Rebuilding Haiti

Many hands have been involved in the rebuilding of Haiti since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck two years ago. Progress has been slow and much of the aid money has yet to be disbursed.
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IN MINUTES

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Bringing the people back

Population

$1.5M

230,000
dead

300,000
wounded

Cite Soleil 70,273 15,284 Gressier 42,560 1,423

July, 2010 November, 2011

The main priority for the UN lies in the removal of any debris, repair of damaged houses and the demolition of buildings that have been deemed unsafe. They want to encourage the return and resettlement of any displaced persons to their homes.

GETTING RID OF DEBRIS

Leogane 166,859 7,607 Big Goave 34,665 592 Small Goave 52,062 2,143

HAITI
Port Au Prince 301,156 137,706

TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPLACED PERSONS

Jacmel 26,115 3,213 Crossroads 205,162 35,703 Petion-ville 104,560 29,155 Delmas 348,859 174,780

Ganthier 166,859

7,670

Cross Bouquets 105,064 77,005 Tebarre 73,001 34,437

Half a million people are still living in camps 20 months after the earthquake. Although this is a decrease of 66% from the initial number of refugees, the numbers are not decling very fast.

52%

of camp residents do not have access to drinking water.

people have been infected with cholera since October, 2010. 6,900 people have died from cholera.

514,000

1,536,447
1,374,273 1,068,882 806,377 680,494

of the Haitian population, or 4.5 million people are living without fresh food or water.

45%

WHERE ARE THE PROMISED FUNDS?

Only half of the approximate $4.5 billion pledged by world leaders for recovery activities in Haiti in 2010 and 2011 has actually been disbursed. pending:

0.01%
promised:

2011
634,807 594,811 May July Sept

519,164
550,560

52.88%
spent

2010
July Sept Oct

$4.5 billion

47.11%
QMI AGENCY

Jan

Mar

Nov.

of Canadian aid to date has been disbursed

90%

PHOTOS BY ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY