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Learn about the ongoing violence and its effects on Haiti's population, particularly children, and how the author's memories of their positive spirit during an earthquake impacts her today.

Popular author Mitch Albom was deeply moved by reports of the tragedy and decided to travel to Haiti to see if he could be of help. He took charge of an orphanage on the island, where he bonded with a homeless 3-year-old girl named Chika.

In 2010 when a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, I found myself glued to the TV like the rest of America watching the images come through and the death toll rise.

London-based charity Lumos said many orphanages in the poor Caribbean nation were run by enterprising traffickers who starved and beat children to attract sympathy and money from well-intentioned donors.

"Seeds in a Dark Fruit Sky," a book of Haitian short stories by local writer Rosemary McFarland, is planned to be released at the end of this year.

Mark Stockland, executive director of Haiti Bible Mission, talks about how people can actually help third world countries like Haiti.

(RNS) Monmouth University is among several colleges jumping on the zombie scholarship bandwagon. The University of Baltimore and Columbia College in Chicago both offer zombie studies classes. Michigan State University offered a two-credit course last summer on surviving the zombie apocalypse in which students were placed in survivor groups in a simulated zombie attack.