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Bill Lambers on Food for Haiti
Interview by Jeffrey Hillard

Posted February 5, 2010

WFP food for Haiti
PHOTO CREDIT: www.wfp.org

RED! Editor Jeffrey Hillard speaks with World Food Programme (WFP) advocate William Lambers on the WFP’s extraordinary response to food relief efforts in Haiti following the earthquake on January 12. 

In addition to being a technical advisor to RED!, Lambers is closely affiliated with WFP as a advisory consultant and writer. He’s in close contact with WPF staffers working in Haiti right now.

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Bob Shacochis, Haiti, and the Truth
January 27, 2010

As we hear reports from Haiti, it should not be lost on anyone that Bob Shacochis has been an American journalist once embedded deeply in Haiti. He wrote a seminal and award-winning book on Haiti, The Immaculate Invasion. Get it. Now. You want to know more about Haiti before the earthquake? Sure, there are histories. Sure, novelist Madison Smartt Bell has written a wonderful trilogy of books on Haiti, and he’s worth reading.. . .read more.

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A.D. Ceasar, public relations director for the major, nonprofit, Haitian humanitarian organization, Sonje Ayiti (www.sonjeayiti.org), talks about the group’s timely response to help victims of the January 13 earthquake and about future strategies. RED! will partner with Sonje Ayiti to help in its restoration efforts, as well as with education and health developments in Haiti. Look for continuing updates in RED! and links to Sonje Ayiti news. Watch the video full size.

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