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It’s now nearly five months since Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. Reporter Amy Bracken is back in Port au Prince. Marco Werman gets her impressions about progress there since January’s earthquake. (Photo: Amy Bracken) Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Haiti is the birthplace of many musical genres: accordion-led troubadou, Vodun racine, high-energy rara, and so on. Many Haitians would argue that rap does not belong on this list. Then rap kreyol hit the scene a few years ago. Like everything else in Haiti, it was hit hard by the January earthquake. Some of its rising stars were killed. But, as Amy Bracken reports from Port-au-Prince, the music’s very much alive. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Before the recent earthquake, Haiti was no stranger to natural disasters. In recent years, thousands of people have been killed by floods and landslides. To understand why the toll is so high, one need look no further than the country’s bald mountains. Haiti has lost about 97 % of its forests. And the main culprit is the nation’s most popular cooking fuel: charcoal. Reporter Amy Bracken looks at one effort to provide a tree-saving alternative: briquettes made from trash. Download MP3 (photo: Amy Bracken)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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Haitian representatives are meeting with potential donors at the UN in New York today. They’re presenting a report on the physical toll of the January 12 earthquake, as well as a plan for rebuilding. An essential component of that plan involves building infrastructure and creating jobs in Haiti, but outside of Port-au-Prince. Many hope that a popular dream of decentralization will finally be realized. The World’s Amy Bracken has more. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Today, there are hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in tent camps around Port-au-Prince. Officials have declared 21 of those camps ‘high-risk.’ That is, they’re likely to flood in the coming rainy season. The Haitian government and international agencies are working to encourage and help displaced Haitians to move back into neighborhoods. But the high-risk camps remain packed. And in bits and spurts, the rains are beginning. The World’s Amy Bracken reports from Port-au-Prince. Download MP3 (Photo: Amy Bracken)
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President Barack Obama has asked Congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funds to help post-earthquake reconstruction efforts in Haiti. At least 220,000 people died in the January quake and more than a million lost their homes. The catastrophe took a heavy toll on the infrastructure including the nation’s postal service. Now mailmen are back on the streets but facing enormous challenges. Amy Bracken has our story. Download MP3 (Photo: Amy Bracken)
Reporter Amy Bracken is currently in Haiti on assignment. She knows the country well, having lived and worked there in the past. We asked her to keep a notebook of her experiences during her current reporting trip. In her third entry, she describes how Haitians are turning to the rituals of daily life to stave off the effects of the January earthquake. (Photo: Amy Bracken)
Reporter Amy Bracken is currently in Haiti on assignment. She knows the country well, having lived and worked there in the past. We asked her to keep a notebook of her experiences during her current reporting trip. This is her second entry. (Photo caption: Charcoal seller at the Champs de Mars camp, Haiti. photo credit: Amy Bracken)
Reporter Amy Bracken is currently on assignment in Haiti, a country that she knows well, having lived and worked there extensively in the past. The World asked her to keep a diary of her experiences on this trip. In this, her first entry, she writes about being back in the country, and about how the Haitians are preparing for the rainy season. (Photo: Amy Bracken)
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This episode of The World’s American Influence podcast takes a look at the response to the earthquake in Haiti. The BBC’s Andy Gallacher gives an account from the ground. The World’s Katy Clark talks with some Haitian Americans in Boston. And correspondent Amy Bracken has a reporter’s notebook. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The horrific images coming out of Haiti since the earthquake aren’t altogether unfamiliar. The deeply impoverished country was nearly synonymous with tragedy for many years. But last year optimism was beginning to blossom for some Haiti watchers and it almost seemed as if the country wasn’t doomed to eternal misery. Amy Bracken has this reporter’s notebook. Download MP3
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Download MP3More than a quarter of the Haitian populations lives outside Haiti. Now there are growing efforts to unify and strengthen that diaspora. Haitian leaders in the US are getting some advice from another more established diaspora… The American Jewish community. Amy Bracken reports.
