April 2010 Archives

A young Haitian man is recovering in Toledo from surgery to repair a life-threatening hole in his heart. Fitho Jeudi lives in a small village in Haiti. A sister with St. Francis of Sylvania met him more than a year ago in Haiti. When Sister Fidelis Rubbo heard about his heart condition, that the required surgery was not performed in Haiti. She heard he would die if he didn't get it. Sister Rubbo contacted leaders in the community to see if they could make the arrangements. Fitho underwent surgery this week at Mercy Children's Hospital.

CBS 21's Sherry Christian speaks with the President and CEO of the American Red Cross.

Billions of dollars in aid for Haiti are being pledged at a UN conference in New York, but the gesture is lost in the makeshift orphanages and camps near the capital Port-au-Prince.

Her name is not Jonatha -- that's the first surprise. It's Lovely.

Mariela is down to just one goat.

Former President Bill Clinton downplayed the possibility of corruption sidetracking rebuilding in earthquake-devastated Haiti, but said Saturday the international community must remain involved to stave off the potential of future violence.

Bill Smith screamed to his wife and to anyone within earshot: "Get out!"

Boxer Andre Berto of Winter Haven has started a foundation to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Haiti's top prosecutor on Friday denied reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake hit the nation in January.

Dominican merengue star Juan Luis Guerra and Spanish singer Miguel Bose are among the artists performing at a Haiti-relief concert in the neighboring Dominican Republic.

Laura Silsby, the last remaining Baptist volunteer still in a Haiti prison, entered her 75th straight day in jail Wednesday.

In her first solo trip overseas as first lady, Michelle Obama made an unannounced visit to Haiti on Tuesday, flying over the earthquake-damaged capital in an Army helicopter, meeting with Haiti's president and first lady in the ravaged National Palace and dancing with young children whose homes were destroyed.

At first Haitians of all faiths turned inward, transforming their bedsheet camps into all-night religious revivals as they clung to faith and resilience, crying and praising Jezi.

A second HCJB Global medical team from Ecuador served in Haiti recently. Many in the team discovered not much had changed since their last visit.

A police inspector taunted the gangster they call "Obama" through the bars of a downtown lockup. Stuffed into a tiny cell with nine other men, the 23-year-old inmate looked panicked, exhausted and freshly beaten.

Logistical challenges and potentially bitter disputes lie ahead as passionate advocates of adoption press for changes that might enable thousands of Haitian children affected by the earthquake to be placed in U.S. homes.

Hip-shaking Colombian pop star Shakira is meeting with Haitian earthquake survivors living in makeshift camps and she says she is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy children.