Beverly Bell in Haiti
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ShareAfter 30 years working for democracy, women’s rights, and economic justice in Haiti, Beverly Bell is documenting the impact of the earthquake on Haiti's grassroots movements.
Haitian Renaissance: Youth Paint a New Country
How a community art program in Haiti is empowering young people to express their hope for a better future.
Miami Rice: The Business of Disaster in Haiti
Haitian farmers are resisting rice imports they say cripple their chances of real food security.
Why I Have Hope for Haiti
When people ask me, as they do all the time, “Is there any cause for hope in Haiti?” I answer yes.
The Right to Housing in Haiti
With housing still inadequate more than 6 months after the earthquake, Haiti is witnessing the seeds of a people's movement to demand the human right to housing.
Haitian Farmers: So All Can Eat, Produce It Here
Haitians are working to make food sovereignty a key part of post-earthquake rebuilding.
Environment and Food in Haiti: Two Crises, One Solution
Haiti's strong peasant movement is calling for policies and programs that can help restore the land and protect small-scale sustainable agricultural production from agribusiness.
Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto Hybrid Seeds
A coalition of peasant farmers is standing up for food sovereignty.
Beyond Vaccines: Addressing the Social Causes of Poor Health
One health clinic in Port-Au-Prince is using art, education, and community to help its patients heal. What can international aid agencies learn from their model?
Healing Body and Heart, Cuban Style
Cuban doctors and artists–on the ground in Haiti even before the earthquake–are helping survivors heal.
Solidarity as Economic System
In Haiti, sharing communities are proving more shock-proof in the wake of disaster than market-based economies.
What Haitians Want from Americans (and What They Don't)
We asked Haitians in civil society organizations, on the streets, in buses, “What do you want from the U.S.? What help can Americans give Haiti?” Here are some of their answers.
Haitian Women Mourn the Dead, Recommit to the Living
In Haiti, International Women's Day is a reminder of what women have done and are still doing to keep hope alive.
A Future for Agriculture, A Future for Haiti
Haiti's way forward is tied to food sovereignty and a renewed focus on local agriculture.
Whose Needs? Whose Assessment?
As reconstruction planning begins, Haitian grassroots groups have their own thoughts about assessing post-disaster needs.
Homegrown Aid in Haiti
Many displaced Haitians are turning to neighbors, family, and peasant organizations in the countryside for help.
Gender and Justice in Haiti
Beverly Bell remembers Magalie Marcelin, a leader of Haiti's movement for women's rights, who was killed during the earthquake.
Community and Popular Radio in Haiti Today
Sony Esteus says Haitian community radio needs to recover from the earthquake so that alternative voices have a way to be heard.
Help Without Humiliation
Haitian community groups are organizing to bring food to the hungry in ways that don't reinforce dependence.
From Disaster Aid to Solidarity
How can concerned foreigners help Haiti recover while respecting the needs and desires of those who live there?
Fighting Like Hell
Haiti has a long history of exploitation, but an equally long history of powerful resistance.
