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Great strides made in Haiti, but challenges remain for children, says UNICEF Canada president from Port-au-Prince
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 12, 2015 /CNW/ – To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people in 2010, UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley is in Port-au-Prince visiting projects, talking to children and families and assessing the progress made in Haiti to build a stronger future for its children. Over the last few…
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Five years on – Remembering Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake
12 January 2015 – Marking the anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti five years ago today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the more than 200,000 victims, including 102 United Nations personnel, who perished, and declared that in sorrow, there is the promise of hope that the progress achieved by the Haitian people in the wake of the…
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CARICOM RENEWS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HONOUR PLEDGES TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has made another impassioned plea to the international donor community to make good on their pledges of assistance towards the reconstruction of Haiti. In a Statement on the Recovery and Reconstruction of Haiti, issued at the conclusion of the Twenty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of…
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