UM architecture students help plan rebuilding of Port-au-Prince - Coral Gables - MiamiHerald.com

UM architecture students help plan rebuilding of Port-au-Prince - Coral Gables - MiamiHerald.com: "Last year, the Haitian government turned to The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, established by Britain’s Prince Charles in 1986, to develop a plan to rebuild the historic center of Port-au-Prince. In turn, the foundation hired the Coral Gables-based architecture firm of Duany Plater-Zyberk to work with it.

After a series of meetings, known as a charettes, in Port-au-Prince, the two groups crafted a master plan with input from developers, Haitian government officials and residents."

Clinton launches business loan program in Haiti - Taiwan News Online

Clinton launches business loan program in Haiti - Taiwan News Online: "Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is back in Haiti to launch a new business loan program.

The former president says the first loan in the $20 million program is going to a company that produces crafts for export. Clinton says the $415,000 loan to Caribbean Crafts will allow the company to replace a workshop that was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake and add employees."

Words and pictures raise thousands - Local News - News - General - Braidwood Times

Words and pictures raise thousands - Local News - News - General - Braidwood Times: "Published by Scholastica, ‘Flood’ has already raised over $110,000 for The Premier’s Flood Disaster Relief Appeal. Funds raised by the book will go to replenish flood-affected Queensland school libraries and Scholastic Australia has also given a complimentary copy of the book to every Australian primary school library.

At the launch Flood was read to 50 primary school students aged 8 to 12, all of whom were affected by the floods. The launch was also accompanied by an exhibition of the artwork by Bruce Whatley."

Glen Pearson: We Need Aid Effectiveness to Beat Donation Frustration

Glen Pearson: We Need Aid Effectiveness to Beat Donation Frustration: "For Canadians, the time has perhaps arrived for a new model of effective disaster emergency relief and the part citizens and their government can play within it. Due to climate change, the number of natural disasters is growing steadily, as perhaps best shown in this chart in the Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2009. The 2005 tsunami, the Haitian and Chinese earthquakes, Burmese and Pakistani flooding -- these have all appeared in just the last few years and don't take into account the more regional disasters occurring in various parts across the globe."

South African Charity Galvanizes African Response to Famine | Africa | English

South African Charity Galvanizes African Response to Famine | Africa | English: "The South African charity Gift of the Givers has spearheaded the African response to the famine in Somalia. The organization is calling on African countries to do more for the Somali people."

Nonprofits convene for post-Katrina look forward - Biloxi - SunHerald.com

Nonprofits convene for post-Katrina look forward - Biloxi - SunHerald.com: "GULFPORT -- The Foundation For the Mid-South, which invested $6.5 million in South Mississippi nonprofits in the first five years after Hurricane Katrina, brought together agency members Thursday morning to talk about future community needs.

“We’re not there yet,” said Chris Crothers, the foundation’s communications director. “Six years is a long time, but we’re not there. It’s at least a decade in the making.”"