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Haiti: After the Quake

Mon, 09/26/2011 - 15:14 — Dave Culver
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Foreign Affairs
Health & Environment

Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker asks why a system that was designed to help Haitians ended up exacerbating their misery.

Sebastian Walke, English Al Jazeeera

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Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker was sent to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked the tiny island nation in January 2010. His assignment was to last two weeks, but he was there for more than a year.

He saw firsthand how Haitians dug up their dead from the rubble with their bare hands. He witnessed people struggling to recover from an earthquake, violent weather and disease. Millions throughout the country were made homeless.

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