When an earthquake struck Haiti on a Caribbean winter afternoon a year ago, killing
around 250,000 people, world leaders promised quick action to ease the human tragedy.
But a year on, the nation is still reeling from the disaster, and the international
community's capacity to deliver and sustain aid effectively is being sorely tested.
Despite
billions in donations and aid pledges, the debris that clogs much of the city and
a million homeless people living in tents are testimony to the unfinished recovery
task.
Lydia O’Kane spoke to Mike Noyes, the Head of Humanitarian programmes
at CAFOD, Caritas England and Wales about their work over the past year.
“The
impact of the earthquake was massive… I think was we have seen over the past year
is an aid effort that has largely kept people alive and able to start rebuilding their
own lives and livelihoods.” Listen to interview here