Category Archives: Haitian News

A few days ago we observed the two-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing an estimated 220,000 people, injuring 300,000, and leaving more than 1 million homeless. Since that day, blame for Haiti's acute vulnerability and subsequent slow … Continue reading →

Fabiola Leocal's story ought to be uncommon, but in post-earthquake Haiti, it's not. Two years after the disaster, about half a million Haitians are still in camps.

Haiti quiet as quake marked with national holiday Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 06:46 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians gathered in … Continue reading →

You can see some progress in Haiti two years since the 7.0-magnitude quake hit. But Port-au-Prince is a tour of unrelenting misery and often disturbing images. NPR's Carrie Kahn and Marisa Penaloza report that you can tell the pace of … Continue reading →

During the earthquake that struck Haiti two years ago Thursday, many of the country’s cultural treasures were destroyed. Almost immediately after the devastation, artists began to create new works out of the rubble. The country’s creative recovery continues with two … Continue reading →

 Two years after a devastating earthquake in Haiti – an event some have dubbed the most complex humanitarian crisis of modern times – fresh signs of progress are offering hope.

Two years after the devastating Haiti earthquake, billions in aid donations remain undistributed and thousands of people still live in tents.

Many of those displaced by Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake have been relocated, and buildings and roads repaired. But reconstruction in Haiti has been complicated by deep economic and social problems. 

Ceremonies have taken place at grave sites across Haiti to mark two years since a huge earthquake devastated the country.

The billions of dollars in aid that flowed into Haiti after its shattering earthquake were meant to build a new nation with thriving farms, apparel factories, modern hospitals and paved roads in the countryside.