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Haiti - CARICOM
Haiti is a member of CARICOM, The Caribbean Community, an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies.
CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.
CARICOM's major activities involve coordinating economic policies and development planning; devising and instituting special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction; operating as a regional single market for many of its members (Caricom Single Market); and handling regional trade disputes.
The secretariat headquarters of CARICOM is based in Georgetown, Guyana.
Report - Lessons From Haiti
Media, Information Systems and Communities: Lessons from Haiti
By Anne Nelson and Ivan Sigal, with Dean Zambrano
This report was partly based on information gathered at a roundtable discussion on the media and communication response to the Haiti earthquake. Hosted in Miami on May 24, 2010, the event was organized by Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Participants included representatives from the following organizations:
Association des Journalistes Haitiens
Association des Medias Independants d'Haiti
BBC World Service Trust
International Media Support
InSTEDD
Internews
Irish Red Cross Society
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Katye pa Katye (also known as Quartier par Quartier)
Microsoft
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Reporters sans Frontières
Thomson Reuters Foundation
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ushahidi
Read the full PDF report here:
knightfoundation.org
Oi Leak in Peligre hydroelectric power plant
A major oil leak the Peligre hydroelectric power plant in central Haiti may contribute in the Artibonite River contamination presently being blamed for the deadly cholera epidemic causing than a hundred dead amongst the residents of the Artibonite river valley.
According to local authorities, the 3 turbines of the Peligre hydroelectric power plant are in such poor condition that hydraulic transmission oil (Azolla ZS 68 and Thelus 68) is leaking out of the turbine.
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http://www.haitianinternet.com/articles.php/736