2010 Haiti earthquake

===Status of the recovery===
Six months after the quake as much as 98% of the rubble remained uncleared. An estimated 26&nbsp;million cubic yards (20&nbsp;million cubic meters) remained, making most of the capital impassable,<ref name="Katz 4A"/><!---hard copy differs from soft copy but is the same article reprinted from associated press---> and thousands of bodies remained in the rubble. The number of people in relief camps of tents and tarps since the quake was 1.6&nbsp;million, and almost no transitional housing had been built. Most of the camps had no electricity, running water, or sewage disposal, and the tents were beginning to fall apart. Crime in the camps was widespread, especially against women and girls. Between 23 major charities, US$1.1&nbsp;billion had been collected for Haiti for relief efforts, but only two percent of the money had been released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=7549631 |title=ABC Local |publisher=ABC |date=12 July 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/haiti-earthquake-months-things-stand/story?id=11120059 |title=Haiti Six Months Later: Where Do Things Stand?|work=ABC News|date=8 July 2010|access-date=12 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715055921/http://abcnews.go.com/WN/haiti-earthquake-months-things-stand/story?id=11120059| archive-date= 15 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> According to a [[CBS]] report, US$3.1&nbsp;billion had been pledged for humanitarian aid and was used to pay for field hospitals, plastic tarps, bandages, and food, plus salaries, transportation and upkeep of relief workers. By May 2010, enough aid had been raised internationally to give each displaced family a cheque for US$37,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/12/world/main6670281.shtml |title=Haiti Recovery Bogged Down 6 Months after Quake|publisher=CBS News|date=12 July 2010|access-date=12 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100802003548/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/12/world/main6670281.shtml| archive-date= 2 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In July 2010, [[CNN]] returned to Port-au-Prince and reported, "It looks like the quake just happened yesterday", and Imogen Wall, spokeswoman for the United Nations office of humanitarian affairs in Haiti, said that "six months from that time it may still look the same."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/12/haiti.six.months.later/index.html | title=Six months after quake, Haiti still suffers |publisher= CNN | date=12 July 2010| access-date= 26 April 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100826040451/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/12/haiti.six.months.later/index.html| archive-date= 26 August 2010| url-status= live}}</ref> Land ownership posed a particular problem for rebuilding because so many pre-quake homes were not officially registered.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
[[File:Rubbles of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.jpg|thumb|Remnants of the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince|Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption]] after its collapse. In 2020, the building is still in ruins.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sautreuil|first=Pierre|date=2020-01-12|title=Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, cathédrale martyre de Haïti|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/notre-dame-de-port-au-prince-cathedrale-martyre-de-haiti-20200112|website=Le Figaro|language=fr|access-date=28 September 2020|archive-date=18 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018222910/https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/notre-dame-de-port-au-prince-cathedrale-martyre-de-haiti-20200112|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Haitian grassroots groups advocated for the government to fulfill the [[right to housing]] as designated in the Haitian constitution, and for donor governments to support this as well. They also worked to push the international community to recognize the wave of evictions from camps that started as early as three months after the earthquake and to put protections in place, but little was done in response.<ref name="Bell3">{{cite book |last=Bell |first=Beverly |url=https://archive.org/details/faultlinesviewsa0000bell/page/135/mode/2up |title=Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide |date=2013 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-7769-0 |location=Ithaca, NY |page=135 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In September 2010 there were over one million refugees still living in tents, and the humanitarian situation was characterized as still being in the emergency phase, according to the [[Apostolic Nuncio]] to Haiti, [[Archbishop]] Bernard Auza. He went on to say that the number was rising instead of diminishing, and reported that the state had decided to first rebuild downtown Port-au-Prince and a new government center, but reconstruction had not yet begun.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27454&lan=eng |title=Nuncio to Haiti |date=21 September 2010 |publisher=Agencia Fides |access-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924011119/http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27454&lan=eng |archive-date=24 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2010, [[Refugees International]] characterized the aid agencies as dysfunctional and inexperienced saying,"The people of Haiti are still living in a state of emergency, with a humanitarian response that appears paralyzed". It was reported that gang leaders and land owners were intimidating the displaced and that sexual, domestic, and gang violence in and around the camps was rising.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/10/20101081122418306.html Report: Haiti recovery 'paralysed'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008050313/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/10/20101081122418306.html |date=8 October 2010 }} Al Jazeera, 8 October 2010</ref> They claimed that [[Sexual violence in Haiti|rape of Haitian women and girls]] who had been living in camps since the January earthquake was increasing, in part, because the United Nations wasn't doing enough to protect them.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-07/haiti-earthquake-camps-expose-women-to-sexual-violence-refugee-group-says.html Group: Haiti Earthquake Camps Expose Women to Sex Violence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806051245/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-07/haiti-earthquake-camps-expose-women-to-sexual-violence-refugee-group-says.html |date=6 August 2014 }} Bloomberg, 7 October 2010</ref>

