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...coupons are a part of the World Food Program distribution plan aimed at women and children. Theoretically, the program disseminates coupons to Haitian community leaders who then are supposed to give them out to the women of that community. But they are quickly becoming a commodity. The women tell me of places where I can go to find the men selling the cartes: the stadium, the gas station on the corner, all places where you go to meet the right people. It's clear relief has come hand in hand with Haiti's age-old, seemingly death-defying corruption...
...rice" is what the residents of the city are calling the halting relief efforts. There's so much blocking in the system that frustrated members of my family, neighbors, the man selling baguettes in the morning will tell you: "the government works against you, not for you." The Haitian government has tried to show some positive signs of life. There have been several distributions led by Haitian police officers dressed in khaki uniforms with official Haitian patches embroidered on their sleeves. But the presence of the law does not translate into order. One distribution site at the makeshift camps...
...question the Haitian government plans to answer with campsites in places like Croix-de-Bouquets, eight miles from the capital. The ground there has been plowed in preparation but much more headway has to be made. The rains will begin in a few weeks. (See the top 10 deadliest earthquakes...
...took the course last semester and traces her roots back to Haiti, appreciated Bergin’s desire to debunk stereotypes, such as those about voodooism, which Bergin did by bringing in a voodoo priestess as a guest speaker. And while McBride’s Haitian heritage made the recent earthquake crisis in Haiti hit close to home, she said that taking this course and volunteering in Dorchester made her more “aware...
...Haitian students in the course also developed a new viewpoint on the crisis. Gresa Matoshi ’13, who was also enrolled last semester, confirmed, “I felt like it was different seeing that stuff on TV because I felt like I was connected to it in some...