Audio: Haitians describe harsh lives, failures of resettlement
Here’s a feature story that ran in yesterday’s Free Speech Radio News newscast: Script: Saturday marked the third anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake. UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton flew in for a brief, somber…
Audio: Haitian Views on President Martelly’s First 100 Days
City Mosaic I spoke to some Haitians in displacement camps – living there since about the time of January 12, 2010 earthquake – about President Michel Martelly’s first 100 days in office. They voice their…
Audio: Influx of support for Haiti’s State University Hospital not enough – and will it last?
Image by scottmontreal I spent a few days at Port-au-Prince’s only public hospital this past week. A heartening and heart-wrenching experience. My report for yesterday’s Free Speech Radio News broadcast: MP3. Also, I want to…
Audio: KUOW panel discussion on Haiti (returning there in May)
A quick update: I left Haiti last week for Seattle. I’m in Washington DC now speaking to a few policymakers/staff about the dysfunction of the relief effort. I’ll be in NYC later this week, then…
Women Pepper Sprayed by UN Troops as Security Concerns Shape Relief Effort + audio
Read the story, published today by Inter-Press Service, below or listen to the radio version at Free Speech Radio News. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 30, 2010 (IPS) – On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial…
Haut-Turgeau, Haiti: The Camp That Vanished and the Priest Who Forced Them Out + audio
Published today by Inter-Press Service. Update: Radio story aired on Free Speech Radio News on Thursday. Pictures below. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 9, 2010 (IPS) – Perched near the top of a steep hill, the fractured pink…
Secure Shelters Scarce in Port-Au-Prince as Rainy Season Looms + audio
Published yesterday by Inter-Press Service. Update: The story also aired on today’s Free Speech Radio News broadcast. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 23, 2010 (IPS) – A cacophony of murmurs and cries echoed through the neighbourhoods of Haiti’s…
In Grand Goave, Relief Efforts Frustrate Haitian Neighborhood Leaders + audio
Published today by Inter-Press Service. Listen to the audio at Free Speech Radio News here. GRAND GOAVE, Jan 28, 2010 (IPS) – Two gray 23-million-dollar hovercrafts sitting in the middle of a sandy tropical beach…
Audio: No help forthcoming for Haitian journalists determined to keep broadcasting
The radio hooked up outside my moto driver’s house Here’s my story for yesterday’s Free Speech Radio News newscast, about Haitian radio broadcasters doing their best to stay on the air in the quake’s aftermath…
Audio: Plane full of medicine turned away while health workers strain to treat patients in Port-Au-Prince
Here’s my story for yesterday’s Free Speech Radio News newscast. Some horrific sights at both Cannape-Vert Hospital and the Doctors Without Borders Clinic in Cite Soleil. MP3. Video probably coming later. It’s really an inefficient…
