Rising seas and deforestation force families off their land into gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
An English summary of this report is below. The original report, published in French in France Inter, follows.
After cities were completely overrun by gangs and a population was increasingly victimized by climate change, the focus shifts to a catastrophic health situation in Haiti. At least 1.3 million people have fled the violence to more urbanized areas.
Our destination is Cap-Haïtien, a city without an effective sewage system, where an NGO is implementing an organic waste collection program to try to minimize health risks.
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Sous les déchets
Troisième jour en Haïti. Après les villes entièrement minées par les gangs, après une population de plus en plus victime des variations climatiques, focus sur une situation sanitaire catastrophique. Quand 1,3 millions de personnes au moins, ont fui les violences vers les zones plus urbanisées
Direction Cap-Haïtien, une ville sans système d'égouts efficace, où une ONG met en place une récolte des déchets organiques pour tenter de minimiser les risques sanitaires...
