H E L P H A I T I
Talk to enough people about this island nation, and you'll hear a common refrain: Why can't Haiti catch a break? For one, it is among the most vulnerable areas in the world to climate change. In 2010, an earthquake rocked the nation, killing 220,000 people and displacing 1.5 million. The earthquake recovery effort had its own problems: Hundreds of millions of aid dollars went unaccounted for, and at least 10,000 people in Haiti died from cholera that was brought into the country by aid workers. Later, in 2016, Hurricane Matthew clobbered the country, killing 600 people and displacing tens of thousands of residents. Haiti also suffers from chronic political instability. In recent years, Haiti saw massive political protests against then-President Jovenel Moïse, an unchecked crime wave, and a sluggish response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, in July, Moïse was killed by gunmen in the presidential palace in an assassination that remains under investigation. A new Haitian government that is just getting off the ground after Moïse's assassination must now confront a major natural disaster, an overwhelming task for any administration.
The Institution Mixte de Regnier Before and After the Earthquake
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