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2. Emergency Safe Spaces in Haiti and the Solomon Islands
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Madfis,Josh (Author), Martyris,Daryl (Author), and Triplehorn,Carl (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 2010
- Published:
- Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Disasters
- Journal Title Details:
- 34(3) : 845-864
- Notes:
- Provides background information on emergency Safe Spaces for children and specific information for responses in Haiti and the Solomon Islands. In 2007, both countries experienced natural disasters that resulted in internal displacement of thousands of people. The Save the Children Alliance created Safe Spaces for children living in camps for internally displaced persons. The project sought to accomplish 'B-SAFE' strategies through emergency education, psychosocial, and protection interventions. The B-SAFE strategies are to (B)uild relationships, cooperation, and respect among peers; to (S)creen for high-risk children and youth; (A)ctive, structured learning and life saving information; to (F)acilitate children's natural resilience and a return to normalcy; and to (E)stablish a sense of security and self-esteem.
3. Haiti's Earthquake's Nickname and Some Women's Trauma
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Ulysse,Gina Athena (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-04
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(1) : 141-143
- Notes:
- Discusses the January 2010 earthquake that struck in Haiti, focusing on the name of Goudougoudou which Haitians have given the natural disaster. Topics include the onomatopoeic nature of the name which resembles the destruction of buildings, the psychological impact the earthquake has had on Haitian women, and Haiti's efforts to relieve the psychological trauma of the event for children.
4. Migration, Remittances, and Children's Schooling in Haiti
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Amuedo-Dorantes,Catalina (Author), Georges,Annie (Author), and Pozo,Susan (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 2010
- Published:
- Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 630 : 224-244
- Notes:
- Examines the impact of remittances on the schooling of children in various Haitian communities with a high incidence of out-migration. In some communities remittances raise school attendance for all children regardless of whether they have household members abroad. In other communities this effect is observed only among children living in households that do not experience any family out-migration.
5. The audacity to adopt
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Phillips,Wendell F. (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 11-Feb 17, 2010
- Published:
- New York, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- New York Beacon
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 : 7-7,16
- Notes:
- In fact, whenever I am accused of "playing the Race Card ", I always let folk know that I didn't deal die hand. It has been my experience that if you ask "why?" long enough eventually it will come down to race. And if it is between or amongst people of the same color, Class becomes the issue. But we can argue about that in another post at another time. With instances such as these it's tough to holler "race" because Black folk make it easy for White folk to say, "Forget it". I have heard Black folk say, "Who do they think they are? How are White folks going to raise Black children? They have no idea what it's like to be Black"! And maybe they don't . . . but they don't know what it's like to be Asian, Indian, Haitian or African either. Now I am sure there will be those who will read this and say, "My family adopts ... in fact, they adopted me!" and they will go down a list that reads like that fifth chapter of Genesis in the Bible inserting "adopt" for every "begat". And while that is good for that particular family, that family and those like it are the exception and not the rule.