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Here is a picture where it was reported that Matthew Andrew Carter of the Morning Star Center allegedly sexually abused Haitian children at his shelter in port-au-prince.

Matthew Andrew Carter is from Brighton and he has been arrested on charges he sexually abused children in Haiti.

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Here is a picture of Douglas perlitz accused for sexually abusing Haitian children. This is a crime to which he admitted. Douglas perlitz admitted tha he sexually Abused Boys at the School hee Founded in Haiti for Haitian Orphans.

In a recent development, a Federal Lawsuit was filed against the university, Fairfield, as well as the organization, the Society of Jesus

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Here is a picture of a case of sexual abuse caught on video in Haiti. Member of the Uruguayan peacekeepers who are part of MINUSTAH in Haiti are accused of sexually abusing a Haitian young man. The video that was taken from a cell phone showed four U.N. peacekeepers from Uruguay as they were sexually assaulting a young Haitian man. This scene took place in a room while the soldiers were laughing. Authorities of the U.N. later stated that they have not confirmed the authenticity of the video showing the alleged abuse by the U.N. Peacekeepers. They intend to investigate the allegation and punish anyone found guilty.

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How to make Haitian Pain Tatate (Sweet Potato Bread) for Thanksgiving

Pain Tatate, or Sweet Potato Bread, is another Haitian favorite during Thanksgiving. Usually served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, the bread is made with sweet potatoes, spices and coconut. First the potato and coconut is grated together, or processed in a food processor, and then it is mixed with milk, spices and other baking ingredients. The secret ingredient though may be the crushed bananas that get added after the mixture is cooked, but before it is baked.

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How to put some Haitian flavor into your Thanksgiving dinner.

Turkey season is here again, and Haitian culture far from precludes Thanksgiving from their annual cultural festivities. Few things are as important as the Haitian Style Turkey for Coden Fris. To make this, one would cut a turkey steak into two pieces, thoroughly clean it with limes, then marinate in a mixture of vinegar, lime juice, salt, pepper and epis. This would then be boiled in the marinade, with additional water, and fried once tender.

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There is no other place in the world where people have suffered so much in one year. A 7.0 earthquake killed nearly 300,000 lives in a matter of minute. One of the poorest nations on the planet without a single sewage treatment plant bravely encountered an epidemic of cholera that took over 8,000 lives and infected more than 600,000. It is even sadder because cholera epidemic is treatable but the supplies were not readily available in Haiti.

But that never means Haitians are not grateful. They have much more now than they had few years ago. Thanks giving day is a time when families and friends come together and thank god for His blessing throughout the preceding year. It is a moment of appreciation for all of His blessings-- maybe it is as simple as basic food, rain, new roads, electricity or generous donors. It is also a time to pray and thank for the less fortunate and sick.

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Many Haitians are currently suffering with type 1 diabetes. What is it?

What is Diabetes type 1? It is a loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas leading to insulin deficiency. The majority of type 1 diabetes is of the immune-mediated nature, where beta cell loss is a T-cell mediated autoimmune attack.

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Catholics followers believe in the almighty God who is the originator of their lives.

Voodoo followers believe in a creator god, Bondye, who is the originator of their lives

Catholic have various saints with specific roles and duties where followers warship them through adoration and reverence of sacred objects

The Voodoo Religion has various Lwa who are also referred to as Mystères who are intermediaries between God "Bondye" and human

Catholic followers belief that a Eucharist is transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ during Mass

Voodoo followers believe that spirits are transformed into living beings after occupying a person

To hide Voodoo practice from their European slave masters, the enslaved African people in Haiti syncretized the Loa with the Roman Catholic saints by frequently having images of Catholic figures displayed

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Here is a picture of Fort de Joux in France where Toussaint Louverture spent his list few years in prison under harsh condition. This day, it is another story all together. He is now considered a hero and both Haitians and French want to claim him.

Toussaint Louverture was known to his contemporaries as "the Black Napoleon". To abolish slavery from Haiti he fought against the best-trained European forces, including armies from France, England and Spain and France. He is the only successful revolutionary slave leader in modern history and the first Black to become the governor of a colony. He allied with France and became a dominant political and military leader in the French colony; ruled Saint Dominque as an independent state. When he drafted a constitution emphasizing abolition of slavery, he earned the ire of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was captured and on August 25, 1802, sentenced to a cold, isolated cell in the French mountain prison at Fort de Joux so that he would be forgotten from his countrymen behind his secluded prison. He died of pneumonia in his solitary cell within his seven months of captivity on April 7, 1803. He wrote a memoir during his confinement where he compared Napoleon's plan of forceful limiting him with phrases as--"cut out one's tongue and tell him to talk","bury a man alive". On October 29, 2014, the Haitian President Michel Martelly paid tribute before the statue of this Haitian independence hero at Fort de Joux in France and placed a Haitian flag in his honor.

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Here is a picture of Haitian President Michel Martelly on October 29, 2014 as he stands in front od the statue of Toussaint Louverture in Fort de Joux in France in Honor of this great Haitian hero, known internationally

Toussaint Louverture was a self educated person and a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave uprising in modern history. He joined the slave insurgency and quickly with efficiency became the military secretary to Georges Biassou, one of the insurgency's leaders. When his leaderships allied itself with Spain against France, he followed. In 1794, when Spain and Britain threatened France to take control of the island, the French acted to preserve its colonial rule and to gain the loyalty of the black population, granted citizenships, rights and freedom to all blacks within the empire. L'Ouverture allied with France against Spain during 1794 to 1802, and became a dominant political and military leader in the French colony. By 1801, he ruled Saint Dominque as an independent state. He drafted a constitution emphasizing the abolition of slavery and appointed himself governor for "the rest of his glorious life. In 1802, Napoleon organized a large military expedition and dispatched his brother-in-law, Charles Leclerc, to capture L'Ouverture and return the island to slavery under French control. Toussaint was captured and was shipped to Fort de Joux for imprisonment. It was there where he died of pneumonia in a solitary cell on April 7, 1803. On Saturday, November 1, 2014, President Martelly paid tribute to this great to the independence hero, at Fort de Joux and at the initiative of the French authorities, he was invited to 'meditate' to the dungeon of Fort de Joux, where Toussaint Louverture died.

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