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Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009

$258 million for Haiti
                                      
By The Associated Press
                                                    
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The Clinton Global Intiative is announcing $258 million worth of aid projects for this impoverished country.
                                                         
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Rene Preval (L), President of Haiti, and journalist George Stephanopoulos participate in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2009. About 1,200 participants including heads of state, business leaders, humanitarians and celebrities will attend the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which started on Tuesday.REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
                                                          
The projects were announced Thursday at the initiative's annual conference in New York. Bill Clinton is also U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti.

The 21 projects announced include a three-year, $2 million pledge by actor Matt Damon's Water.org to get water and sanitation to 50,000 people.

Habitat for Humanity and the U.S. Agency for International Development pledged $4.5 million to repair 1,500 family homes in two cities wrecked by last year's hurricanes.

Last year the initiative secured $170 million in pledges for 31 projects in Haiti. A Clinton spokesman says three-quarters of the $31 million pledged for this year has been delivered.
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