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On the ground in Haiti, after the quake

By David Youngmeyer - Communications Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: July 15, 2010
UNICEF staff member, Kent Page, was one of hundreds of emergency staff deployed to Haiti soon after the devastating 12 January earthquake. He reflects here on his experience with a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions. The earthquake itself only lasted about 35 or 45 seconds, and all of a sudden you had 1.5 million children affected [...]
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Field diary: Returning to Haiti, UNICEF staffer finds hope

By David Youngmeyer - Communications Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: May 13, 2010
UNICEF Regional Communication Officer Tamar Hahn sent this field diary after visiting a temporary settlement for earthquake-affected Haitian children and families. I have just returned from Haiti, my first visit there since witnessing the indescribable destruction just after the 12 January earthquake. I went to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the quake and have been working [...]
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Three vaccines to save twins – Haiti Blog

By Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: February 23, 2010
Blog story from Yolanda Romero Torrecilla, UNICEF communications specialist currently in Haiti. Sandrine and Sandra are twins, peaceful in their mother’s arms. Each has just been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertusis (DPT) in an encampment set up on the patches of grass [...]
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‘Bon tans, Move tans’ – a story from Haiti

By Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: February 22, 2010
Blog story from Yolanda Romero Torrecilla, UNICEF communications specialist currently in Haiti. There’s a poster hanging on a string under the tent of the Place de Saline, in Port-au-Prince’s Champ de Mars neighbourhood. Its slogan is in Creole, the language of Haitians. It reads, Bon tans, Move tans, meaning “Good times, Bad times.” The phrase seems [...]
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Each new day in Haiti brings a fresh set of challenges

By Hamish Lindsay - Programme Manager, UNICEF NZ, Published: February 16, 2010
Blog report from Chris Tidey – UNICEF Communications Specialist in Port-au-Prince. This morning I woke at 4 AM – my last day in Haiti – as rain pounded the top of my tent and water pooled around my sleeping bag. Needless to say, I was very unhappy. This morning I woke at 4 AM – my [...]
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