Photo Gallery A Look at Haiti, One Year Later
It has now been a year since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, killing 300,000 people an almost completely destroying the capital city Port-au-Prince. But little progress has been made on reconstruction. Here, a man singing at a rally in the Haitian national stadium led by Franklin Graham, the son of American evangelist Billy Graham.
With buildings still lying in rubble or dangerously unusable, merchants have set up shop outside on the streets. The Haitian government, which lost 18,000 civil servants in the quake, remains largely unable to function.
A woman praying in the rubble of the main cathedral in Port-au-Prince. Reconstruction efforts, particularly that of a recovery commission led by former US President Bill Clinton, have been sharply criticized in recent weeks.
An estimated 15 percent of homes destroyed in the earthquake have since been rebuilt -- not nearly enough to make a dent in the legions of homeless in Port-au-Prince. Much of the work that has been done has been taken on by NGOs and other aid agencies. Here, workers from USAID and DAI removing debris from a street in Port-au-Prince last week.
The Haitian government has been in disarray since the quake. In addition to the presidential palace, three government ministries were destroyed in the temblor. Here, a woman washes clothes in a stream in Port-au-Prince.
A soccer match between two teams made up of young men who lost legs in the earthquake. The match took place on Monday in the Haitian national stadium in the capital.
Tent cities are still sprawled across the capital city and in the countryside. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians live inside of them as reconstruction has gotten off to a slow and chaotic start.
The main streets of Port-au-Prince are still filled with rubble and thousands of buildings are still unsafe for occupancy. Indeed, only a very small number have been worked on at all.
Immediately after the earthquake, the international community pledged millions of dollars in aid money to Haiti. But only 42 percent of the funds have arrived.
Informal markets have sprung up across the Haitian capital with many of the official market squares having been turned into rubble.
Aid organizations have begun referring to 2010 as a year of "missed opportunities" when it comes to rebuilding Haiti. Little has happened and the year ended in political chaos. Here, worshippers walk past the destroyed cathedral in Port-au-Prince.
A girl carries buckets to collect water in a camp outside the capital. NGOs have set up parallel structures in education, health services and other responsibilities for which the Haitian government would normally be responsible.
A cross on a hill overlooking a mass grave site outside of Port-au-Prince. Graves such as these were used to bury earthquake victims as well as those who succumbed to the cholera epidemic which swept the country in 2010.
A makeshift tent camp in Port-au-Prince. Criticism of the reconstruction effort has mounted in recent weeks.