In October, a [[2010 Haitian cholera outbreak|cholera epidemic broke out]], probably introduced by [[United Nations peacekeepers]].<ref name=sontag/> Cholera most often affects poor countries with limited access to clean water and proper sanitation. By the end of 2010, more than 3,333 had died at a rate of about 50 deaths a day.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/12/2010123144850233194.html Haiti's cholera deaths increase] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103145653/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/12/2010123144850233194.html |date=3 January 2011 }} Al Jazeera, 31 December 2010</ref>

====2011====

In January 2011, one year after the quake, [[Oxfam]] published a report on the status of the recovery. According to the report, relief and recovery were at a standstill due to government inaction and indecision on the part of the donor countries. The report stated: 
<blockquote>"One year on, only five percent of the rubble has been cleared and only 15 percent of the required basic and temporary houses have been built. House building on a large scale cannot be started before the enormous amount of rubble is cleared. The government and donors must prioritize this most basic step toward helping people return home".<ref name=Standstill>[http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2011-01-06/year-indecision-leaves-haiti-recovery-standstill A year of indecision leaves Haiti’s recovery at a standstill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116065502/http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2011-01-06/year-indecision-leaves-haiti-recovery-standstill |date=16 January 2011 }} Oxfam International, 6 January 2011</ref></blockquote>
Robert Fox, executive director of [[Oxfam Canada]], said: 
<blockquote>"The dysfunction has been aided unabated by the way the international community has organized itself, where pledges have been made and they haven't followed through [and] where they come to the table with their own agendas and own priorities. Most donors provided funds for transitional housing but very little money for clearing rubble or repairing houses". Fox said that in many instances rubble removal "means it was [moved] off someone's property onto the road in front of the property".<ref>[http://www.canada.com/news/Haiti+reconstruction+standstill+says+Oxfam+report/4065941/story.html Haiti reconstruction at 'standstill,' says Oxfam report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115064133/http://www.canada.com/news/Haiti+reconstruction+standstill+says+Oxfam+report/4065941/story.html |date=15 January 2011 }} Canada.com, 5 January 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/haiti-progress-report-2010 Haiti Progress Report 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111043729/http://www.oxfam.org/en/policy/haiti-progress-report-2010 |date=11 January 2011 }} Oxfam International, 6 January 2011</ref></blockquote>

According to a [[UNICEF]] report, "Still today more than one million people remain displaced, living in crowded camps where livelihoods, shelter and services are still hardly sufficient for children to stay healthy".<ref>[http://www.unicefusa.org/assets/pdf/Children-in-Haiti-One-Year-After.pdf Children in Haiti: One Year After — The long road from relief to recovery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112080130/http://www.unicefusa.org/assets/pdf/Children-in-Haiti-One-Year-After.pdf |date=12 January 2011 }} UNICEF, January 2011</ref> [[Amnesty International]] reported that armed men were preying with impunity on girls and women in displacement camps, worsening the trauma of victims who have lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/haiti-sexual-violence-against-women-increasing-2011-01-06 Haiti: Sexual violence against women increasing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224181408/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/haiti-sexual-violence-against-women-increasing-2011-01-06 |date=24 December 2014 }} Amnesty International, 6 January 2011</ref>

