Stichting Projecthulp Haïti

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NIEUWS uit 2006

Woensdag 15 Maart 2006

Nieuws COHAN

Voor zover het de verkiezing van Préval betreft, is veel van wat volgt "oud nieuws". Maar voor degenen die deze afleveringen bewaren is oud nieuws misschien toch wel nuttig... Lees hier verder...


Donderdag 23 Februari 2006

Nieuws van ons contact die werkt voor het Vitamine project

enkele alinea's uit van zijn website

(...) It has been a very difficult fall for many persons living in Haiti. Not long after our return in August but even more November and December will be a time we will remember for kidnappings. Almost on a daily basis we would hear about so-and-so being taken and either ransom being paid to get them released or there was the occasional killing. (...) Living here during that time was high stress to say the least. One thing that helped break up the pressure was the visit by Jacquie, our daughter. She had come home from college for the Christmas holiday and it was like a breeze of fresh air. But, even with the distraction it was hard not to dwell on the bad things that were happening almost daily all around us. A few times when we were sitting around the table and talking as a family, Jessica would ask if I was angry with her. It was hard to get her to understand that the problem wasn’t her but more simply the fear that was all around us. John, a close friend of mine is the pastor of a local church in addition to being a missionary who arranges adoptions of Haitian orphans. He describes the fear that we have been going through as the “creep.” He describes it as a fungus that starts on the bottom of your feet and slowly, without notice, it creeps up your legs and chest eventually becomes the only thing you think about. It takes a lot of prayer, faith, and belief that what you are about is more important than the fear. It’s not an easy thing to overcome. (...) What does all this mean? It means that life is tenuous. There are no guarantees. We have to live everyday like it’s our last. It could be. Isn’t that the way we wanted to live it anyway? We have to try to keep the “creep” from taking over our lives without thinking that we are beyond being hurt, kidnapped, or killed. That is such a hard balance! What do I do personally? I observe as much as possible. I look in the rearview mirror more than I ever have. If cars are parked in the same place and people are just sitting and observing, I take note that they don’t start moving after I pass. I stay back from trucks so if anybody jumps out I’ll have a chance to get around. I try not to use the same directions to go to and from the clinic. Most of all I don’t go where there are known security breaches. I stay away from the city center, Cite Soleil, and Belaire. I pray. It is hard to imagine being here for such a long time. Like many others, when we came here we came forever. However long the Lord wanted us to stay, that’s how long we believed to be the extent of our contract and obligation to the work he had planned for us here. We still work here believing that we are committed for our lifetime unless God has a different idea about that and makes his ideas known to us in some very clear way.

http://www.totheleastofthese.org/
Zondag 12 Februari 2006

Nieuws COHAN

In een container worden meer dan 60 Haïtianen vanuit Cap Haïtien clandestien over de grens naar de Dominicaanse Republiek vervoerd. Hun bestemming zou Santiago zijn, 150 km verder. Ze zijn al twee dagen onderweg wanneer blijkt dat er minstens 24 gestikt blijken te zijn... Lees hier verder...


Woensdag 8 Februari 2006

BBC NEWS |

Americas | Haitians cast votes amid hitches
Haitians cast votes amid hitches
Haiti's first election since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted
in February 2004 has been marred by angry demonstrations in the capital.
Polls closed after voting was extended following some polling stations in the
capital's failure to open on time, which lead to shoving and stampedes.
Voters were choosing a new president, as well as a 129-member parliament.
The front-runners are Rene Preval, a former ally of Mr Aristide, and Charles
Henry Baker, a businessman.
Officials results are expected on Friday.

Crushes
When polling stations failed to open, angry voters tried to force their way in.
At least one man was reported to have died in the crush in a Port-au-Prince
district, and several others were injured.
Some protesters claimed the delays were part of a concerted attempt to stop
people in poor areas from voting for Mr Preval.

  • HAITI FACTS
  • Life expectancy: 51 years
  • Population below poverty line: 65%
  • Adult literacy rate: 52%
  • Source: UNDP

The electoral authorities denied this, and appealed for calm.
Rene Lucas, from the impoverished slum of Cite Soleil, said: "If we are not able
to vote today we will be in a state of crisis for the next five years".
Thousands of armed UN troops were deployed to watch over the election process,
which has been delayed several times.
Despite the presence of peacekeepers, the country has continued to be blighted
by political and criminal violence and instability.

Long wait
Former President Preval, 63, is a long-time ally of Mr Aristide who is popular with the poor.
Mr Baker and former President Leslie Manigat are considered his closest rivals.

