News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The shockwaves from the earthquake that ravaged Haiti also swept across the Haitian-American community.  It was not unusual to have lost five, 10, even 20 family members in the rubble.  Everyone heard story after heart-wrenching story of death, injury, and loss of home and livelihood.  Survivors’ pleas for help from their U.S.-based kin multiplied. A year later, the Haitian-American community …

News & Updates | Posted Monday, January 10, 2011

Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Media coverage of the first year since the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake is focused on government inaction, the slow pace of recovery and the seeming inability of Haiti to recover. But the story has another side: Haitians helping Haitians, say Church World Service staff and CWS partners in anticipation of this week’s anniversary. “One year after …