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Here & Now’s George Hicks visits the Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge, Mass., which has a sister school in Haiti. In the “Mother Tongue Books” project, students at each school write books which are translated and exchanged. We’ll find out how these schools have connected before and after the earthquake.

We speak with Dr. Evan Lyon, who is working in Haiti and tells of being forced to do amputations with a hack saw bought from the hardware store because of a shortage in medical supplies.

Welcome to our newest listeners in Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, Morris, IL and Chesterton, IN! In the past few months we’ve been joined by new stations in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

Some recent stories we thought you’d enjoy- from our conversation with oncologist Jerome Groopman about the status of the war on cancer, to accordion champion Cory Pesaturo.

Here & Now producers share their favorite music, books and websites.

Looking for a book for the young person in your life? We share our favorites.