January 28, 2010

A five-truck convoy arrived on January 26th in Port-au-Prince from La Vega for distribution in Pétion-Ville and Carrefour-Thorland.  Commodities included food stuffs (2 trucks), potable water (2 trucks), and medications and clothing (1).  All relief items were purchased in the Dominican Republic. The 300,000 chlorine tablets reported on earlier were delivered in Port-au-Prince on the …

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From Rome Fr. Julian Fox: In Haiti, there is yet another twist to the disaster which unfolded on January 12.  Under the rubble of the archbishop’s quarters (he died amid that rubble) lie the archdiocesan communications structures, all now destroyed:  Radio and Télé Soleil. The station manager for Radio Soleil is Hubert Mesidor, a young …

Developing countries, communications, earthquakes — a Salesian contribution Read More »