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 recovery has been traded among the government, international donors and humanitarian organizations.
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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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 makeshift churches and even a United Nations supply base Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the …
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.
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 progress by looking into people's eyes — emptiness looks back at you.
HAITI NEWS DESK – NOUVEAU CENTRE HOSPITALIER A LARCAHAIE, BUDGET DE CONSTRUCTION $1.4 MILLIONS
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Miami is home to one of the largest Haitian communities in the US Not surprisingly, some of the citys schools received the largest number of displaced students after Haitis earthquake- a total of 2000 arrived in the two years since the quake.
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.
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 new art exhibitions of post-disaster work. Read full article >>
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.