On the first anniversary of the earthquake, Haitian-born [[Michaëlle Jean]], who served as the [[Governor General of Canada]] at the time of the disaster, and who became [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) [[Special envoy|Special Envoy for Haiti]] on 8 November 2010, voiced her anger at the slow rate of aid delivery. She blamed the international community for abandoning its commitments. In a public letter co-authored with UNESCO head [[Irina Bokova]], Jean said, "As time passes, what began as a natural disaster is becoming a disgraceful reflection on the international community."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-raises-quake-death-toll-on-anniversary-1.1011363 |title=Haiti raises quake death toll on anniversary |date=12 January 2011 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=13 January 2011 |archive-date=4 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704110258/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-raises-quake-death-toll-on-anniversary-1.1011363 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, led by former US President [[Bill Clinton]] and Haitian Prime Minister [[Jean-Max Bellerive]], had been set up to facilitate the flow of funds toward reconstruction projects in April 2010, but as of January 2011, no major reconstruction had started.<ref name=Standstill/>

====2012====

In January 2012, two years since the quake, figures released by the United Nations show that of the nearly US$4.5 billion pledged for reconstruction projects in 2010 and 2011, only 43% has been delivered.<ref name="Goldberg">{{cite news | url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/haiti-earthquake-recovery_n_1197730.html | work=HuffPost | first=Eleanor | last=Goldberg | title=Haiti Earthquake Recovery: Where Did All The Money Go? (INFOGRAPHIC) | date=11 January 2012 | access-date=11 December 2019 | archive-date=5 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605014927/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/haiti-earthquake-recovery_n_1197730.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Venezuela and the US, which promised the major share of reconstruction funds, have disbursed only 24% and 30%, respectively. Japan and Finland are among the few donors to have fully met their pledges. The data shows that some crucial sectors face particularly large funding gaps. In 2010 and 2011, for example, donors disbursed just US$125 million of the US$311 million in grants allocated to agriculture projects, and only US$108 million of the US$315 million in grants allocated to health projects. Only 6% of bilateral aid for reconstruction projects has gone through Haitian institutions, and less than 1% of relief funding has gone through the government of Haiti.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2012/jan/12/haiti-earthquake-aid-money-data | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Claire | last=Provost | title=Haiti earthquake: Where has the aid money gone? | date=12 January 2012 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-date=20 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320170923/http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2012/jan/12/haiti-earthquake-aid-money-data | url-status=live }}</ref>

A January 2012 [[Oxfam]] report said that a half a million Haitians remained homeless, still living under tarps and in tents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/pressreleases/two-years-on-and-haitis-reconstruction-proceeds-at-a-snails-pace-leaving-half-a-million-haitians-homeless |title=Two years on and Haiti's reconstruction proceeds at a 'snail's pace,' leaving half a million Haitians homeless – Oxfam America |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905135102/http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/pressreleases/two-years-on-and-haitis-reconstruction-proceeds-at-a-snails-pace-leaving-half-a-million-haitians-homeless |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Watchdog groups have criticized the reconstruction process saying that part of the problem is that charities spent a considerable amount of money on "soaring rents, board members' needs, overpriced supplies and imported personnel," the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' reported. "A lot of good work was done; the money clearly didn't all get squandered," but, "A lot just wasn't responding to needs on the ground. Millions were spent on ad campaigns telling people to wash their hands. Telling them to wash their hands when there's no water or soap is a slap in the face."<ref name="Goldberg"/>

The [[Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti]], Let Haiti Live, and the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] have recommended immediate changes to recovery efforts to ensure that critical human rights concerns are addressed. A report found that, "The conditions in the displaced persons camps are abysmal, particularly for women and girls who too often are victims of gender‐based violence". They call for more oversight of accountability of reconstruction plans, asking, "Why have only 94,000 transitional shelters been built to date despite a stated goal of 125,000 in the first year?"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ijdh.org/archives/24151|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430020806/http://ijdh.org/archives/24151|url-status=dead|title=Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti » Blog Archive » Press Release: Two Years After The Earthquake, Where Did The Money Go? Human Rights Groups Urge Immediate Changes I...|archive-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

