US resumes deportation of Haitians

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The United States is resuming its policy of deporting Haitians. This month will be the first time they’ve deported people since before the devastating earthquake in January 2010. Marina Giovannelli reports from Miami.
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Haiti marks earthquake anniversary

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Today marks the 1st anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. A million people still live in tents and makeshift shelters all over the capital Port-au-Prince. As The World’s Jeb Sharp reports, Haitians are still grappling with the enormity of what happened. Download MP3
Slideshow: Life in the camps of Haiti

Dealing with Haiti’s cholera victims

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The cholera outbreak in Haiti has spread easily because of the poor sanitation following last year’s devastating earthquake. More than 3,200 people have died of disease since October. The World’s Jeb Sharp spent some time this week with a man who has the job of collecting the bodies of cholera victims. Download MP3
Jeb’s pictures from Haiti

Haiti – one year after the quake

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It’s been almost a year since the earthquake that devastated much of Haiti and in many ways, the emergency is far from over. One million Haitians are still living in makeshift camps, that’s about one-tenth of the country’s population. Cholera is continuing to take lives at an alarming rate. And the Haitian government has ground to a halt amid electoral turmoil. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks with The World’s Jeb Sharp in Port-au-Prince. Download MP3
Read Jeb’s reporter’s notebook from Haiti

Reporter’s notebook: Haitian resilience

I’m in Haiti to do some reporting on how things stand one-year after the quake. It’s my first trip to Haiti so I don’t have a good sense of before and after; all I know is that the place remains devastated. A year later, you can’t miss the earthquake damage, nor the misery it has produced.

Haiti’s mobile money

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Sarah Palin urged Americans on Sunday not to forget Haiti as she wrapped up a weekend visit to the Caribbean nation still struggling with a cholera outbreak, earthquake reconstruction and political crisis. Haitians have been looking for ways to help themselves and some are using their cell phones in interesting ways to do so, as Sabri Ben-Acho reports from Haiti. Download MP3
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Haiti’s ‘restavek’ children

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The aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake continues to pose challenges for children living in camps and in slums. Perhaps the most vulnerable of all of Haiti’s children are the so-called ‘restaveks’. It’s an old cultural institution that nowadays often equates to child slavery. The UN estimates that 183,000 Haitian children are restaveks. Reporter Sabri Ben-Achour from station WAMU visited a special school for these children (pictured) and he spoke with one of the students. Download MP3

The fight against cholera in Haiti

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American volunteers are on the front line of the fight against the cholera epidemic in Haiti. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the head of one team from Maine, Doctor Chiedza Jokonya, and reporter Beth Macy of the Roanoke Times, who’s covering the team’s work, about the difficulties and tragedies they are dealing with, and the resilient spirit of the Haitian people. Download MP3

Haiti cholera death toll rises

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The UN has appealed for nearly $164 million to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti which has now claimed around 800 lives. Aid agencies are battling to contain cholera in the capital Port-au-Prince, amid fears it will spread through camps housing over a million earthquake survivors. Reporter Sabri Ben-Achour of station WAMU sent this report. Download MP3 (Photo: bypassedblog)
A charity worker’s diary

Conditions in Haiti still ‘desperate’

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It’s almost ten months since a powerful earthquake struck Haiti. And yet 1.3 million people still remain stuck in tented camps. Conditions for many are still desperate. Violence, particularly against women, is on the rise. These are the findings of a report by the non-profit group, Refugees International. The report was co-authored by Melanie Teff. Lisa Mullins talks with her.
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Pakistan’s comeback kid?

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Pakistan has been dragged down by natural disaster, violence, and political discord. That may sound like opportunity to Pervez Musharraf. Just two years ago, the former president faced impeachment. Now, with Pakistan unraveling, the former general is launching a new political party. Laura Lynch will have more in today’s show. Download MP3 (Photo: Michael Eleftheriades)
Musharraf talked with The World’s Marco Werman in October 2009. Listen again >>>

Pakistan flood diary

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Six weeks ago floods began to engulf Pakistan. Since then, more than 1,750 people have been killed and at least 10 million people have been forced from their homes – many areas are still under water. The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool has been tracing the path of the destruction by traveling the length of the country on the Indus river. Lisa Mullins talks with him. Download MP3

• Read Aleem Maqbool’s diary and watch a video
• BBC coverage of the Pakistan floods

Millions in Pakistan still depend on handouts

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Pakistan still struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory. A month-and-a-half after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country, submerging an area the size of England, at least eight million people remain dependent on handouts for their survival, which many say are too slow coming. Madiha Tahir gives us an update from Sukkur, Pakistan. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Revisiting a family in Pakistan
• Natural disasters push up food prices

Revisiting a family in Pakistan

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The floods in Pakistan, caused several weeks ago by heavy rains, have killed more than 1,600 people and affected about 20 million people. Ten days ago, BBC correspondent Jill McGivering told us about a baby girl called Samina. She’d been born a few days earlier on the roadside after her parents fled the floods. Now Jill went back to Sindh Province to see how the family is faring now. Download MP3

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• Jill’s interview with Marco on Aug 24

The importance of the Indus for Pakistan

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As Pakistan’s flood surge travels south down the Indus River, it devours more and more villages, over half-a-million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports on the geography of the Indus River and its importance to Pakistan’s past and future. Download MP3

• Pictures sent in by BBC users
• BBC coverage
• Jeb Sharp’s How We Got Here podcast
• Altered rivers contributed to Pakistani floods