The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has helped rehabilitate a high school for some 5,000 students in the St. Martin quarter of
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative Edmond Mulet took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Lycée Daniel Fignolé, stressing that strengthening state institutions, including education facilities, is a crucial part of the mandate of the mission, set up in 2004 to help re-establish peace in the impoverished
"The younger students didn't have any chairs to sit on, it was in total disarray," according to a student named Dunia now in his last year. "After the events of 2004, I was tossed around from school to school," said one student, Fèdre Lacroix. "Now I'm happy to be back again in my old building."
Gertrude Benoit, one of the parents, expressed her satisfaction, saying, "While the school was closed, the students were in a disadvantaged situation. As a parent, I am so happy to see the students back in their classrooms."
The restoration include remodeling 16 classrooms, and the addition of doors and window. MINUSTAH financed the building of 250 school benches which cost 975,000 Haitian gourdes, approximately $25,000 (
Ce 11 septembre, un avion de la compagnie aérienne haitienne Caribintair s'est écrasé dans la localité de Source Puante, au nord de Port-au-Prince. Cet accident est le deuxième par cette compagnie en moins de 15 jours, le dernier en date ayant eu lieu le 31 août. Pour suivre les details: http://www.minustah.org/articles/653/1/Deux-accidents-davion-en-moins-de-deux-semaines/11-Septembre-2007.html
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