Information About Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians still have much to do to recover from the 2010 earthquake, President Michel Martelly said Monday, and he conceded to having made political blunders. His remarks came as he presented his first government report since taking office in May and took on the task of rebuilding from a disaster that officials say killed more than 300,000 people and flattened the capital …

In a report released today, international agency Oxfam said reconstruction of Haiti, two years on from its devastating earthquake, has proceeded “at a snail’s pace” leaving more than half a million Haitians still homeless. Oxfam urged the Haitian government and donor countries to accelerate reconstruction of the country.

Activities in Haiti and the United States to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake

Haiti’s president says there is still much to do for the country to recover from the 2010 earthquake and he concedes that he has made mistakes since taking office last May.

Haiti should look to the past, and the system of small farms and the decentralized economy that once provided Haitians with dignity, autonomy and wealth.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 7 (UPI) — Cholera has killed at least 7,000 people and sickened more than 520,000 in Haiti two years after a devastating earthquake struck the country, officials said.

Days after the earthquake killed his little girl and destroyed much of his house, Meristin Florival moved his family into a makeshift tent on a hill in the Haitian capital and called it home. Two years later they’re still there, living without drains, running water or electricity.