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By Lauren Hashiguchi, special to Humanosphere Five years after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, the crowded capital of Haiti, killing…
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Francina Devariste, 3 years old, lies in a hospital bed in Dessalines, Haiti.UN The United Nations again refused to take…
Haiti is ground zero for the humanitarian aid system. An influx of international aid agencies dates back decades; today, there are more NGOs per capita in Haiti than in any other country, except possibly India. Then why did a virulent cholera epidemic break out after the earthquake? Why are over a hundred thousand Haitians who lost their homes in the temblor still homeless?