The Haitian Internet Newsletter

"The solution is a lot more complicated than teaching someone to fish," Matt Altman says in his reply to Confessions Of A Haiti NGO Worker, "It does no good teaching someone to fish if there are no fish, or the person does not have a way to get to the fish."

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I asked a Haitian "boss mason" for an estimate on a construction job in Haiti, just an estimate, then I ask second one... He flat out refused to even give me an estimate simply because I asked another before him...

"That's how it is in Haiti, " someone says to me. "Once you talk a 'boss mason' about a job, worse, if you bring him to the 'chantier' (the construction site) nobody else will take the job unless you lie to him and tell him he is the first one."

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Everyone once in a while I read something that a foreigner writes about Haiti and I wish I had the power to spread it way out there so that everyone can read it...

The following is an excerpt from an op-ed from the New York Times today, written by Nora Schenkel from Scotland, a former Haiti NGO worker:

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Would you like to substitute your chicken wings for some insects? According to the FAO, insects are abundant, economical, healthy, and nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef, even fish... So... Why don't we eat them in Haiti???

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has just released a report urging people to eat insects to fight world hunger.

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What does Haitian comedian Languichatte Debordus and Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade have in common?

STYLE BABY... Look at this photo...

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Did you know this? The Toussaint Louverture International airport in Port-au-Prince Haiti will have 14 new gates and 750,000 square feet of new space by the year 2015.

The renovation of the airport is happening in phases to avoid interruptions of flights in and out of Haiti.

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M'gen zen pou ou pitit... In the documentary Fatal Assistance by Raoul Peck, former Haiti president, Rene Preval, says the United Nations tried to remove him from Haiti before his term was over... WHAT??? Wi pitit... Edmond Mulet di Preval ou MANTI...

Men bon zenzen... LOL...

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The Martelly administration took the decision to remove the security of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide 48 hours after his appearance in court on Wednesday May 8 despite laws providing former Heads of State security.

The information was confirmed by Scoop FM radio host Garry Pierre-Paul Charles on Friday.

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Haitian Diaspora News - New York City is rolling out the biggest bike sharing bicycle-sharing program in the USA. What does the Haitian Community in New York City think about this?

How the program works...

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Dr. Schiller Alexandre, son of former Haitian President Boniface Alexandre, was found bound and gagged at his home in Vivi Mitchell, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as police arrived in the nick of time to foil the plot to kidnap him. His friend, Eliphete Noel, a former Deputy (Congressman), received a blow to the head with a hammer and was struck in the shoulder with a machete.

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