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Thousands of relief workers, health professionals and military personnel are moving in and out of Haiti to help survivors of the earthquake-ravaged country. But one problem some have had is the ...
As health care professionals, relief volunteers and military personnel try to help people in earthquake-devastated Haiti, some are encountering difficulty speaking and understanding the native Creole ...
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti – Teenagers in blue-and-white uniforms pour out of classrooms of this boarding school at the edge of Haiti's capital, chattering in their native language of Creole about the ...
Within two weeks of the earthquake in Haiti, a new for-credit course at Duke University called “Haitian Creole for the Haitian Recovery” held its first session. Deborah C. Jenson, a professor of ...
Two students running late timidly enter the doorway of this basement classroom at Hamline University and search for available seats. They are the last of the stragglers who’ve packed into the ...
Reporting from Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Two dozen Haitian students manage a ragged unison in their stab at English. “Today we go to school,” they pronounce, more or less as one. Their instructor ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It's playtime with Ronald Pierre Paul and his two daughters. Pierre Paul is Haitian but in his household, the kids get a heavy dose of English and Spanish since his wife is ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A local Haitian cook is using her skills to help create meals for a local non-profit. Elsy Dinvil, founder of Creole Me Up, helps teach cooking classes, keeping recipes simple ...
Duke University is offering a language class in Haitian Creole for aid workers headed to Haiti. Those teaching the course say that overcoming the... Creole Class Preps Volunteers For Work In Haiti ...