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

July, 2010 November, 2011

$1.5M

230,000
dead

300,000
wounded

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

HAITI
Port Au Prince 301,156 137,706

GETTING RID OF DEBRIS

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.

Jacmel 26,115 3,213 Crossroads 205,162 35,703 Half a million people are still living in camps 20 months after the earthquake. Although this Petion-ville is a decrease of 66% from the initial number of refugees, the numbers are not decling very 104,560 29,155

TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPLACED PERSONS 52%

fast.

Ganthier 166,859 7,670 Cross Bouquets 105,064 77,005 Tebarre 73,001 34,437

of camp residents do not have access to drinking water.

1,536,447
1,374,273 1,068,882

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

514,000

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

45%

Delmas 348,859 174,780

2010
July Sept Oct

806,377 680,494

2011
634,807 594,811 May July Sept

519,164
550,560

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.

WHERE ARE THE PROMISED FUNDS? 0.01% $4.5 billion 47.11%

PHOTOS BY ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY QMI AGENCY

pending:

52.88%
spent of Canadian aid to date has been disbursed

promised:

90%

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Nov.