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Rebuilding Haiti

We follow how life is progressing in Haiti after the catastrophic 2010 earthquake

13 December 2016

  • Residents in Les Cayes survey the wreckage of homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew which left at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid.

    Food crisis looming in Haiti as aid slow to reach Hurricane Matthew's victims

    The UN’s $120m aid appeal is only 40% funded, causing ‘unnecessary suffering’ for the 750,000 Haitians in dire need of support

18 November 2016

  • View from the National school of Labeyi, that was the destroyed by Hurricane Matthew, in the commune of Chadonyer, in Les Cayes, in the southwest of Haiti, on October 16, 2016. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced distress October 15 at the "absolute devastation" caused by the deadly hurricane in Haiti, and disappointment at the little emergency aid reaching the struggling nation.

    Amid devastation of Hurricane Matthew, Haitians urged to go to the polls

    With many people from southern Haiti struggling with lack of food and shelter, the country’s postponed presidential elections could see a low turn-out

9 August 2015

  • People gather to cast their votes at a polling station in a market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    Haitians vote in long postponed elections amid disorder and violence

    The nation is still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake that devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas

12 January 2015

  • Lack of water and sanitation condemns the population to potential infection as filthy canals criss cross the area and overflow into homes when it rains in Citie de Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 2 December 2014.

    Haiti's twofold tragedy: earthquake and cholera – in pictures

    Only months after Haiti was rocked by an earthquake in January 2010, the country suffered its first outbreak of cholera in half a century. Five years on, Haitians continue to grapple with the crisis

11 January 2015

  • Some of the 34 houses in Village Solidarité that Christian Aid has built. Working with the local mayor - who donated four hectares of land - and the Haitian NGO GARR, Christian Aid has helped relocate around 240 people.

    Aid, cholera and protest: life in Haiti five years after the earthquake

    Housing projects have brought dignity to some made homeless by the 2010 earthquake, but cholera is still present and the recent political protests signal the frustrations of many

5 June 2014

  • MDG : Sanitation in Haiti : Garbage in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince

    Haiti could solve its drastic plastic problem and help its most vulnerable

    Prospery Raymond: With waste from discarded plastic products a growing problem in Haiti, it is time informal waste-pickers were properly incentivised

3 June 2014

  • MDG : Community garden Jaden Tap Tap in Cite Soleil, Haiti

    Haiti slum blooms into urban oasis

    Jaden Tap Tap garden initiative helps foster sense of pride in Cité Soleil shantytown, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

21 January 2014

  • MDG : A man throws fertiliser on a rice field in the Artibonite valley in central Haiti

    Haiti's wealth of untapped mining resources must benefit the poor

    More transparency and opportunities for public participation in mining deals is the best way to avoid resource curse

10 January 2014

  • MDG : Haiti earthquake recovery : US investments and Bill Clinton in Haiti

    Haiti earthquake: where is US aid money going? Get the data

  • MDG: Haiti earthquake

    Haitian business looks beyond foreign aid four years after deadly earthquake

26 July 2013

  • Haiti's carnival of flowers in Port-au-Prince

    Tourism can help Haiti return to its halcyon days

    Prospery Raymond: Visitors to Haiti can help trigger redevelopment, providing much-needed funds to boost infrastructure and create jobs

28 June 2013

  • Haiti housing

    US aid for Haiti falls short of promises

    USAid criticised in 'alarming' report that finds delays, poor leadership and mismanagement after Haiti earthquake

7 June 2013

  • MDG : Malnutrition in Haiti : soldier of the MINUSTAH gives food to children orphaned by earthquake

    Haiti's problems can't be addressed without greater co-operation and trust

    Prospery Raymond: Haiti's recovery rests on a less piecemeal aid effort and a greater willingness to put the country in control of its own destiny

28 February 2013

  • MDG children in Port-au-Prince

    Haiti launches 10-year plan to eradicate cholera yet UN funds fall short

    Haiti faces an enormous challenge to combat a cholera epidemic amid waning aid commitments and a fragile government

19 February 2013

  • January 2013: Haitian shoppers and vendors gather at stalls opposite the Iron Market, which has been completely rebuilt and painted in its original style

    Haiti 2010 earthquake: then and now – in pictures

  • Haiti farmer

    A serious food crisis is brewing in Haiti – here's how to stop it

11 January 2013

  • MDG : Haiti : Three years after magnitude-7 earthquake in Haiti

    Haiti's press hails 'courage, dedication, creativity' in aftermath of earthquake

    Nahema Marchal: Three years on from the 2010 tragedy, Haiti's media bemoans the slow reconstruction effort but retains a sense of optimism

10 January 2013

  • There is hope for Haiti, despite what the critics say

    Prospery Raymond: Articles complaining about Haiti's inept recovery since the earthquake hit three years ago don't tell the full story

  • Global Development: Haiti

    Haiti earthquake three years on: 'people are too poor to rebuild' – video

    Father Kawas Francois, a Haitian priest, on the problems facing his country's reconstruction three years after the earthquake

  • 'Lack of national plan' heightens struggle to rebuild unstable Haiti

    Political instability, natural disasters and a cholera epidemic, plus a confused aid effort, mean there is still work for Haiti to do
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