AFTER THE QUAKE
Disaster in Haiti: Recovery and relief
Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010 | 8:15 PM ET
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Rebuilding effort in Haiti 'at standstill'
"What we see when we drive around Port-au-Prince is that the situation is pretty much as it was after the earthquake," Hans van Dillen, a head of mission with MSF said at a July 8 media briefing from Haiti.
Half a year after the quake, "the rebuilding effort in Haiti has stalled," according to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. That analysis is hardly unique.
Yet the task is monumental. Over 300,000 houses were destroyed or damaged by the earthquake, according to the Haitian government.
More news
- Canada defends Haiti reconstruction progress
- July 12: The Canadian government insists the international reconstruction effort in Haiti is making progress, amid criticism that work on the ground is painfully slow.
- Haiti rebuilding delays raise concern
- July 9: Questions are being raised about how the hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money to Haiti is being directed.
- Canadian commander in Haiti relieved of duty
- July 9: The top Canadian military commander in Haiti is relieved of his duties after allegations he was involved in an inappropriate relationship with someone outside the Forces.
- Red Cross still in emergency mode in Haiti
- July 7: The Canadian Red Cross says it is still stuck in emergency mode in Haiti — almost six months after the earthquake.
- Gov. Gen. Jean to be UNESCO envoy to Haiti
- June 22: Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean is appointed UNESCO's special envoy in Haiti. She confirms she will take up her new post once her term as Canada's governor general ends in September.
Haiti earthquake by the numbers
- 222, 570 deaths
- 300,572 injuries
- 1300 camps, or "sponaneous settlements" (peak)
- 1,500,000 people live in the camps
- 604,215 people left Port-au-Prince and the West Dept.
- 188,383 houses destroyed or badly damaged
- 80 percent of Port-au-Prince schools destroyed or damaged
- 60 percent of hospitals in the affected region destroyed or damaged
- 70 percent reduction in Haiti's GDP
-
7,000 babies per month delivered since the quake
from UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Sources provided here)
Photo galleries
In focus
Stories from Haiti, told by Haitians
In the weeks following the earthquake, CBCNews.ca began working with the Ciné Institute film school in Jacmel to uncover stories that were not being told by other media.
Jacmel, on Haiti's southern coast, was one of the communities hit hardest during the quake. The Ciné Institute suffered extensive damage and the majority of the students lost loved ones and homes.
Against many odds, the students resolved to tell stories about hope and survival.
Haiti history
Timeline: This covers the period from the Duvalier dictatorship until the earthquake.
Maps
Recovery and roadblocks: This map shows some of the infrastructure damage across Haiti.
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Port-au-Prince damage: This map shows some of the hardest-hit areas of the Haitian capital.
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Shake zones: This map shows the intensity of the Jan. 12 earthquake throughout Haiti.
(U.S. Geological Survey/Associated Press)
