Archive for the ‘Emmanuel's Posts’ Category

Frustration mounts at Haiti’s gas shortage

Frustration mounts at Haiti’s gas shortage

Car owners are obliged to take their gasoline by the gallon, and then transport it back to their vehicles by hand.

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Back to school, in the disaster

Back to school, in the disaster

This week, kids in Haiti are back at school, but not all are finding the classroom doors open.

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The Haitian brothers who want to fly

The Haitian brothers who want to fly

The brothers spent months performing around Haiti to save the $45.000 Haitian dollars they needed to realize their dream: building a life-size model helicopter.

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Bending the rules of aid distribution

Bending the rules of aid distribution

The two rules of aid distributions are usually 1) you have to have a card to receive aid, and 2) you need to be a woman.

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Maitre James, Haitian painter

Maitre James, Haitian painter

Things became more difficult for James after the earthquake, because painting had been his life, and is now his only hope.

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Bringing power to Port-au-Prince

Bringing power to Port-au-Prince

Live wires, fallen electric poles, an non-paying customers: Emmanuel Midi describes the huge job for Haiti's power providers, Electricité d'Haiti (EDH).

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Haiti’s new demolition business

Haiti’s new demolition business

Emmanuel visits the remains of a school where workers are searching for iron in the rubble, but finding much more.

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Formation, Animation, Discovery for Haiti’s kids

Formation, Animation, Discovery for Haiti’s kids

On Saturday morning, we didn't need an alarm to wake us up. We set the program to begin at 8:30am, but at 7am kids are already on the ground waiting.

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“Little Eyes”: Haiti’s street youth

“Little Eyes”: Haiti’s street youth

Emmanuel Midi meets Ti Je ("Little Eyes"), a streetwise 10 year-old in the Petion Ville market, and follows him home.

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Waking up in the mud

Waking up in the mud

Haitian student Emmanuel Midi reports for Inside Disaster on the aftermath of yesterday's rainstorm in Port-au-Prince.

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