Oprah heads to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – American media proprietor Oprah Winfrey is expected to arrive in Haiti this evening for a two-day visit.Tomorrow she is scheduled to visit a settlement camp for displaced people run by Hollywood actor Sean Penn and his aid group J/P HRO. She is also expected to meet with fashion designer Donna Karan, who has celebrated the work of Haiti’s artisans through her Urban Zen Foundation since the quake.Haitian President Michel Martelly said he will host Winfrey adding that he would like to see her promote the troubled nation’s lesser known attributes to outside investors as it struggles to recover from the 2010 earthquake.Martelly said he planned to meet with Winfrey tomorrow. (CMC)