10 million masks for Haiti... by Hugh Locke The Scouts of Haiti are mobilizing more than a thousand independent tailors and sewing ateliers throughout the country, many using foot-powered treadle machines, to make masks as the country responds to coronavirus, or COVID-19. A consortium of NGOs and businesses have joined the Scouts under the banner...
Voices of Hope for Haiti’s Future Edited by Hugh Locke This is the third installment of positive initiatives in Haiti that show promise for the future. Empowering the Creative Economy Ciné Institute, Haiti’s film school, was born from Festival Film Jakmèl. Following the earthquake, we grew to become the Artists Institute, a professional training and...
Voices of Hope for Haiti’s Future Edited by Hugh Locke This is the second installment of positive initiatives in Haiti that show promise for the future. Creating opportunities for artisans through cultural heritage preservation and exports For the past decade Caribbean Craft has brought to Haiti many international brands for which we develop collections of...
Voices of hope for Haiti’s future Edited by Hugh Locke In this series beginning this week, with a compendium of short articles, our collaborator Hugh Locke shows how, despite the hurdles, some organizations have done commendable work in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. RAJ. Conscious that the list of entrenched problems facing Haiti is both...
In the eye of the Haitian political storm by Hugh Locke Although there is a return to normalcy in Haiti following last year’s protests and national lockdown, it feels like the calm at the center of a tropical storm. The issues that led to the lockdown constitute the outer ring of the storm because they...
Digital Champions for Hait By Hugh Locke and Atlanta McIlwraith SPECIAL To H-O — Five Columbia University students who hail from China, India, South Korea and Thailand deserve the designation “digital champions” for designing a revolutionary new app to help members of Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) in Haiti, and eventually other parts of the world....
