Porceus Vethal and her daughter walk past the ruins of the Saint-Helene chapel destroyed by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, in the area of Labore in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. It noted that a lack of funds and a spike in violence have delayed reconstruction. The state also opened a temporary bridge over the Grande-Anse River in early August.īut UNICEF warned last week that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. It has provided $100 each to vulnerable people in tens of thousands of homes across the south.
The government says it has planted 400 tons of beans, cleaned 10,000 meters of canals, distributed 22,000 bags of fertilizer and donated more than 300,000 baskets filled with basic goods. On the earthquake’s anniversary, a group of government officials held a news conference describing the advances of the administration of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who began leading the country shortly after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated July 7, 2021. “I don’t know how long I have to wait.”įILE - People search through the rubble of what used to be the Manguier Hotel after the earthquake hit on Aug. “So far, it’s all been promises,” said 55-year-old farmer Nicolas Wilbert Ernest. Those living in the camps say they’ve heard on the radio that local government officials have met with international leaders about the post-earthquake plights, but they question if they’ll ever be helped. They rely on the neighbors for their only meal of the day. “I don’t know how long I can continue like this,” said Renel Cene, a 65-year-old who lost four children in the earthquake and once toiled the nearby fields of vetiver, a plant whose roots produce an oil used in fine perfumes.įamilies walk to get well water, sometimes letting the sediment settle before drinking it. The camp, like several others, also floods quickly when it rains, forcing hundreds to flee to higher ground as they watch their belongings get drenched. Thugs have ripped apart the shacks, thrown rocks at families and tried to set the camp on fire twice in recent months. In one camp, friends of the property owner are trying to take back the land where the refugees settled. What’s worse, others are victimizing the quake victims. “I don’t have anything to provide for them,” Castel said.
The tiny girl, Wood Branan Ernest, fell asleep during her failed attempt. But after a year of surviving on scraps in a makeshift camp, Castel had no milk. On Thursday morning, she tried to get her 9-month-old daughter to suckle. So today, Castel is alone, fighting for her family’s survival like many struggling to restart their lives after the quake. The Associated Press visited several camps surrounding the southern coastal city of Les Cayes, which was one of the hardest hit areas, and over and over again people complained that no government official had visited them despite repeated promises that they would come to help.Īs the family waited for help, Ernest died of prostate cancer last year. Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured in last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, listens to news via a radio inside her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Aug.
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