Haiti Earthquake

ABC News Special Coverage

A Haitian boy who lost a leg during the January earthquake

A Haitian boy who lost a leg during the January earthquake sits on a bench at a health centre.

Leaving Haiti behind Photo

By Craig McMurtrie

In the departure lounge at Port-Au-Prince airport two middle-aged men are talking in the row of chairs in front of me.

Both are from Christian volunteer groups and as I listen, they're telling tall stories about their work in Haiti. More

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, relief-and-aid-organisations, law-crime-and-justice, crime, haiti

  • A Haitian woman jumps over a muddy path between tents at a camp in Port-au-PrinceFlood alert

    Haitians are bracing for a new natural menace: the notoriously heavy rainy season. Photo

  • Four of the 10 Americans arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti leave a police stationKidnapping case

    Two Americans charged with kidnapping children in Haiti will be released this week, their lawyer says. Photo

  • A Haitian woman jumps over a muddy path between tents at a camp in Port-au-PrinceShelter emergency

    Torrential rain sparked a shelter emergency for hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims. Photo

Haiti factbox

Map of Haiti
  • Population: 10 million (UN, 2009)
  • Capital: Port-au-Prince
  • Area: 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Creole, French
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 59 (men), 63 (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
  • Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
  • GNI per capita: US $660 (World Bank, 2008)

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