by Colette Lespinasse | Sep 23, 2020 | Articles from COEH
This past weekend, or more precisely Saturday September 19, armed groups attacked the residents of Bel Air, one of Port-au-Prince’s oldest neighbourhoods, not far from the cathedral of Port-au-Prince and close to the National Palace. Since the end of August this has...
by Colette Lespinasse | Sep 14, 2020 | Articles from COEH
At the beginning of August, the ministery of national education has permitted the reopening of the Haitian schools that had been closed since early March after the first two cases of covid-19 had been identified. Since then, despite the heatwave, very early in the...
by Colette Lespinasse | Sep 4, 2020 | Articles from COEH
Recently, the president of the Republic of Haiti, Mr Jovenel Moïse, seems to have wind in the sails and more than one iron in the fire. One moment he is working on the elections which he is pretending wanting to organize as soon as possible, and the next moment he...
by Colette Lespinasse | Aug 24, 2020 | Articles from COEH
Yesterday, Sunday August 23, tropical storm Laura has hit Haiti. A lot of damages has been registered. On the following morning at first count nine people are believed to have died, two have disappeared, many vegetable gardens have been destroyed and farm animals have...
by Colette Lespinasse | Jun 22, 2020 | Articles from COEH
During this month of June 2020, Covid-19 has continued its course in Haiti. On June 16 2020, more than 4.500 infections had been registered and 80 deaths linked to the disease have been counted. The numbers in Haiti don’t come close to those registered in other...
by Colette Lespinasse | May 31, 2020 | Articles from COEH
Colette Lespinasse, representing the CoEH in Haiti, writes to us about the current situation in her country. She tells a story of a country where the pandemic is gaining ground while the people are left to fend for themselves, without any clear actions of the...
