At least 15 children have died after a fire in a Kenscoff orphanage, run by US group the Church of Bible Understanding. The fire was allegedly caused by candlelights, as there was no electricity https://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article25265#.Xkk_YbfLeyM
Haiti 1yr free of confirmed cholera cases. The risk remains, however.
"Only when we ensure all Haitians enjoy access to clean water and sanitation can we breathe more freely.” - Dr. Carissa Etienne of PAHO.
Until introduced in 2010 by the UN, cholera was unknown in Haiti.
🇭🇹 Good news from Haiti: finally one year free of confirmed cholera cases, following the UN-introduced epidemic that killed almost 10,000 people https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/haiti-reaches-one-year-free-cholera
Haiti by the numbers: 10 years later http://cepr.net/blogs/haiti-relief-and-reconstruction-watch/haiti-by-the-numbers-ten-years-later
Please read our piece ⬇️ on the decade passed since the Léogâne earthquake. Give thanks especially to @EHayesdeKalaf for her work on this https://twitter.com/HaitiSG/status/1216425752167624704
The vulnerabilities within Haitian society that made the #12janvye earthquake so damaging are now worse. 10 years on, we call for renewed solidarity with those who continue to fight for real change in Haiti https://haitisupportgroup.org/remembering-haiti-earthquake/