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DESCRIPTION:Aid Haiti Can Believe In: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Foreign 
 Assistance\n\n\nA Panel Discussion Following the Haiti Donor Conference 
 \n\nCo-Hosted by Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) 
 & Maxine Waters (D-CA)\n\nWho: \n\nPaul Farmer, Founding Director, Partners 
 In Health \n\nDonna Barry, Advocacy and Policy Director, Partners In Health 
 \n\nMargaret Satterthwaite, Faculty Director, Center for Human Rights and 
 Global Justice, NYU School of Law \n\nMonika Kalra Varma, Director, Center 
 for Human Rights, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights \n\nBrian 
 Concannon Jr., Director, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti 
 \n\nWhen:          Wednesday, April 15th, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon \n\nWhere:  
        2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC\n\nRSVP: 
 lclnyuihrc@gmail.com\n\nThe eruption of the international food crisis, a 
 series of damaging hurricanes, and the impact of the current global 
 financial crisis have aggravated conditions in Haiti, leaving the people of 
 Haiti more vulnerable than ever. Donor states and the international 
 financial institutions will convene in Washington on April 14th to renew 
 their partnership with the Government of Haiti and to pledge financial 
 support.  Join representatives from leading human rights and non-profit 
 organizations at a public panel to discuss international assistance to 
 Haiti. \n\n\nTechnorati Tags: Haiti Donor conference,Haiti human 
 rights,Haiti development\nThe groups—Partners In Health, the Center for 
 Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ), the Institute for Justice & 
 Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and 
 Human Rights (RFK Center), and Zanmi Lasante—will demonstrate that future 
 international assistance must be empowering the Haitian government to 
 provide basic government services to its citizens—a goal expressed at the 
 2004 donor conference that has yet to be realized. \n\nThe panelists will 
 focus on the need for engagement and accountability mechanisms to better 
 plan, implement and track internationally-funded projects in Haiti.  The 
 panelists will present lessons learned from past donor conferences and 
 field experience, and recommendations about how to make future assistance 
 to Haiti more effective and sustainable.\n\nFor more information about 
 these organizations, please see their websites: Center for Human Rights and 
 Global Justice www.chrgj.org, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti 
 www.ijdh.org, Partners In Health www.pih.org, Robert F. Kennedy Center for 
 Justice & Human Rights www.rfkcenter.org, Zanmi Lasante 
 http://www.pih.org/where/Haiti/Haiti.html.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/10/18587406.php
SUMMARY:Aid Haiti Can Believe In: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Foreign Assistance
LOCATION:2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/10/18587406.php
DTSTART:20090415T170000Z
DTEND:20090415T190000Z
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