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• Rebuild Globally is headquartered in Orlando, but their sandals, bags and accessories are made in Haiti. Founder Julie Colombino explains how she saw an opportunity to turn discarded tires into hard-wearing, fashionable footwear.
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• Hurricane Matthew killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before barreling up the East Coast of Florida. Pastor Francis Myrtil is a member of Orlando’s Hatian community and has a church on back on the Island. Pastor Myrtil explains how the government and aid organizations are in a disagreement over where relief funds should go.
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• A group of Florida nurses has landed in Port-au-Prince Haiti for a medical relief mission after Hurricane Matthew devastated the country. Members of the Haitian American Nurses Association and fellow volunteers made their way to the country’s southwest peninsula to establish pop-up clinics in three badly hit rural areas.
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• Haitians across central Florida are pulling together resources after Hurricane Matthew devastated part of Haiti, killing more than 1,000 people there. Local churches, residents, and government officials are preparing to send medical and construction supplies and food.
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• Haitian tourism officials are trying to attract second generation Haitian Americans in Central Florida to the island as tourists and potential investors.
During a visit to Orlando this week, Haitian’s tourism minister said they are key to developing the economy.
90.7’s Renata Sago reports.
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• Officials at Orlando International Airport are calling direct flights between Orlando and Haiti a “real possibility.”
The flights would make travel faster and convenient for tourists. As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, Haitians in Central Florida say it would strengthen their ties to their home country.
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• 90.7’s Renata Sago reports on Haiti – five years after a devastating earthquake. Also, 90.7’s Matthew Peddie speaks to environmental activists about new ways to spread messages.
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• Five years ago today, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, toppling historic landmarks, killing thousands of people, and displacing more than a million.
Haitians mobilized to restore their communities, and the international community pledged billions of dollars in aid. But ex-pats have an important role to play in rebuilding. 90.7’s Renata Sago spoke with an earthquake survivor in Central Florida who’s made it her mission to give back to the country.
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• Food writers Heather McPherson and Pam Brandon talk Florida seafood and author Ardain Isma joins the program to talk about his novel Midnight at Noon.
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• Haiti’s President Michel Martelly forced Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe to resign over the weekend.
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