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In the last year, FIU demonstrated its commitment to community engagement through the arts, encouraging students and friends to participate in several creative initiatives. Last summer, FIU worked with hundreds of people of all ages on its Worlds Ahead Mural and Ship of Tolerance projects, as well as The Art [...]
Ever since Haiti was struck by the devastating earthquake of January 2010, FIU has remained committed to helping the island recover. Through its Hope for Haiti Task Force the university has overseen ideas big and small that have developed into long-term initiatives to assist the Haitian people. One of these [...]
FIU focuses on long-term solutions for Haiti’s future HEALTH FIU physician Dr. Pilar Martin has made numerous trips to Haiti, where she has a longstanding relationship with Rose-Mina de Diegue Orphanage in Port Au Prince. While there, Dr. Martin has delivered relief supplies and provided medical care in orphanages, tent [...]
The decentralization of Haiti – shifting its population from densely-populated Port-au-Prince to less populated areas – in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake emerged as a major theme in Florida International University’s second Haiti Teach-In, sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs and the Latin American and [...]
