Global Activism: High quality coffee sold in America helps Haitian farmers

Feb. 9, 2012
Based in the city of Baraderes, Haiti, the organization Just Haiti works with Haitian farmers who produce high quality, organic, Arabica coffee. Just Haiti then markets and sells this coffee to consumers in the United States.

Two years after the earthquake, Haiti rebuilds

Jan. 26, 2012
Haitian economist Ludovic Comeau examines the complicated process of rebuilding Haiti.

Global Activism: Chicago doctor brings eye care to Haiti

Jan. 26, 2012
On today's Global Activism, we hear from a Haitian American doctor who's trying to change the way eye care is delivered in Haiti.

Worldview 1.26.12

Jan. 26, 2012
It’s been two years since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 300,000 and displacing 1.5 million. Progress to rebuild has been slow.  Haitian economist Ludovic Comeau helps us take stock of the reconstruction and rebuilding efforts of the past two years.

Worldview 11.21.11

Nov. 21, 2011
Despite billions of dollars in private donations and government money, a staggering number of Haitians remain in tent camps. And a recent cholera epidemic – which has claimed 5,000 lives – has only made life worse.

WGN's Belisomo dedicates Haiti trip to late husband

Oct. 13, 2011
Every Thursday on Global Activism, we hear from a Chicagoan who works to make the world a better place. Today, we focus on two individuals steeped in the world’s water crisis.Water plays a central role in global poverty. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease.

Despite need, donors struggle to raise funds for famine in Horn of Africa

Aug. 18, 2011
Children are bearing the brunt of the famine in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Five hundred million are on the verge of starvation.For many reasons, international aid has been slow to arrive. So far, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF has raised over $6 million for the Horn of Africa.