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Haiti: Humanitarian Disaster

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 @ 12:43 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Haiti
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Disaster, Economics, Environment, Food, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Relief & Rescue, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

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Haïti : Désastre humanitaire...

In the aftermath of three storms' barrage on the island, Haitianalysis.com interviews Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of a group that provides free medical care in Haiti, who says: “I can honestly say that I have never seen anything as painful as what I just witnessed.”

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