News From Haiti
August 16, 2010 - Tom's Shoes
There are hundreds of thousands of displaced earthquake victims living in camps around Port Au Prince. The living conditions in the camps are appalling. Children need to protect their feet from cuts & sores and prevent disease and infection.
Bryn Mooser of Artists For Peace And Justice teams up with Operation Blessing and Partners In Health and to distribute Toms shoes.
July 23, 2010 - Haiti Today
As I reflect on 6 months later it is in the individual stories that I keep the hope for the future and get the strength to continue to work tirelessly amid the darkness and destruction to find the light and love all around. These are a few of their stories.
July 21, 2010 - A Hopeful Note on Haiti
Haiti remains in critical condition despite all the good work by all the good people over the past six months. 1.2 million people remain displaced as they live in makeshift camps. Very little rubble from the earthquake damage has actually been cleared. Billions of dollars have been raised, but numerous governmental and non-governmental agencies are unable to put that cash to work. The government of Haiti is dysfunctional ahead of an election and has lost most of its infrastructure in the earthquake. Everyone is waiting for a central solution, a grand scheme for relief and reconstruction.
But the reality on the ground dictates otherwise. The most effective solutions to this national tragedy have been in the form of de-centralized entities, dealing with specific problems for which they provide a direct solution: Small NGO's setting up camps for the homeless or field hospitals for the injured, individual donors providing food, water and medicine to those in need.
As the frustration with the pace of recovery escalates, it is important to recognize the...
July 12, 2010 - Haiti still needs your support, now more than ever!
Six months have passed since the earthquake hit Haiti. Food, water, shelter and medical care are in short supply. International relief and reconstruction efforts are slowing down when Haiti is most in need of help.
APJ has been helping to provide many of the basic necessities and much needed medical care for the children of the slums. Our humanitarian projects help provide daily food and water to over 8,000 children. Our surgical team has performed reconstructive surgery on over 120 patients.
April 26, 2010 - APJ Medical Update from Haiti
In addition to donating food/water/shelter, APJ medical efforts have been directed at providing limb salvage operations for children and adult victims of this horrible disaster. By performing complex reconstructive surgery and wound care, our team has been able to save many arms and legs.
March 2, 2010 - APJ Medical Mission Update
Artists for Peace and Justice Board member Dr. Reza Nabavian shares his amazing story about two children that received emergency medical support thanks to the tremendous efforts of Mending Kids International and APJ.
Feb 26, 2010 - Weekly Standard - Love Among Ruins
Read an incredibly compelling story focusing on the efforts of Father Rick Frechette in Haiti following the earthquake. The article was written by "The Weekly Standard" columnist Matt LaBash.
Feb 11, 2010 - APJ Secures Long-Term Commitments for the Children of Haiti
Artists for Peace and Justice is incredibly grateful of the support from our Hollywood colleagues. To read the official press release outlining some of our major contributors and the next steps for APJ, please click here.
Feb 5, 2010 - A Volunteer's Perspective
It was really a facebook success story how we got linked up with APJ -- my Italian aunt introduced me to a filmmaker in NY. When I posted on my facebook status that we were looking for an organization to link up with in Haiti, he sent me the APJ link and e-mailed his friend Tao who e-mailed his friend at APJ.
Feb 4, 2010 - Experiences in Haiti
Rob Beckham, a volunteer with Homes for the Heart, has been working with APJ in the rebuild of the schools in the slums of Port-au-Prince, particularly the slum known as Cite Soleil. He shares with us his recap of his time spent in Haiti.
February 1, 2010 - Re-Construction Begins
We are incredibly excited to have begun demolition and the planning for re-construction of the damaged street schools in Haiti. Last week we started demolition on our school in Cite Soleil, working with some amazing partners in Operation USA and Homes for the Heart to build disaster proof structures.
January 29th, 2010 - Inspiring doctors
We are incredibly proud of American surgeon Dr. Reza Nabavian who has returned to Haiti to set up a burn unit at St. Damiens Pediatric Hospital in Port au-Prince. Dr. Reza sent a message last night: "I was well taken care of by Father Rick and his staff and was able to graft three kids last night, hopefully saved three legs, lots more to do." - Reza
January 23rd, 2010 - A letter from Paul Haggis in Haiti
My good friend Dr. Reza Nabavian, surgeon and burn specialist, wrote this tonight, at 3.30 in the morning, after operating here at St. Damien's all day and most of the night. The NPH doctors here are incredible, as are the doctors who joined them from Sean and Diana's J/P organization.
January 23rd, 2010 - A letter from Reza Nabavian, MD, Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgeon
I wish I could convey the images of the last 48 hours using words. Nobody can. I have never seen so much human desperation in my life. I have never felt so hopeless. I didn't know what to expect as I first walked through the crowded courtyards and hospital wards of St. Damien.
January 21st, 2010 - On the Ground in Port-au-Prince
The acrid smell of death is not the first thing that hits you landing in Port-au-Prince. It is the screams and wails of mourning that are overwhelming. The cries of mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends who have lost so much and so many in the last week. The Haitian people whom I have come to know over the last year are a strong, compassionate, resilient bunch who mourn with the same passion they live by.
January 21st, 2010 - A letter from Paul Haggis in Haiti
I'm with our team now at St. Damien Pediatric Hospital, getting ready to tour and assess the damage of as many street schools as we can - we expect that many of them have been reduced to rubble while others are dangerously on the verge of collapse. As we plan our rebuild I’m fortunate to be working with experts here to discuss disaster resistant materials, designs and techniques.
January 17th, 2010 - St. Damien Update - From Peter Tinnemann to Monica Grey
Our triage is functioning nicely and we continue with registration but we aren't able to analyze figures yet; we should know more in the next few days.
January 17th, 2010 - David Belle reports from Port-au-Prince
I have been told that much US media coverage paints Haiti as a tinderbox ready to explode. I'm told that lead stories in major media are of looting, violence and chaos. There could be nothing further from the truth.
January 16th, 2010 - St. Helen Orphanage Update - From Mark Ouwehand, NPHI IT Manager
The children in Kenscoff are doing well and everyone is safe. There is hardly any structural damage. Currently there is enough food, but they are running low on diesel, but we have close UN ties, so there should not be a problem. There are still lots of vegetables, fruits and potatoes in the market, just that prices are going up fast.
January 16th, 2010 - St. Damien Update - From Peter Tinnemann to Monica Grey (Peter is an ex-volunteer 96-97)
The hospital continues to be swamped with patients and we are not able to assess where they are coming from. The are desperate to find medical care. Overall the estimate is 500-700 patients in a hospital which is built for 200. Out of that 700, 200 are children and one third are under 12 years of age.
January 15th, 2010 - A letter from Father Rick Frechette
After driving by night to Kennedy Airport January 12, and flying to Dominican Republic January 13, Conan and I arrived to Haiti this morning in the helicopter of the President of the Dominican Republic. This ride was due to the reputation of NPH in the Dominican Republic, an NPH Italy, a reputation enhanced in the DR by Andrea Bocelli not long ago.
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