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Published: Feb 9, 2010 by admin
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The United Nations has temporarily closed
Monday its distribution sites for food in Port-au-Prince, after finding
counterfeit food coupons, has announced a program manager. Stopping the distribution of rice on a
site of Petion-Ville, a suburb of the Haitian capital, was decided for
the day after the discovery of these counterfeit coupons in circulation.
The suspension affects some 10,000
people, said David Orr, the World Food Program (WFP). WFP has set up 16 distribution points for food
in the greater Port-au-Prince, which has about one million homeless in
the aftermath of the earthquake of January 12. It distributes bags of rice of 25 kg,
corresponding to the needs of a family for about two weeks. Distributions are expected to resume
tomorrow.
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Published: Feb 8, 2010 by admin
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The International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD, the UN agency) announced Monday a
donation of $ 5.66 million to Haiti to improve agricultural production
in some poor areas of northern countries devastated by the January 12
earthquake.
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Published: Jan 30, 2010 by admin
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This morning was the funeral of the
writer Georges Anglade and his wife Mireille died in the Haiti earthquake,
celebrated at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montreal.
- On July 18,
1944 was born in Port-au-Prince Georges Anglade, a man who was a
scientist, a politician and a gifted writer.
1962: Studies in Port-au-Prince at
the Ecole Normale
1965: Law degree and a
Diploma of Social Science, Faculty of Law in Port-au-Prince
1965-1969: Ph.D. Graduate Center of Applied Geography of
Strasbourg
1968-1969: Professor at the Institute of Demography,
Strasbourg
September 1969: Installation in Montreal, Canada / Professor in Social
Geography, University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)
1999: He
received an honorable mention at the José Martí Prize, UNESCO
Georges Anglade left Haiti forever with
his wife Mireille January 12, 2010, leaving behind a literary work of
his life, a little more than a dozen books including "Space and Freedom
in Haiti" or "Chronicle a
hope. " It was
in Port-au-Prince to attend the festival Amazing Travelers who was to
run from January 14 to 17.
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