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Rebuilding Haiti five years after earthquake

9/01/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

On 12 January 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti. In less than one minute, almost half of the homes in Port-au-Prince and its surroundings were reduced to dust. An outpouring of generosity by Catholics worldwide meant that Caritas could both respond to immediate needs and rebuild for the long term.

Five years after Haiti earthquake

5/01/2015 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

The Haiti earthquake was one of the biggest emergencies Caritas has ever dealt with. Over 300,000 people died as a result of the massive tremor and over a million people were without a home.

Lovely to have a new home

19/12/2012 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

During Haiti’s earthquake more than a million people lost their homes and the demand for emergency shelter was enormous. Cordaid (a Dutch member of the Caritas confederation) made it one of their long-term priorities to provide people with earthquake- and hurricane-proof housing.

Haiti faces the future

19/12/2012 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Dominican Republic, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Bishop Pierre Dumas, president of Caritas Haiti, says education, care for the environment and the protection of people’s socio-economic rights are essential to helping Haiti move forward and flourish following its devastating earthquake.

Prayer for Haiti three year after

14/12/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America, Prayers and Reflections by Caritas Communications

On a recent visit to Caritas Internationalis in Rome, Bishop Pierre Dumas, president of Caritas Haiti, offered this prayer for his fellow Haitians who are still suffering following the 2010 earthquake.

Rebuilding rural housing in Haiti

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Cap Rouge, a small town in a remote rural area, is perched on a humid plateau around 10 kilometres from Jacmel, which is considered to be the major town in south-eastern Haiti. After the earthquake in January 2010, VEDEK, a farmers’ organisation that is very active in the area, counted more than 500 damaged houses ...

Haiti two years after the earthquake

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

In Haiti, two years after the earthquake of 12 January 2010, Caritas Confederation members are keeping up their efforts to help the people affected by the disaster. The earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, caused 230,000 deaths and affected more than three million people by destroying up to 90% of infrastructures in the hardest ...

In Haiti’s Port-au-Prince, Cordaid is helping communities to reinvent their neighbourhoods

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Haiti, Latin America, Netherlands by Caritas Communications

Around 100 families like Bénisette's have benefited from Cordaid's assistance in rebuilding or repairing their houses. Henk Meijerink is head of the shelter building programme at Cordaid. "More than 2,000 families are affected in Villa Rosa.

Healing trauma after Haiti’s earthquake

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Some were trapped in rubble for hours. Other lost loved ones. Thousands saw their homes destroyed. For survivors of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, grief and pain became constant companions. As Caritas raced to get families water, food, and shelter, its aid workers realized that mental health care was just as great a need. “More than a ...

In southern Haiti mothers are at the heart of development strategy

23/12/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Food, Haiti, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

Food security, especially that of children, is a major problem in Haiti. Caritas has put in place various initiatives in the province of Les Cayes in southern Haiti to deal with this issue. With the help of CRS, the local Caritas has set up more than 200 mothers groups. What’s a mothers group? “As the ...