Haiti Earthquake update
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A Mexican rescue worker and dog take a break during recovery efforts, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. One week after the quake, rescue workers continue to work diligently to save survivors.
A Taiwanese Urban Search and Rescue Team worker, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 29, 2010.
A Taiwanese Urban Search and Rescue Team worker, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 29, 2010.
Haiti Earthquake, continued
Photographs taken by Nicholas Whalen. Currently in Port-au-Prince and available for assignment.
Contact for usage or assignment inquiries: +1 (413) 446-2796 or nickwhalen@gmail.com
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Survivors of last Tuesday's quake watch the recovery effort, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January, 19, 2010. Taiwanese search and rescue workers found a women one week after the quake.
Mexican rescue workers and dog search for survivors, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. One week after the quake, rescue workers continue to work diligently to save survivors.
A Mexican rescue worker and dog search for survivors, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. One week after the quake, rescue workers continue to work diligently to save survivors.
A Mexican rescue worker pauses during recovery efforts, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. One week after the quake, rescue workers continue to work diligently to save survivors.
A Mexican rescue worker, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. One week after the quake, rescue workers continue to work diligently to save survivors.
A Taiwanese Urban Search and Rescue Team worker, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 29, 2010.
Scene outside of the General Hospital as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand on guard, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
Scene outside of the General Hospital as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand on guard, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
Scene outside of the General Hospital as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand on guard, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
A soldier from the 82nd Airborne Division shares a drink outside the General Hospital Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
Scene outside of the General Hospital as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand on guard, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
A man speaks with a member of the 82nd Airborne Division at the General Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
Scene outside of the General Hospital as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand on guard, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
A man puts his head in his hands as American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division guard the General Hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The soldiers were deployed to provide security at the hospital one week after the quake.
Haiti Earthquake
Photographs taken by Nicholas Whalen. Currently in Port-au-Prince and available for assignment.
Contact for usage or assignment inquiries: +1 (413) 446-2796 or nickwhalen@gmail.com
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A young boy stands against the backdrop of refugees clearing vacant land to make temporary shelters, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday, January 18, 2010. The refugees at this camp have no water, food, toilets, medical supplies for the wounded, nor adequate shelter. The only international aid they have received has come in the form of two pieces of candy each, distributed by Bolivian UN soldiers.
Internally displaced peoples clear land for temporary shelters at a makeshift refugee camp on Airport Road, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday, January 18, 2010. The refugees at this camp have no water, food, toilets, medical supplies for the wounded, nor adequate shelter. The only international aid they have received has come in the form of two pieces of candy each, distributed by Bolivian UN soldiers.
A man holding an empty water jug walks past a sign asking for help in front of a makeshift refugee camp in the middle of the road, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Signs like this can be found throughout the city.
A US Navy helicopter flies over a makeshift refugee camp near the airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday, January 18, 2010.
A victim of Tuesday's quake cries in agony as she is cared for at the Israeli Defense Forces field hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
A victim of Tuesday's quake cries for her father as she is treated at the Israeli Defense Forces field hospital, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
A hillside slum devastated by the Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude earthquake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sunday, January 17, 2010.
Lele, age unknown, sits against the backdrop of a makeshift refugee camp in the hills above, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sunday, January 17, 2010.
A hillside slum devastated by the Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude earthquake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sunday, January 17, 2010.
Street scene Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sunday, January, 17, 2010.
Street scene, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 16, 2010.
Cemetery workers transfer a victim of the quake to rest in the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
"This is the end of the world. We're done." says Elmond Chéré, a security officer at the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
Quake victims lie in a mass grave inside the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
A destroyed chapel inside The National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
**GRAPHIC IMAGE** A corpse lies in a pool of blood inside the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
Mourners grieve as a loved one is put to rest in the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. January, 16, 2008.
Victims lay outside the National Cemetery, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday, January 16, 2010.
Workers clear the streets of dead bodies, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
Women mourn as the dead are collected, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
A victim of the quake awaits proper burial, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
A Haitian man walks past a destroyed bank, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
Victims of the quake lie on a sidewalk as rescue efforts continue despite incredible challeges, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
A crowd gathers around a destroyed building in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where rescue efforts are underway to save those trapped in the ruins. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
Women walk past a destroyed bank on Airport Road, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
Haitians look for survivors under the rubble in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.,Thursday, January 14, 2010.
A tap-tap transports a victim of the earthquake, Croix-de-Bouquet, Haiti, January, 14, 2010.
Young girls share a light moment after viewing earthquake damage in Croix-de-Bouquet, Haiti. Thursday, January 14, 2010.
A destroyed church, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
Downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
A wounded eight year-old Paul Wendy is carried by his parents, Lamesa Jean and Fritz Paul, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
A wounded eight year-old Paul Wendy is carried by his parents, Lamesa Jean and Fritz Paul, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
Lamesa Jean and her husband Fritz Paul carry their wounded eight-year old son past the destroyed National Cathedral, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Pictured are the remains of the National Cathedral, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
Concerned passerbys discuss what to do with this victim of Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude quake, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
A man pushes a victim of the quake in a wheelbarrow, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
A rescue and recovery worker surveys the damage done to the Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
A French rescue and recovery worker takes a break during recovery efforts at the Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
Members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team take a break from recovery at the Hotel Montana, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Friday, January 15, 2010.
