Joint report issued on conditions in Haiti’s displaced persons camps
Authors describe urgency of unmet needs, press for better aid distribution
This picture was taken in Port au Prince on Jan. 28, but two months later, many Haitians made homeless and destitute by the Jan. 12 earthquake still have received little or no aid. – Photo: [...]
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Red Cross under fire! Where’s the money for Haiti?
by Amadi Ajamu
Click to enlarge, print and distribute. The Bay View thanks the organizers and urges everyone who can to turn out.
As the Haitian people brace themselves for the hurricane and rainy season with no shelter and no supplies for millions, the United States, France, Canada [...]
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Haiti’s earthquake victims in peril
by Roger Annis
Recent heavy rains that have flooded the camps where 1.3 million people live since their homes in Haiti were destroyed in the earthquake give a preview of the disastrous conditions they must contend with when the rainy season starts in earnest in May.
In the weeks since the devastating [...]
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The Final Call Newspaper: When will bitter protests, hateful speech and political upheaval end?
When I first saw this cover of the recent edition of The Final Call newspaper, all I could say was “These people going crazy!!”
Look at the poster the White man is holding up that has President Obama portrayed as the comic [...]
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SAVING VICTIMS! IN-CERT Disaster Preparedness training continues in Houston
Jesse O’Quinn demonstrating head-to-toe assessments
The disaster preparedness training class by Houston IN-C.E.R.T. the last three sessions delved into Disaster Medical Operations along with Search & Rescue. In this particular class, Houston firefighter Jesse O’Quinn (pictured above) showed us how to conduct head-to-toe assessments. According to our [...]
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Death Row Inmate: "The Final Call newspaper helped to save my life"
(Note: This is a follow up piece I did in a recent edition of The Final Call newspaper regarding the case of death row Reggie Clemons. Please read his words in regards to the power of The Final Call newspaper and its publisher the [...]
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Black Civil Rights icon Dorothy Height remains in hospital in stable condition
We know her as the godmother of the civil rights movement and at this moment she needs our prayers.
According to news reports, Black icon Dorothy Height is in serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit at Howard University Hospital in Washington,D.C., as [...]
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