Haiti

Community Corner: Bay Area Man Helps Rebuild Haiti

President Jimmy Carter, his wife and a team of volunteers traveled to Haiti recently to build homes in Léogâne the epicenter of the January 2010 earthquake.

2012/12/09

Sean Penn’s Charity To Help Demolish Haiti’s Palace

The nonprofit aid group founded by former Bay Area resident, Sean Penn in the aftermath of Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake will oversee demolition…

2012/08/22

Orphanage owner Nicole LaFalaise holds orphans after they were treated for cholera infection at a Doctors without Borders facility January 9, 2011 in Port-au-Prince (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bay Area Relief Workers: Fight Not Over In Haiti

One year ago Wednesday, a devastating earthquake swept through Haiti, killing tens of thousands of people. Bay Area relief workers say a cholera outbreak has also proven deadly.

KCBS–2011/01/12

A victim of cholera recuperates in his hospital bed in the Adventiste Hospital on November 17 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Marin County Woman Returns Home From Haiti After Being Stuck

A Marin County woman made it back home last weekend after being stuck in Haiti due to recent unrest in the country from a cholera epidemic.

CBS San Francisco–2010/11/25

Bay Area Woman Trapped In Haiti By Cholera Unrest

A Marin County woman in Haiti doing agricultural work has been stuck in the northern city of Cap Haitien because of riots sparked by a deadly cholera outbreak.

KCBS–2010/11/18

Residents wear masks to protect themselves on the street on October 25, 2010 in St. Marc, Haiti. (Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH/Getty Images)

Humanitarians Honored In San Francisco For Global Charity Work

Even as they were honored in San Francisco, at least one honoree’s thoughts were elsewhere – in particular, Haiti, which struggled to cope with a deadly outbreak of cholera.

KCBS–2010/10/26

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