http://itooamhaiti.org I Too Am Haiti Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:17:04 CDT en-us http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/11439 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/11439 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:20:50 CST By Megan Rounseville Pan American Development Foundation volunteer From the Our Border website I first met Charlys when he came to the Small Business Start-Up Skills Class I taught during my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican border town of Pedernales. Although a Dominican national, he felt strongly his Haitian roots. nbsp; Three times a week, he would leave the Dominican community of Pedernales, where he lived in a cement house with running... mzamba@padf.org (Michael Zamba) http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/11284 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/11284 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:25:23 CDT PADF's Goodwill Ambassador for Haiti's Children Jimmy Jean-Louis presents the 2009 Heroes of the Hemisphere award to Nicole Muller Cesar, an educator and social worker who started a school for Haiti's abused children. Muller Cesar, along with four other individuals, were honored in Miami on October 24. Read all about it at: www.HeroesoftheHemisphere.orgChanging the Lives of Abused Children Nicole Muller César wanted to alleviate the suffering of these children. After a successful, 30-year... mzamba@padf.org (Michael Zamba) http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3498 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3498 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:15:24 CDT By Dan O’Neil in the Dominican Republic. nbsp; The thorniest issue between Haiti and the country that shares the island with her is the treatment of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic. nbsp; Somewhere on the order of a million Haitians live in the Dominican Republic, the vast majority without any legal papers. The Dominican migration authorities routinely round up several hundred undocumented Haitians each week and dump them on the Haitian-Dominican border. In the past, these... jtellez@padf.org (Jorge Tellez) http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3497 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3497 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:13:47 CDT The U.S. House of Representatives set aside $38.3 million to fight against trafficking around the world during the next fiscal year, which is twice as much as the federal government is currently spending. nbsp; This figure is a dramatic increase from the current $17 million that the U.S. State Department has for its Trafficking in Persons program. nbsp; The $38.3 million, which is part of the Congressional budget process, must be approved by the entire House of Representatives. The Senate... jtellez@padf.org (Jorge Tellez) http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3457 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/3457 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:30:27 CDT 7,850 People Urge Immediate Help for Haiti's Children nbsp; Nearly 8,000 people signed a petition to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thanking her for supporting Haiti â€" while urging her to dedicate more resources to that country’s exploited and trafficked children. nbsp; The petition reminds Secretary Clinton that the State Department reports that as many as 200,000 children are the victims of trafficking. nbsp; Organized by the Pan American Development Foundation and... mzamba@padf.org (Michael Zamba) http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/1473 http://itooamhaiti.org/ht/d/ViewBloggerThread/i/1473 Thu, 21 May 2009 06:23:50 CDT PADF's Goodwill Ambassador for Haiti's Children told key Members of Congress that they and their constituents can change the lives of thousands of exploited and trafficked children. Jimmy Jean-Louis told high-ranking elected officials -- including Rep. Barbara Lee of California, Rep. Elliot Engel of New York and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida -- that the deterioriating economic situation has pushed up the number of exploited children. Kids as young a five years old are now the victims of... mzamba@padf.org (Michael Zamba)