Konbit Pou Ayiti

IN THIS REPORT:
- Haiti Not Prepared for New Storm Season, Donor Support Needed
- World Bank $121 Million for 2009-2012 Country Assistance Strategy
- USAID Plans $155 million Over 5 Years for Denuded Hillsides
- Asst. Secretary General of OAS Urges CARICOM to Support Haiti
- Boy and Student Injured in University Protest
- Father Gerard Jean-Juste Died, Thousands Attend His Funeral

Haiti Not Prepared for New Storm Season, Donor Support Needed:

IN THIS REPORT:
- Bill Clinton Named As UN Special Envoy for Haiti
- Haiti makes progress but international community remains cautious
-  Floods from Torrential Rains have Killed at Least 11
- Dominican Truckers Blame Haitian Senator for Unresolved Conflict
-  'Heroes' Star Condemns Child Exploitation in Haiti
- Miami Herald Editorial - Haiti: Last chance for a new start
-  Daily News Editorial - Hostile to Haiti: Rush Limbaugh is classless in attacking hemisphere's poorest country
-  Palm Beach Post Editorial - Can Haiti itself be rescued?

IN THIS REPORT:
UN Secretary General and Former President Clinton Visit Haiti
Clinton Global Initiative boosts health programs in Haiti
NYT Editorial: Haiti’s Despair, Continued
Carnival Sum-Up
University Students Protest and Clash with Police
Tennis Star Kournikova Visits Haiti with PSI
New International Crisis Group Report on Haiti Warns of Renewed Violence and Instability
Haiti visit by U.N. Security Council members aims to bolster support
World Bank Granting $5 Million to Rebuild 15 Schools
Bus Crash Near Cabaret
Haitians Being Deported Despite Desperation in Haiti
Congresswoman Waters and 71 Others Urge Debt Cancellation
Rebuilding Haiti

IN THIS REPORT:
- Delta Air Lines Announces Nonstop Service to PAP
- Electoral Council Rejects Legislative Candidates, Excluding Famni Lavalas and Guy Philippe
- UN Mission Calls for Widest Participation in April Elections
- Secretary General of OAS Concerned about CEP’s Decision
- Electoral Council Will Allow Appeals for Disqualified Candidates
- Police Official in Chile says Peacekeepers Could Leave Haiti by 2011
- Officials Report that Cite Soleil is Now Secure, Thanks to MINUSTAH
- Ongoing Efforts to Suspend Deportations to Haiti
- President Preval Appeals for Economic Assistance in Washington
- World Bank Welcomes Swiss Handover of Duvalier Assets to Haiti

IN THIS REPORT:
- Journalist sentenced to prison for defamation
- Amnesty International Urgent Action for Journalist Guy Delva
- International Association of Democratic Lawyers Calls on Haiti to End Persecution of Political Prisoners
- Demonstration for Return of Aristide
- Haiti to Receive an Additional $50 Million from IDB
- Miami Herald Editorial: IDB Helps, ICE Hurts Haiti
- Listo Diario Editorial: Haiti's Uncertain Future
- Nutritional Value of World Food Program Rice Questioned by Haiti Support Group

Journalist sentenced to prison for defamation:

IN THIS REPORT:
- Journalist Guy Delva Sentences to One Month in Prison on Charges of Defamation
- Haiti to Participate in Caribbean Single Market and Economy
- Rise in Crime Leads UN to Launch New Security Plan
- Deportations to Haiti Resume Despite Ongoing Crises
- Maternal Mortality, an Indicator of Haiti's Healthcare Crisis
- CEPR Releases Report Calling for Urgent Debt Cancellation
- New Survey of Children's Nutritional Health Launched
-  President Preval Promises Action after Schools Collapse in Port-au-Prince
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters Calls for Better-Funded, Systemic Approach to Hunger in Haiti
-  European Union Pledges $7.7 Million in Emergency Food Aid for Haiti

IN THIS REPORT:
- World Bank President Visits Haiti and Says Debt Could be Cancelled by Mid-2009
- Indian Police Join UN Peacekeeping Mission
- Haiti's Environmental Crisis
- MSF Denounces Inefficient Emergency Response in Gonaïves
- UN Envoy to Haiti Warns that Ignoring Plight of Haitians Could Lead to Social Unrest
- UN Security Council Extends Mandate of Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti
- US Conference of Catholic Bishops Calls for Temporary Protective Status for Haitians
- New York Times Editorial: Grant Temporary Protective Status to Haitians in the US

World Bank President Visits Haiti and Says Debt Could be Cancelled by Mid-2009:

IN THIS REPORT:
- New Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis
- Haitian Olympic Athlete
- Ex-Soldiers Occupy Buildings in Cap-Haitien and Ouanaminthe
- FAO is Distributing Seeds and Tools
- European Union GIving $5 Million in Face of Rising Food Prices
- At Least 29 Killed in Truck Accident
- $19 Million Judgment Upheld Against "Toto" Constant
- Dominican Army Reinforcement in Response to Former Haitian Solders
-  Less than 2% of Aid Promised to Hungry Haitians has been Distributed

New Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis:

Happy Flag Day!

IN THIS REPORT:
- Keeping New Mothers Alive
 In Haiti and Rwanda, Reducing Tragedy in Childbirth
- Death Toll for Capsized Boat up to Thirteen
- Calm in Cite Soleil During Protests Sign of Success for Preval
- Deep Roots of Haiti's Food Crisis
- Demonstrators in Les Cayes Temporarily Satisfied with Jobs
- US House of Representatives Passes HOPE II
- Ericq Pierre Blames Corruption for his Rejection for Prime Minister
- Haiti Crime Stats
- US Soldiers Blamed for Death of Spanish Journalist in Haiti
- USAID $15 Million in Emergency Food

Keeping New Mothers Alive
 In Haiti and Rwanda, Reducing Tragedy in Childbirth:

IN THIS REPORT:
- Four Killed During Food Riots
- UN Secretary General Suggests an Extension on Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti
- Haitian Lawmaker's Gun Goes Off During Debate in Parliament
- Unpaid Dues for Peacekeeping Mission Delay Salaries to Sri Lankan Peacekeepers
- Wyclef Jean asks Haitians to give up Crime
- Prime Minister Discusses Efforts for Dual Citizenship
- Nostalgia for Duvalier in Haiti
- US DEA Fails a Second Time to Arrest Guy Philippe
- Financial Services Committee of House of Representatives Passes Jubilee Act
- Excerpts from 35th Congress of the Peasant Movement of Papaye (MPP) Declaration
- Washington Post: Help for Haiti
, The U.S. should temporarily stop deportations