Mar 31 Haiti Recovery Effort Boosted by Billions in Pledges at U.N. Conference By Larisa Epatko Representatives of 130 countries met Wednesday in New York to pledge support and funding for Haiti's vast rebuilding effort following its devastating January earthquake. Continue reading
Mar 31 Loans Provide Opportunity for TB Patients in Peru By Talea Miller During Oscar Ccencho Huamani's three-year battle with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, he was forced to quit his job because he was too weak to work. Like so many other recovered TB patients living in Peru, he needed an income desperately to… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Rice: Nations Reaffirm Cooperation Pledge for Haiti With hundreds of thousands of Haitians still displaced by the earthquake, the nation is urgently seeking aid from the international community. Judy Woodruff talks to United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice about the donors conference aimed at underwriting much of the… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Peru Eyes Innovations in Rural Maternity Health As part of his continuing series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on how government strategies to reduce deaths from childbirth among indigenous women who live far from health services could also help women in other Latin American countries. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Haiti Donors Urge Transparency in Relief Spending Haiti is asking the international community for $3.8 billion in aid to rebuild its torn infrastructure. Judy Woodruff reports on the international donor conference in New York and the U.S.'s pledge of $1.1 billion over the next two years. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Haiti’s ‘Tap Tap’ Bus Art Flourishes After Quake In the second part of a series of reports from Haiti, Adam Davidson of NPR's "Planet Money" reports on how the Haitian tradition of displaying vibrant, painstaking artistry on commuter buses continues to flourish after the earthquake. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch Peru Nurtures Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty In the first part of a series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on a growing and business friendly environment in a country rebounding from economic instability and deep debt just twenty years ago. Continue watching
Mar 29 In Peru, Life for the Life-Givers By Ray Suarez When you're in a four-wheel drive vehicle threading its way through rocky mountain passes in the Andes, it's hard to imagine getting around any other way. But people do. Our driver slows on a narrow curve to make way for… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Haitian Entrepreneurs Build Micro-Economies in Tent City Nearly three months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, small businesses are springing up within the tent communities housing displaced people. Adam Davidson of NPR'S "Planet Money" reports on the entrepreneurs who are kick-starting the local economy. Continue watching
Mar 25 Peru Weighs Low Cost Options to Tackle Deadly Cervical Cancer By Talea Miller Cervical cancer is one of the main causes of death for women in Peru, where screening for the disease is sporadic. Now, health workers are considering low-tech and low-cost options that could make a difference in poor rural areas. Continue reading