Life Opens Up for Group of Newly-Literate Adults in Southern Haiti
Marise Laguerre, 60, says she is thrilled. She has learned a skill many of us apply every day and take for granted. Laguerre can now read and write.
Laguerre is one of 45 graduates of an adult literacy program organized by local women’s group CODEFEC (Combite Pour le Developpement Des Femmes de Camp Perrin) held in Laporte, a small town near Camp Perrin, in Les Cayes, southern Haiti. The participants ranged in age from 25 to 75 years old. READ MORE
Don’t Scapegoat Oxfam Over Sex Abuse Scandal In Haiti, Agencies Say
British charity Oxfam, rocked by a sex scandal in Haiti, should not be made a scapegoat for a problem that can occur anywhere among humanitarian groups working in the island nation, charity officials said on Wednesday. READ MORE