Training for the Executives of the Public Administration

From 25 to 29 June 2012, the Office of the Secretary of State organized, in partnership with the Secretariat of Human Rights of Brazil, extensive training on disability issues for the benefit of thirty Executives of the public administration of 10 departments of Haiti.

1.2 km of the Poudrière street, concreted in Trou du Nord

The Minustah has recently inaugurated 1.2 km of the Poudrière street, newly concreted, the main axis of a populated and deprived area of Trou du Nord. According to the Force Cumulative pour Servir Trou du Nord (FOCUST), the prime contractor of this project, the street Poudrière that serves more than 10,000, was before the works a muddy path difficult to access, often impassable because of the loods and stagnant domestic sewage. This project was funded under the Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) of the Minustah, for an amount approaching 30.000 U.S. dollars, and the work was done by a local firm.

Martelly in Bel Air

Sunday 1st July, the President Michel Martelly paid a courtesy visit to the Bel Air, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. He was greeted by a crowd, expressing his joy at seeing the President in Bel Air. On this occasion, the Head of State, accompanied by Me Thierry Mayard Paul, Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities, stopped in front of the sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, for a moment of recollection, then they stopped to attend the celebration of mass.

HL/ HaitiLibre