Published in "Somaliland Press" July 20, 2010
Somalia recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence, but most Somalis have nothing to celebrate. Somalia ranks as the world’s most utterly failed state. Today, 3 million people are desperately in need of food, 1.4 million have been displaced and 750,000 survive on humanitarian relief.
United States should lead the world in recognizing peaceful, democratic Somaliland | SomalilandPress.com
As we move more toward a digital world, an entire sector of the population will be or feel disenfranchised . . . Like a force of nature, the digital age cannot be denied or stopped. It has four very powerful qualities that will result in its ultimate triumph: decentralizing, globalizing, harmonizing, and empowering ---(Nicholas Negroponte Being Digital).
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Haiti at Six Months
New York Times Editorial, June 16, 2010
Six months after Haiti’s earthquake, the situation is bleak. Of the 1.5 million people displaced, 28,000, so far, have been moved to safer transitional housing. The rest huddle in tents and pray that the next rains won’t wash their meager belongings away. Crime is resurgent and everyone is desperate for some sign of recovery.
Read more . . . Haiti at Six Months
Six months after Haiti’s earthquake, the situation is bleak. Of the 1.5 million people displaced, 28,000, so far, have been moved to safer transitional housing. The rest huddle in tents and pray that the next rains won’t wash their meager belongings away. Crime is resurgent and everyone is desperate for some sign of recovery.
Read more . . . Haiti at Six Months
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Haitian Orphans Have Little but One Another
By DEBORAH SONTAG
Published: July 5, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti — More than five months after the earthquake that killed her single mother, Daphne Joseph, 14, lost her bearings a second time when she was forced to leave the makeshift orphanage where she had felt at home.
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Published: July 5, 2010
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti — More than five months after the earthquake that killed her single mother, Daphne Joseph, 14, lost her bearings a second time when she was forced to leave the makeshift orphanage where she had felt at home.
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