Haiti's Reconstruction: Building Back Better
As Haitians rebuild after the devastating January 2010 earthquake, local journalists are reconstructing their identity within the country by learning new standards and ethics of objective reporting.
A new study predicts there could be 11,000 deaths in Haiti attributed to cholera infections between March and November of 2011, but NGOs aren't offering any lasting solutions to the problem.
There has been an enormous outpouring of aid to Haiti, but how much impact is it actually making?
The relatively smooth course of the March 20th presidential election in Haiti has brought cautious optimism about the prospects for political stability in the country.
Slow-to-move rubble, an obstacle to rebuilding after Haiti's earthquake, exacerbates violence and disease in makeshift neighborhoods.
Haitians and aid workers fear storms and the disastrous connection between cholera, charcoal, deforestation, and floods.
The cholera outbreak has lead Haitians to boil their water. But they use charcoal for fire, which leads to deforestation and then flooding. Now a new program is trying to restore Haiti's ecosystem.
In a country scarred by disaster, deforestation may lead the path to the next catastrophe.
This slideshow also appeared in Good Magazine.
One year after the earthquake, a look at the current status and the future of Haiti.
A year after the earthquake, much is left to be done in Haiti. Slow and difficult rubble removal, bickering over how and where to rebuild, and concerns about corruption have hampered reconstruction...
Can energy-efficient stoves reduce Haiti's demand on wood fuel, which has cost the country its forests and left its population more vulnerable to natural disasters like last year's earthquake?
At the origin of the cholera epidemic now spreading across the country, Dr. Wesler Lambert of Partners in Health explains how and why the disease has found fertile ground in Haiti.
William Wheeler discusses the cholera outbreak in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, which has left more than 1,200 people dead.
They say that an earthquake is an act of God, but the death toll is a man-made disaster. Learning from weaknesses in past construction, one charity is teaching Haitian masons new building practices...
Seven months after the devastating January earthquake, Haiti's reconstruction has stalled as only a fraction of the billions of dollars pledged by world leaders has arrived.
Some consider him a savior of the slums, or "the Sarah Palin of the Caribbean," but Wyclef Jean will not participate in Haiti's presidential race.
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William Wheeler has reported on political affairs from East Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Haiti, and the Middle East. He’s also covered immigrant detention in rural Virginia, and subterranean...
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