HAVE YOUR SAY I came to vote for my charismatic leader so that he can run my country Preval supporter, Port-au-Prince

Some of Haiti's 3.5 million registered voters live some way from a polling station.
Auxilien Jean Dieudonna, waiting at a polling station in Port-au-Prince, told the BBC that he had left his house in the mountains at midnight and walked for more than four hours to take part.

"I came to vote for my charismatic leader [Rene Preval] so that he can run my country," he said.

If none of the candidates achieves a 50% majority first time round, the two best-placed candidates will compete in a run-off.

Aristide return?
Mr Aristide was first elected in 1990, but within a year he was overthrown, and replaced by a succession of military governments.
The US, backed by the UN, intervened in 1994 to restore order.
In the elections that followed Mr Aristide was barred from standing, but Mr Preval, his close ally, took nearly 90% of the vote.
Mr Aristide later returned to power, but with allegations of corruption and vote-rigging accompanied by increasing instability and violence, he took a US flight in early 2004 to South Africa, where he remains in exile.
Mr Preval has told the BBC that Mr Aristide may return if he wishes, but that he will not tolerate the violent groups that pledge him allegiance.
Wealthier Haitians have expressed disquiet at the possibility of a president with echoes of Mr Aristide.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4687856.stm

Published: 2006/02/08 02:34:36 GMT

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4687856.stm
Woensdag 8 Februari 2006

Uit het NOS journaal van 7.2.06

uit het NOS journaal van 7.2.06
Geweld domineert verkiezingen Haïti 7-02-06
De Haïtianen kiezen vandaag een opvolger voor oud-president Aristide, die twee jaar geleden werd verdreven. Duizenden VN-militairen zijn aanwezig om een vreedzaam verloop van de verkiezingen af te dwingen.
Volgens de interim-regering zullen de verkiezingen vreedzaam verlopen, maar in Cité Soleil, waar gewapende bendes de dienst uitmaken, kan vandaag niet worden gestemd. Vanwege de chaos en het geweld van gewapende bendes zijn de verkiezingen al vier keer uitgesteld.

Préval
De grote favoriet is René Préval, die al president was van 1996 tot 2001.
Hij is de enige Haïtiaanse president die zijn volle termijn uitdiende en zonder geweld vertrok.
Precies twintig jaar nadat de dictatuur van Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier ten onder ging, bieden de verkiezingen van vandaag hoop op een einde aan de coups en instabiliteit die Haïti sindsdien in zijn greep houden. Een nieuwe strijd echter, kan het armste land van Zuid-Amerika ook nog dieper in de chaos storten.

Ontvoeringen
Haïti heeft één industrie die wel veel geld oplevert: ontvoeringen. Met zo'n tien ontvoeringen per dag innen criminelen dagelijks gemiddeld 100.000 Amerikaanse dollars. Tijdens de aanloop naar de verkiezingen vandaag is het aantal ontvoeringen nog eens opgevoerd. Presidentskandidaten voeren amper campagne op straat. Dat is te gevaarlijk. Volgens internationale beveiligingsbedrijven is Haïti zelfs het gevaarlijkste en meest corrupte land in het westelijk halfrond. Het is ook het armste land in de regio. De meeste Haïtianen leven van minder dan één dollar per dag.
In februari 2004 werd president Jean Bertrand Aristide na een maand rebellie verjaagd. Een VN-troepenmacht onder leiding van Brazilië probeert sindsdien het geweld enigszins in toom te houden. Maar veel successen boeken de VN-ers niet.
De hoofdstad Port-au-Prince is bijna verlamd door het geweld van de doodseskaders, privé-legertjes en corrupte politie-agenten. Zelfs op klaarlichte dag worden mensen op straat neergeschoten.
Sinds 2004 zijn er zeker 1500 mensen door geweld om het leven gekomen.
Haïtianen zijn de armoede en het extreme geweld moe. Het land is in totale crisis, maar lijkt zich ? op de aanwezige VN-soldaten na ? buiten de internati


Vrijdag 27 Januari 2006

CD L 'Esperance (hoop/verwachting)

Projecthulp Haïti is in samenwerking met de gitarist Ilija Tatalovic bezig een CD album te maken. In de muziekstudio van Jan Doddema vindt op dit moment de opname plaats.

De CD bevat naast een aantal bekende liederen een speciale gecomponeerd lied met de naam L 'Esperance. (slaapliedje).
Ilija Tatlovic neemt u mee op zijn muzikale reis vanaf de Balkan, langs de Middenlandse zee naar de Carribean en Haïti (Haiti Cherie).

De netto opbrengst van de CD is bestemd voor het Kindertehuis L'Esperance in Port au Prince Haïti.
De verwachting is dat deze rond Pasen 2006 uitkomt.
De CD zal € 10,00 gaan kosten.
Binnenkort meer informatie hierover

http://www.jandoddema.nl/

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