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Poverty in Haiti spawns child slavery 13 October 2008
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery.
The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports.
Length: 176
Rating: 4.90 (21 ratings)
Tags: haiti poverty child slavery culture teresa bo aljazeera
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UFO Haiti
shot on the evening of august 6th 2007
Length: 22
Rating: 4.20 (9650 ratings)
Tags: UFO VERY CLOSE SCARY
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Haiti Food Crisis
June 2008
Haiti is facing a major food crisis as riots break out in the capital Port-au-Prince. Five people have died, the Prime Minister was forced to resign and authorities fear the worst is yet to come!
All produce, even eggs, are imported here, leaving Haiti at the hands of the global market. Although blessed with fertile land, farmers have no machinery and are forced to use their hands. A farmer says "we cannot compete with other farmers who have the technology to back them". People are even eating mud cookies to relieve hunger. The Haitian government have turned to International crisis funds for immediate food relief but what will happen in the long run?
Length: 494
Rating: 4.70 (74 ratings)
Tags: Haiti Antilles UN hunger mud cookies misery The World Food Program riots Journeyman Pictures
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Raw Video: Hurricane Gustav Roars Over Haiti
Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has made landfall on Haiti's southwest peninsula. The fast-forming storm is sending global oil prices soaring on fears it could become 'extremely dangerous' as it approaches the Gulf of Mexico. (Aug. 26)
Length: 105
Rating: 4.60 (150 ratings)
Tags: tropical weather raw video: hurricane gustav roars haiti
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Deadly Food Riots in Haiti
ANCHOR:
Officials in southern Haiti say at least people are daed after demonstrations against rising food prices turned into riots. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community and Haiti's leaders to keep up their efforts to bring stability to the country.
STORY:
Scores of Haitians rioted in the southern town of Les Cayes, blocking roads and looting stores.
Some also fired shots at UN peace-keepers and they fired back in response.
Haitians have been staging sporadic protests against the soaring cost of food for two days running.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas and prices for the basics - rice, beans and fruit - have rising by 50 per cent in the last year.
[Jean Marie, Student]:
"The government does not understand anything about the people. They do not listen to the people, all they do is manage the game of politics. First, it was about corruption, then about double nationality and now again about corruption... We want them to know we understand the game the government's playing; all we ask is to bring down food prices."
Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis condemned the violence but said drug dealers had manipulated the demonstrations.
[Jacques Edouard Alexis, Haitian Prime Minister]:
"Do not let others tell you what is not right. For example, when they blame the UN for the high cost of living...the Haitian government does not spend any money on the UN's budget."
He announced $10 million will be put towards bringing down food costs and putting people to work.
Les Cayes is reported tense after the riots, with the UN bolstering its forces to the volatile country in a bid to restore calm.
Length: 100
Rating: 4.40 (17 ratings)
Tags: ntd Haiti dead riots Ban Ki-moon U.N. Secretary General Les Cayes
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Strange Things
When one asks a child on the streets of Haiti "What's up?" They say "Bagay Dwol," (pronounced: BAG-AY-DWOLL) which means "Strange Things" in Creole. It is this perspective that makes the staggering amount of homeless children in Haiti resilient, although they are almost forgotten by their own government and internationally. "Strange Things" is an honest portrait of Haiti through the eyes of "street boys," and after the wake of recent political turbulence.
The film takes place in the Northern city of Cap-Haitian where the land is lush and where the history runs deep. It is a landscape of contrasts, and the site where Haiti won its Independence in 1804.
Shot on Super-16mm film, super 8, underwater photography, and DV, "Strange Things" documents a Haiti that is virtually unknown.
Looking for finishing funds! ; )
Length: 216
Rating: 4.40 (9 ratings)
Tags: Haiti Children Trailer street boys Hamm Productions Alexandria Hammond
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In Labadee Haiti!
In Labadee Haiti from the Western Carribean Cruise
Length: 67
Rating: 4.20 (19 ratings)
Tags: caribbean haiti labadee
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Floods devastate Haiti - 05 Sept 2008
Devastating floods and hunger are hitting the people of Haiti where at least 137 people had died when tropical storm Hanna struck.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Port-au-Prince, the country's capital, where more storms could be on the way.
Length: 134
Rating: 4.00 (9 ratings)
Tags: al jazeera english aljazeera haiti port au prince hanna teresa bo floods
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