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Day Staff Writer Karin Crompton and Photojournalist Tim Martin were on assignment in Haiti, where they covered the struggles of local people and the Haitian Ministry of the Norwich Diocese.
In Haiti, finding strength amid the pain
February 3, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Lanitte Belledente was cooking rice, beans and chicken in the kitchen of Haitian Ministries' Norwich Mission House in Petionville when the first wave of tremors hit. Then a second.
In Haiti, pleas for a bit of dignity
February 2, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Late Monday morning, a line snakes along the side of the Catholic Relief Services offices and across the side street where the offices are located.
Fear remains for Haitians
February 1, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Saintana St.Vil, or Mrs. William Joseph, moved into her house in the mountain town of Morne Hopital on April 24, 2000. A ragged chunk of slate on the ground at the entrance to her two-room concrete hut says so. After Jan. 12, 2010, she may never go back.
Life celebrated despite tragedy
January 31, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - After breakfast on Saturday morning, Jean Marie Brutus took a bucket of water and a thin blue rag out to the driveway in front of the house that is temporarily sheltering various staff of Haitian Ministries' Norwich Mission House and their families.
Blog: Assignment Haiti
Karin and Tim also blogged while in Haiti, below are some of their thoughts on daily life in the disaster zone.
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Helping out in Haiti feels like her destiny
February 3, 2013; Updated: 5:46 pm
Early Monday morning, before the muted winter sun peeks through the windows of her New London apartment, Jessica Patti will gather her suitcases to take the next big step toward total immersion in the place that has come to consume her life.
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Three years later, Haiti still recovering
January 12, 2013; Updated: 12:56 am
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti three years ago permanently impacted the work of the Norwich-based Haitian Health Foundation, even though its clinic, school, food and economic development programs are centered in a town 100 miles from...
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Make a difference: Outreach to Haiti
December 16, 2012; Updated: 12:34 am
WHO: Joane Udele and her husband, 8-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twins in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
AGENCY: Outreach to Haiti for the Diocese of Norwich, an agency in Connecticut and Haiti that has served for 25 years...
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Former church leader sentenced in sexual assault case
December 5, 2012; Updated: 6:48 am
Former Haitian church leader Luckner Sylvain pleaded guilty in Superior Court Wednesday to molesting a 12-year-old girl multiple times while she lived with his family in 2006 in Norwich. The Rev. Johnson Vil, a priest in Les Palmes, Haiti, survived the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people. He is still trying to get aid to help survivors but says it is difficult because resources are so thin.
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Haiti’s musical ambassador brings his message to New London November 9, 2012; Updated: 6:08 pm
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Norwich pastor pleads guilty to molesting girl September 26, 2012; Updated: 11:34 pm
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Frustration haunts Haitian priest August 4, 2012; Updated: 12:14 am
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