Haiti

Local man helps with Haiti relief mission, finds many obstacles

Haiti remains ravaged by infrastructural damage, poor communications, petty corruption and impassible roads, making relief efforts continuously difficult in some areas, according to a local man who was part of a recent four-crew relief mission to the...

DeKalb agency assisting families of Haitian medical evacuees

Haitian medical evacuees have been arriving in Georgia over the past few weeks and a DeKalb relief agency, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA), located in Decatur, has been steadily working to assist family members who ac...

Across DeKalb, folks dig deep to help the citizens of Haiti

Sheriff Thomas Brown and Warrant Manager Lisa Wiley, left, wave and display a sign to get the attention of passing motorists.
It’s been more than three weeks since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, and during that time people in the United States and across the globe have been energetically raising money and collecting food, medical supplies, clothing and other needed i...

Joy and pain in waiting for word from Haiti

Fritz Aristilde is relieved to know his sister is alive in Haiti.
Fritz Aristilde will tell anyone who will listen that God answers prayers. After nearly a week of gut-wrenching waiting and imaging worst possible outcomes, Aristilde received word on Jan. 19 that his sister is alive and safe in Haiti. “I am great,...

HAITI DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS

A market vendor covers her face from garbage smoke in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 17, 2005. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
UPDATE: Sheriff Thomas Brown will kick-off the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Haiti disaster relief efforts today at 2 p.m. with a personal donation of $1,000.  The Sheriff’s Office will be accepting monetary donations at a station set up outside ...