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...among the world's most vulnerable to trafficking even before the quake. The registry will be much like the one crafted in the wake of the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia in 2004, but its purpose is more far-reaching than reuniting lost kids with relatives. The Haiti list, begun about two weeks ago, is also designed to prevent children from being dumped into the country's scores of loosely monitored orphanages, many of which have long been sources of child trafficking. "Our answer," says de la Soudiere, "is 'no' to orphanages...
...effort to assist applicants from Spanish-speaking families during the admissions process, Harvard has recently begun offering informational materials in Spanish and may expand these offerings in the future, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
Local input is just as crucial on the physical-therapy side - especially if Haiti is going to be more accepting of amputees. At the Medishare complex, which is now the largest hospital in Haiti, disaster volunteers like Miami podiatrist Dr. Sandra Garcia-Ortiz have begun training Haitians in recent days to help amputees properly care for wounds. If those injuries go neglected, for example, the limbs can become flexed, or too rigid for prostheses to work. "Our hope," says Garcia-Ortiz, "is that enough Haitians will see that there are too many amputees for them to ignore now, and that...
...doesn't eclipse nascent renewables - which lack the lobbying muscle of the atomics - there should be room for all. "The fact is, changing the ways we produce and use energy requires us to think anew," said Obama. "That's what we must do. And that is what we have begun...
Even Cardinal's cash cow, its drug distribution, had begun to fall behind. Nearly half of the company's customers are national retail chains, including Walgreens and CVS Caremark. While these contracts assure a steady flow of capital, the margins on them are razor thin. Losing just one client could be catastrophic...