 homeless. Besides it is estimated that around 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed. read more
By: belinda toland | 2010-11-26 | Journalism natural disaster always bring something bad, there is another disaster happened in the world. Hope more people in the world can do some help for them, Haiti. read more
By: Alice Ken | 2012-03-23 | Reference & Education Haitian culture is one of the appealing cultures in the world. It is a blend of traditional western, Latin American, and spiced up with African culture. The name Haiti is used to refer to “mountainous country” and is derived from Taino Indians who were living in this island before Europeans established their authority. The name was adopted after independence in 1804 by military generals who read more
By: Ken | 2012-03-22 | History Haitian culture is one of the appealing cultures in the world. It is a blend of traditional western, Latin American, and spiced up with African culture. The name Haiti is used to refer to "mountainous country" and is derived from Taino Indians who were living in this island before Europeans established their authority. The name was adopted after independence in 1804 by military generals who had won the independence and majority of who were formers slaves. read more
By: Chris Jacken | 2010-11-16 | Health & Fitness Cholera, an infection of the small intestine, is sported by the bacterium, called Vibrio cholerae. In addition, the key symptoms of cholera-related patients are seen as diarrhea as well as vomiting, and if it becomes worse serve diarrhea and vomiting can result in fast such dehydration low blood pressure or poor skin and electrolyte imbalance. Also, cholera is transmitted via using contaminated drinking water and food. read more
By: lidongqun | 2010-01-26 | Online Business On January 16th, Alibaba Group decided to donate 2 million Yuan to ICRC, which will be used to buy the medicine which is the scarcest currently for Haiti disaster stricken population. read more
By: | 2010-04-14 | International studies Much attention has been focused on the recent disastrous earthquake in Haiti. While this is certainly a newsworthy story, there is another one that has not been as widely publicized but that is newsworthy as well, and it is a more positive one. read more
By: Andrew Weber | 2010-01-27 | News and society The earthquake has strike Haiti, the capital city, Port-Au-Prince on Tuesday, causing thousand of death but the death toll is yet to be known because many missing bodies are yet to be found. read more
By: Ernie Fitzpatrick | 2010-01-22 | Nature What in the world is going on with global warming? Is there or isn't there, and if so why is so much of the planet now so cold? read more
By: Osita Modozie | 2010-01-22 | Non Profit Organizations Discover the means to donate to Haiti. If you want to help this poor country, then the way to do so can be discovered inside this article. read more
By: michael Webster | 2010-01-26 | News and society Your gift now will help distribute relief supplies – including food, clean water, blankets, and tents to children and families impacted by the earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti. read more