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Deepa Panchang's Blog Posts Tagged 'foreign' (6)
SISTER SIMONE: EULOGY FOR A HAITIAN HEROINE
By Beverly Bell
March 8, 2013
On this International Women's Day, we rerun a 2005 piece on one of our greatest heroines, Marie Simone Alexandre. Though she died eight years ago, her life and message remain as powerful and inspirational today as any we know.
"It was thanks to God and Sister Simone." I heard this over and over in the mid-1990s as I was interviewing rape survivors in one of Port-au-Prince's…
Added by Deepa Panchang on March 8, 2013 at 1:23pm — No Comments
A TALE OF TWO NGO’S: IN HAITI, DISASTER AID OR AID DISASTER?
By Beverly Bell
March 5, 2013
Three years after the deadly earthquake in Haiti, what has become of the commitments made on Red Cross billboards, the promises from telethon hosts, the…
ContinueAdded by Deepa Panchang on March 5, 2013 at 11:31am — 2 Comments
Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Stephen Bartlett
Coordinator for Education and Advocacy/Latin America Liaison
Agricultural Missions
sbartlett@ag-missions.org
(502) 896-9171
Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
Campaign Opposes Land Grabs of Traditional Territories in Honduras by Elites and Foreign…
ContinueAdded by Deepa Panchang on August 23, 2012 at 1:45pm — No Comments
“Waiting for Helicopters”? Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti (Part II)
by Deepa Panchang
June 29, 2012
“Where you stand,” goes an old Haitian proverb, “depends on where you sit.” This article, the second in a series, will examine aid workers’ stereotypes and prejudices about residents of displacement camps in post-earthquake Haiti, stemming from acute disconnect between NGOs…
ContinueAdded by Deepa Panchang on June 30, 2012 at 3:40pm — 1 Comment
Withholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti - Part I
By Deepa Panchang
May 31, 2012
“Cholera is something they sent,” says graffiti on Port-au-Prince walls, “to finish killing off the rest of us.”
Scientists have shown that the cholera pathogen came to Haiti with foreign UN troops who carried the bacteria in their bodies, and…
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BIRTHING JUSTICE: Our Hope is in Our Struggle – Reclaiming Land and Life in Honduras
By Beverly Bell and Lauren Elliott
April 30, 2012
Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into…
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Latest Blog Posts
- SISTER SIMONE: EULOGY FOR A HAITIAN HEROINE
- A TALE OF TWO NGO’S: IN HAITI, DISASTER AID OR AID DISASTER?
- Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
- “Waiting for Helicopters”? Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti (Part II)
- Withholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti - Part I
- BIRTHING JUSTICE: Our Hope is in Our Struggle – Reclaiming Land and Life in Honduras
Most Popular Blog Posts
- A TALE OF TWO NGO’S: IN HAITI, DISASTER AID OR AID DISASTER?
- “Waiting for Helicopters”? Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti (Part II)
- Withholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti - Part I
- SISTER SIMONE: EULOGY FOR A HAITIAN HEROINE
- Garifuna People of Honduras Launch Land Recovery Campaign
- BIRTHING JUSTICE: Our Hope is in Our Struggle – Reclaiming Land and Life in Honduras
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