Haiti: Relief Spotty One Year Later
Nearly a year after an earthquake ravaged Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to survive day-to-day.
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Nearly a year after an earthquake ravaged Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to survive day-to-day.
A year ago this week a powerful magnitude seven earthquake plunged Haiti into chaos. While devastation still surrounds the capital city, Haitians are starting to rebuild in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince.
This week marks one year since the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The powerful magnitude-7 jolt threw an already impoverished nation into even deeper devastation.
One of the first doctors to arrive in Haiti after last year's devastating earthquake says not enough has been done to rebuild.
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Haitian children displaced by the earthquake that ravished their country will have a brighter Christmas as they receive toys at an annual holiday party.
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Still reeling from the effects of an earthquake in January, the passing of Hurricane Tomas over the summer and an outbreak of cholera in the fall, the people of Haiti are doing all they can to hang on.
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Haiti's presidential candidates are wrapping up their campaigns with loud, musical rallies, as Haitians in South Florida watched from afar as their homeland prepares for Sunday's election, the first since an earthquake devastated the country.
South Florida health officials are gathering more information about a passenger, who may be suffering from cholera, that landed at Miami International Airport. As they investigate, they are warning people that even if the person has the disease, there is virtually no chance of it spreading here as it has in Haiti.
Project Medishare continues to work hard to help Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of January 2010.
More than 400 Haitian-Americans gathered at a South Florida university Sunday hoping to hear how a handful of Haiti's presidential candidates would rebuild their Caribbean homeland. But they also were skeptical that anything in Haiti would change after the Nov. 28 election, because so little has been accomplished since a catastrophic earthquake in January.
Hoping to raise funds and support, some of Haiti's presidential candidates are in Miami meeting with Haitian-American leaders.
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