After the hurricane, cholera hits Haiti’s suffering survivors
The rains inundating their ruined homes are no longer the biggest concern of the long-suffering people of Randelle: cholera is tearing through the isolated Haitian mountain village at devastating speed. “Cholera is eating us alive: my neighbor was the first to fall ill, then it came to our house, infecting my husband and daughter,” said Andrise Lubin as she stood before her badly damaged home. The road that allowed...
UN chief to visit hurricanehit Haiti as funding appeal falls short
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew as a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors. Ban will visit Les Cayes on Haiti’s southern coast — one of the cities hardest-hit by Matthew — and meet with Haitian leaders, his office said. The United Nations has launched a flash appeal for US$120 million to help Haiti cope with its worst...
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