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In Response to the ABC Nightline Special on Sex Trade in Haiti
Dr. Arthur Fournier
The Huffington Post
July 17th, 2008 - Mr. Dan Harris, of ABC News, is to be commended for calling attention to the problem of child slavery. This problem of modern slavery is not, however, unique to Haiti, nor is it confined to children. It will be found anywhere there are vulnerable populations in contact with others of more means willing to exploit them. Sexual slavery has been well documented in Central America, Mexico, Thailand and the Dominican Republic, and conditions perilously close to slavery exist for many undocumented immigrants and migrant laborers in even developed countries such as the U.S. Given how little most Americans understand about Haiti and how this lack of understanding during the early years of AIDS led to stigmatization of Haitians that persists to this day, this is no small point - exploitation of vulnerable people has nothing to do with ethnicity or culture and everything to do with poverty and the survival choices poor people are forced to make.
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The Green Family Foundation Wins the Gold Hermes Award for Design/Web Site Overall
2008-06-13
GFF Wins a Hermes Creative Award for its New Re-Designed Web Site
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. The awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
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Once There Was A Country: Revisiting Haiti – Award Winning Documentary On Haiti To Air On WPBT-TV, PBS Miami
Proceeds Will Benefit the Children First Fund to Support the Development and Growth of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Miami
A Film by Noted Philanthropist Kimberly Green; Documentary Profiles the Economic and Healthcare Crisis in Haiti
MIAMI, April 15, 2008 – On April 15th at 9PM, Miami’s WPBT-TV, Channel 2, will broadcast the award winning documentary, Once There Was a Country: Revisiting Haiti. Narrated by former U.S. poet laureate Dr. Maya Angelou and Guy Johnson, the 55-minute film examines the economic and health issues plaguing Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Once There Was A Country: Revisiting Haiti a film by noted philanthropist and Miami local, Kimberly Green. Green is president of the Green Family Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore Steven J. Green.
Green Family Foundation To Host World Renowned Jeweler Harry Winston Charity Event To Benefit The Department Of Pediatrics At The University Of Miami
Proceeds Will Benefit the Children First Fund to Support the Development and Growth of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Miami
MIAMI, March 27, 2008 – On March 27th The Green Family Foundation (GFF) (www.greenff.org) will host a collaborative fundraising event with Harry Winston to benefit the Children First Fund at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. The Children First Fund is an initiative to raise vital philanthropic support, focusing on the University of Miami’s Department of Pediatrics growth and advancement in children’s healthcare. The reception, which will be held at Ambassador Steven and Mrs. Dorothea Green’s home in Miami, will include an in-home shopping and viewing of jewels from Harry Winston.
Global Poverty at its Worst: Mud Cookies in Haiti
From the Huffington Post
2008-02-19
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The international media and blogosphere were aghast when Marie Noel told her story to the world... "I know its not good for me," answered Noel when asked by an Associated Press reporter why she was eating and selling mud cookies - meals made from a mixture of dirt, water, salt and vegetable shortening. "I am hoping one day I will have enough food to eat."
Noel lives in Cite Soliel, a slum in Haiti -- the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti has long battled malnutrition where most nights 23 percent of its children under five go to bed hungry. Because of rising food prices, many in the crowded slums have resorted to eating this mud cookie mixture to fill their bellies and stave off hunger pains. Why are Marie's mud cookies relevant to us? And what does it mean to people who want to help; private donors, foundations, churches and international aid agencies?
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