This article is over 5 years old and may contain outdated information.

People & Culture

From disaster, a new digital economy for Haiti

In the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake, online opportunities are arising that could help resurrect the Caribbean nation

  • Feb 22, 2018
  • 73 words
  • 1 minutes
Women study at L’École Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haiti. The school is one of the partners of the AYITIC program, which is helping train Haitian women to take part in the digital economy. Expand Image
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

How a new training program could make young Haitian women part of the global economy and help get the shattered nation back on its feet. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.

Visit the Charting Change website to read “From disaster, a new digital economy for Haiti.”

Advertisement

Are you passionate about Canadian geography?

You can support Canadian Geographic in 3 ways:

Related Content

People & Culture

Profile in courage: The Canadian woman who risked her life to save people in Haiti trapped beneath a collapsed schoolhouse

Marie-Claude Élie was awarded a Canadian Decoration for Bravery after bringing medical assistance to dozens of people trapped beneath the ruins of a collapsed schoolhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 7, 2008

  • 886 words
  • 4 minutes

People & Culture

Profil de courage : La Canadienne qui a risqué sa vie pour sauver des personnes ensevelies dans les décombres d’une école effondrée

Marie-Claude Élie a reçu une décoration canadienne pour acte de bravoure après avoir apporté des soins médicaux à des dizaines de personnes coincées sous les décombres d’une école qui s’était effondrée à la suite d’un séisme à Port-au-Prince, à Haïti, le 8 novembre 2008.

  • 1179 words
  • 5 minutes

Environment

Nature vs. Disaster

Why preserving the natural eco-system may help lessen the impact of severe storms

  • 420 words
  • 2 minutes
A Student on Ice teacher talks to students in a small boat surrounded by ice

Science & Tech

World Oceans Day: Building a more sustainable ocean future — one worker at a time

Part three of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: A six-part series

  • 956 words
  • 4 minutes
Advertisement
Advertisement