FSRN: Jesse Jackson Wraps Up Haiti Food Crisis Delegation
Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 – Free Speech Radio News
Reverend Jesse Jackson led a delegation to access the food crisis in Haiti, two weeks after massive protests exploded over rising food prices. Nick Whalen reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
http://www.fsrn.org/content/jesse-jackson-wraps-haiti-food-crisis-delegation/1696
FSRN: Haitians Demand Ministry of Peasant Affairs
Published: Monday, April 28, 2008 – Free Speech Radio News
Haitian President Rene Preval announced his pick for Prime Minister Sunday: Erick Pierre will likely replace Jacques-Eduard Alexis, who stepped down earlier this month after massive food riots left half a dozen people dead and hundreds injured. Pierre’s nomination will now go to Parliament – and will likely garner the votes needed to take the post. Meanwhile, more than 200 peasants gathered in a mountain village in Haiti last weekend to address the crippling food crises, and are demanded the creation of a Ministry of Peasant Affairs, as well as more investment in the long-neglected agricultural sector. Nick Whalen reports from Port-au-Prince.
http://www.fsrn.org/content/haitians-demand-ministry-peasant-affairs/1680
FSRN: Haiti’s Food Crisis
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2008 – Free Speech Radio News
Food prices around the world have nearly doubled in the last three years. Haiti is particularly susceptible to rising food prices because it imports most of the food it consumes. Nick Whalen reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
http://www.fsrn.org/content/haiti%2526%2523039%3Bs-food-crisis/1613
HAITI: Food Crisis Sparks Anger and Despair
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Apr 16 (IPS) – A green, red and yellow-striped umbrella is all that keeps Hernite Joseph from the searing sun as she takes apart a frozen chicken with a screwdriver and places the small pieces into neat piles stacked three high.
“A long time ago, when things were good, I’d go to work and had enough food to feed my two youngest kids,” said Joseph, who sells chicken parts imported from the United States.
But recently, rising food prices have made it nearly impossible for Joseph to feed her children.
“My kids are like toothpicks,” said Joseph, sitting at a cardboard-covered wooden table in La Saline market, one of the capital’s largest. “They’re not getting enough nourishment.”
“Before, if you had a dollar twenty-five [cents], you could buy vegetables, some rice, 10 cents of charcoal and a little cooking oil,” she said. “Right now, a little can of rice alone costs 65 cents, and it’s not good rice at all. Oil is 25 cents. Charcoal is 25 cents. With a dollar twenty-five, you can’t even make a plate of rice for one child.”
Food prices are rising around the world, but Haiti has been especially hard hit. The hemisphere’s poorest country imports most of the food it consumes, the result of free market policies that have undermined national production.
On Saturday, President Rene Preval promised to reduce the price of rice and the Haitian Senate voted to fire Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis for his failure to curb soaring food costs.
All this comes after 10 days of protests over the high cost of living which left at least three Haitians dead. The unrest began in Okay, the third largest city in Haiti, and spread rapidly throughout the country.
Under Preval’s plan, imported rice will be subsidised by the Haitian government with money given by the international community and the private sector. Currently, importers sell a 110-pound bag of rice for 51 dollars.
The government will cut 5.0 dollars off every bag and the three major rice importers will take 3.0 dollars off their profits for each bag. With the new subsidy, the price of a 110-pound bag of rice should cost 43 dollars – a drop in price of nearly 16 percent.
However, the agreement between the government and importers will last only one month and there is no guarantee that the price of the subsidised rice will actually be 16 percent lower once it hits the marketplace.
The plan marks a reversal for Preval, who had previously refused to subsidise imported rice to avoid undercutting local producers.
“Cheap imported rice destroyed [nationally grown] rice,” he said. “Today, imported rice has become expensive and our national production is in ruins and there is even more misery.”
An advisor to the president said Haitian-grown rice could not be easily subsidised because of the large number of producers and distributors.
Preval promised, however, to cut the price of fertiliser in half with the help of the Venezuelan government. A 100-pound bag of fertiliser costs nearly 43 dollars, forcing poor farmers to choose between fertiliser or sending their children to school.
The government is hoping to stock up on fertiliser now, ahead of the planting season in June and July.
Thirty years ago, Haiti produced nearly all the rice it consumed. But in the late 1980s, cheap imported U.S. rice inundated the country after a military junta began liberalising the economy with support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The first batches of imported rice were escorted by armed convoys in the Artibonite valley – Haiti’s main rice-producing region. Rice farmers regarded the imported U.S. rice as a threat to their production and livelihoods.
As it turned out, their concerns were justified. In 1994, an IMF-sponsored plan cut tariffs on imported rice from 35 percent to 3 percent, the lowest in the region. In one year, the number of rice imports doubled.
While the U.S. government subsidises its own rice farmers, its Haitian counterpart was prohibited from doing so under the terms of their agreement with the IMF. Over the last 20 years, rice production in Haiti has been cut in half, while imports now dominate the market.
In La Saline, the stench of fish and chicken permeates the air as Hernite Joseph continues to tear at the heap of frozen chicken before her.
For her and her three children, the future is up in the air and if the cost of living continues to rise, Henrite only sees one outcome: “I will die.”
(END/2008)
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