[Article] Five years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, thousands of people are still living under canvas without clean water or electricity. But progress has been made, with the majority of earthquake survivors rehoused, and construction of new government buildings underway.
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The children coming out of school here in Canaan, 15km outside Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, aren’t sure what to make of a TV camera. Some of them are terrified......while the braver ones are really quite excited.But despite the smiles, growing up here is tough.Five years ago, when the earthquake...
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