Students at Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes created videos to help their new Haitian classmates learn the ropes at their new school. ESOL Coordinator Jenna Moniz talks about how the videos came to be. Listen here.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Patrick Farrell, of the Miami Herald, narrates a slide show of his work. The pictures depict the devastation after Haiti's earthquake, and also more recent scenes of hope as survivors try to stitch their lives back together.
Friday, July 16, 2010
In the months since the earthquake, what have South Florida's planners and developers been able to do to help the reconstruction efforts? Under the Sun's Kenny Malone has that story. Listen here.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary, of the Notre Dame D'Haiti Catholic Church, narrates what happened in his congregation after the earthquake, and how music helped people to release their pain. This piece is set to a hymn sung by the Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours choir. Listen here. (Photo by Patrick Farrell, courtesy of The Miami Herald)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
In this excerpt, Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary of the Notre Dame church in Little Haiti responds to a recording of quake survivors singing at 3 a.m. in a tent camp outside Haiti's presidential palace. "Lift your feet," the song says. "Don't stay on the floor crying." Listen here. (Photo by Patrick Farrell, courtesy of The Miami Herald)
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Doctors make their patients better. That's how the story always goes, right? Niala Boodhoo explores the relationship between an American doctor and his Haitian patient, forged by the earthquake. Listen here.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
This Saturday, Trauma Resolution Center and Koze Ayiti host a listening party of Under the Sun's Haiti Episode, followed by a community discussion. The event begins at 11 a.m. at Konbit Center for Haiti. Click here for more information.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
After the earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. government made Temporary Protected Status (TPS) available to any Haitian living in the country before Jan. 12. And yet, less than a third of eligible Haitians living in the United States have applied. Why is that? Fees, fraud, and most importantly, fear. Alicia Zuckerman takes us down the long and winding road to TPS. Listen here.
Monday, July 12, 2010
In this piece, four medical professionals recount how their patients broke into song in a makeshift medical tent, despite the desperate circumstances. One doctor describes the moment as a tipping point, in which the patients lifted their healers.
Monday, July 12, 2010
A glimpse into the conditions that met health workers when they arrived in Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake. The health workers from the "Patients and Healers" piece talk a little more about their experiences. Listen here.
Friday, July 16, 2010
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