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Tag: Earthquake
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Nation & World
Days to find a doctor
Patients at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative field hospital at Fond Parisien, Haiti, share their stories of the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake and its aftermath.
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Nation & World
‘Better’ – A story of survival
Among the millions of “Haiti earthquake stories” from January 12, 2010, here is one.
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Nation & World
‘Building back, better’
Haitians face a long road for post-earthquake recovery. Some Harvard faculty members will walk it with them.
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Nation & World
Reflections on a catastrophe
Assistant Professor of Medicine Louise Ivers shares her story of being caught in the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Nation & World
Cambridge resident provides shelter for Haiti’s homeless
Last week, Cambridge resident Dr. S. Allen Counter, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Foundation, delivered over 150 tents to homeless families in earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince area.
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Nation & World
Pennies from heaven
As effort continues to raise funds to aid members of the Harvard community who have ties to Haiti, one group does its part by filling a jar with cash.
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Nation & World
Reclaiming Port-au-Prince
Weeks after the earthquake, as populations of Haiti’s tent camps grow, so too does the threat of disease.
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Nation & World
Working the night shift
Volunteers assist with a variety of medical skills, from nursing to orthopedics to medical equipment repair, playing a critical role in the response to the Haitian earthquake.
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Nation & World
Night shift, Port-au-Prince
A series of tents now function as Port-au-Prince’s primary hospital, as post-earthquake medical volunteers make ends meet during the night shift.
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Nation & World
Nearly $37K raised for Haiti
Harvard students raise almost $37,000 in benefit concert for Haitian relief.
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Nation & World
A service for Haiti’s sadness
More than 200 attend Harvard memorial service for those killed in and affected by the Haitian earthquake.
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Nation & World
The Haitian partnership
Speakers, including Paul Farmer, discuss how Harvard offshoots can collaborate with Haitians to try to build some stability in the earthquake-battered nation.
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Nation & World
Memorial service for Haiti
Harvard University will host a memorial service for victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and their loved ones on Thursday (Feb. 11) from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard.
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Nation & World
Hospital rises in the grass
Sandwiched between mountains and a large lake, a field hospital has sprung up amid the thorny trees and dried grass at Fond Parisien, near the border with the Dominican Republic. The site has become an oasis of medical care and hope in this still-reeling nation, where many thousands died and many more have been injured.
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Nation & World
The Haitian apocalypse
A Harvard panel looks at the Haitian crisis through the lens of both history and medicine.
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Nation & World
An orphanage regroups
The family of a Harvard undergraduate in Haiti struggles to provide food, shelter, and safety to their orphanage complex there.
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Nation & World
Harvard opens Haiti relief fund
Harvard University has established an emergency relief fund to assist employees who have been directly affected by the tragedy unfolding in Haiti.
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Nation & World
Relief for Haitian city
Putting aside their winter-break activities, an ad-hoc Harvard relief team in the Dominican Republic helps to ship boatloads of relief supplies to the coastal Haitian city of Jacmel.
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Nation & World
Students help Haiti
When the massive earthquake hit Haiti, a group of Harvard students working on a water purification project in the Dominican Republic switched gears to help transport supplies across the border.
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Nation & World
Medical workers gain momentum
Harvard-affiliated doctors report on carnage, rescue operations in quake-ravaged Haiti, as medical teams gain traction.
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Nation & World
Harvard mobilizes relief fund
Assistance mobilizes to aid earthquake-shaken Haiti, including groups of experts and medical personnel affiliated with Harvard.
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Nation & World
Harvard responds to Haiti crisis
A catastrophic earthquake in Haiti Tuesday (Jan. 12) has prompted a rapid-fire response of broad-based medical and humanitarian assistance from Harvard and its affiliates.
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Nation & World
In brief
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies of Harvard University is currently accepting submissions for its 2008 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate student with the best essays on Japan-related topics. The undergraduate award is $2,000 and the graduate award is $3,000. The deadline for submission is Monday, June…