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January 11, 2012 |
Haiti slow to recover from 2010 quake
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed about 300,000 people. President Michel Martelly in a report from earlier this week said that 800,000 Haitians are living without electricity, 500,000 can’t read or write, and 8 out 10 live on less than $2 a day. Though half of the rubble has been cleared and reconstruction has begun, Haiti has a long way to go in its recovery effort. Collected here are images made available by wire services leading up to the anniversary. -- Lloyd Young Please see Earthquake in Haiti for the initial post after the quake. (25 photos total)

Women walk by posters of victims of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake on Jan. 10, 2012 in Petion-ville , a suburb of Port-au-Prince. UN agencies said Tuesday that Haitians face many challenges on the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 of their people, but those living in camps have dropped dramatically. (Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images) #

A girl walks past an abandoned helicopter Jan. 4, 2012 at a camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in what used to be an airstrip in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #

Darlene Claircin, 28, gets a short massage from her daughter Alandine Candio 8, inside a shed-like, temporary shelter built on a concrete slab by the Red Cross, that they are renting, after moving from a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press #

Liane Dupuis, a social worker and volunteer, carries a young boy on Dec. 21, 2011, as they play at the construction site of an orphanage in Grand Goave, Haiti. Massachusetts home builder Leonard Gengel's family is opening an orphanage in honor of his daughter Britney, a 19-year-old college sophomore whose last text message to her family before she died in the 2010 earthquake said that she wanted to open an orphanage in Haiti. With her last text message in mind, Gengel's family is now making it their mission to carry out her dream and aid children in this devastated island nation. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #

An orphanage is seen under construction in Grand Goave, Haiti. Massachusetts home builder Leonard Gengel's family is opening an orphanage in honor of his daughter Britney, a 19-year-old college sophomore whose last text message to her family before she died in the 2010 earthquake said that she wanted to open an orphanage in Haiti. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #

People sit outside a house that was destroyed by the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Port au Prince Jan. 3, 2012. January 12th will mark the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed some 300,000 people. Rubble removal remains a priority in the reconstruction effort. (Swoan Parker/Reuters) #

Pirist Dugard, 31, places rock on a tarp covering his tent at a camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in what used to be an airstrip in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #

A man carries a portrait of President Michel Martelly next to the earthquake-damaged presidential palace on Oct. 6, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #

Children stand in the schoolyard of the Academy for Peace and Justice while waiting to sing the national anthem in Port-au-Prince Jan. 9, 2012. Bankrolled by a roster of Hollywood celebrities, the Academy of Peace and Justice is Haiti's first free secondary school and draws hundreds of children from Port-au-Prince's biggest slums. Its success stands out in Haiti, which is still struggling to lift itself from the rubble left by an earthquake two years ago that killed roughly 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless. (Swoan Parker/Reuters) #

A student attends lessons at the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince Jan. 9, 2012. Bankrolled by a roster of Hollywood celebrities, the Academy of Peace and Justice is Haiti's first free secondary school and draws hundreds of children from Port-au-Prince's biggest slums. Its success stands out in Haiti, which is still struggling to lift itself from the rubble left by an earthquake two years ago that killed roughly 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless. (Swoan Parker/Reuters) #
More links and information
World page - NYTimes.com
Earthquake in Haiti - Big Picture post, 1/13/10
2010 Haiti earthquake - Wikipedia entry