Haiti Outreach

Haiti Resources & Links

Books

Aristide, Jean-Betrand. Eyes of the Heart. Globalization and its effect on Third World Countries. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 2000.

Bell, Beverly.  Walking on Fire: Haitian Wome''s Stories of Survival and Resistance.  Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2001.

Farmer, Paul. The Uses of Haiti.  Maine: Common Courage Press, Rev. 2003

Fatton, Robert Jr. Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy.  Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publisher. 2002

Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer Random House, 2003

Paris, Barry. Song of Haiti. The lives of Dr. Larry & Gwen Mellon at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital of Deschapelles. Public Affairs: 2000

Randall Robinson. An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President.

Study Guide available: Paul Farmer's book The Uses of Haiti has been enriched with a Study Guide prepared by Debbie Stollery. This guide was especially designed for use by Haiti Committees in twinned groups.  Available from Patrice Schwermer: pschwermer@richmonddiocese.org 

Books Especially for Children:

Turnbull, Elizabeth and Battles, Kristopher, Bel Peyi Mwen: A Children's Coloring Book of Haiti. Durham NC: Light Messages, email the publisher at books@lightmessages.com 

Williams, Karen Lynn.  Tap -- Tap. NY: Clarion Books, 1994.

Wolkstein, Diane.  The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales. NY: Schocken Books, 1997.

Websites

Advocacy

• Catholic Relief Services: www.crs.org/Haiti/
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/haiti.shtml

Culture and language

• Haitian Studies Association: www.haitianstudies.umb.edu/aboutus.html 
• Indiana University Creole Institute: www.indiana.edu/~creole/
• Windows on Haiti:  www.windowsonhaiti.com/

Educational Materials

• Educa Vision: www.educavision.com  

Government

• U.S. Embassy in Haiti: portauprince.usembassy.gov/
• State Department: travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1134.html

Human Rights

• Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org/doc?t=americas&c=haiti  
• Institute for Justice and democracy in Haiti: www.ijdh.org
• Pax Christi USA: www.paxchristiusa.org/pc_haiti_task_force.asp  

Lifestyle

• Ministry of Money: www.ministryofmoney.org/
• The Simple Living Network: www.simpleliving.net  

Organization

• Beyond Borders: www.beyondborders.net
• Fonkoze: www.Fonkoze.org
• Partners in Health: www.pih.org
• The Haiti Connection thehaiticonnection.org/index.html

Twinning

• The Parish Twinning Program of the Americas: www.parishprogram.org