On 25 August 2012, recovery was hampered due to [[Hurricane Isaac (2012)|Tropical Storm Isaac]] impacting Haiti's southern peninsula. There it caused flooding and 29 deaths according to local reporting. As a result of the 2010 earthquake, more than 400,000 Haitians continue to live in tents and experienced the storm without adequate shelter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tropical Storm Isaac douses Haiti, killing 4 before crossing Cuba and aiming at Florida |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/tropical-storm-isaac-douses-haiti-killing-4-before-crossing-cuba-and-aiming-at-florida/2012/08/25/8ec69584-ef13-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829213939/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/tropical-storm-isaac-douses-haiti-killing-4-before-crossing-cuba-and-aiming-at-florida/2012/08/25/8ec69584-ef13-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html |archive-date=29 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13462431-aid-workers-prep-haitis-tent-city-residents-for-isaacs-onlsaught?lite Aid workers prep Haiti's tent city residents for Isaac's onlsaught – World News<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825235800/http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13462431-aid-workers-prep-haitis-tent-city-residents-for-isaacs-onlsaught?lite |date=25 August 2012 }}</ref> In late October, with over 370,000 still living in tent camps, a second tropical storm, [[Hurricane Sandy]], killed 55 and left large portions of Haiti under water.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Hurricane+Sandys+death+toll+rises+flooding+continues+Haiti/7469821/story.html |title=65 dead as Hurricane Sandy crosses Caribbean; 'the whole south is under water,' says Haitian PM (with video) |access-date=31 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101035841/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Hurricane+Sandys+death+toll+rises+flooding+continues+Haiti/7469821/story.html |archive-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the 2012 Consultative Group meeting of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the Haitian delegation shared a "bottom-up" approach to disaster reduction and management based on community integration and sustainable development with a group of experts from approximately 38 nations.<ref name="preventionweb.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.preventionweb.net/go/26298|title=Haiti's disaster risk management and recovery experience showcased at GFDRR meeting|website=preventionweb.net|date=18 April 2012 |access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502114156/https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/26298|url-status=live}}</ref>

====2013====

According to the [[International Monetary Fund]], more than half of the {{convert|10000000|m3|yd3}} of debris have been removed, and 20% of it has been recycled.<ref name=autogenerated5>{{cite news | url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/haiti-earthquake-recovery-2013_n_2451267.html | work=HuffPost | first=Zoe | last=Mintz | title=LOOK: Haiti 3 Years Later: Where Has The Money Gone? | date=12 January 2013 | access-date=11 December 2019 | archive-date=11 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011164158/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/haiti-earthquake-recovery-2013_n_2451267.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[2010 Haiti cholera outbreak|2010 cholera outbreak]] has continued. According to [[U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] it is considered the worst epidemic of cholera since the 1994 outbreak in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (called [[Zaire]] at that time).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voanews.com/content/haitis-cholera-epidemic-not-waningvaccination-to-begin-134083213/164624.html|title=Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning; Vaccination to Begin|date=16 November 2011 |access-date=29 September 2013|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002111451/http://www.voanews.com/content/haitis-cholera-epidemic-not-waningvaccination-to-begin-134083213/164624.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By August 2013, it had killed over 8,231 Haitians and hospitalized hundreds of thousands more.{{clarify|as usual, Haitian government sources are cited which tend to be notoriously inflated. The figures report a gross casualty rate of "maybe" 4%, not much worse than any other 3rd world country. That means that the claim of "worse" health care is incorrect or needs better justification|date=September 2013}} More than 6% of Haitians have had the disease. Care of cholera patients remains inadequate with much now done in tent facilities with rows of cots for patient treatment.<ref name=autogenerated5 /><ref name="Huffington Post">{{cite news| url=https://huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121128/cb-haiti-cholera-plan/?ir=homepage| work=HuffPost| title=Haiti, DR to eliminate cholera with $2.2 billion| access-date=11 December 2019| archive-date=4 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215435/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121128/cb-haiti-cholera-plan/?ir=homepage| url-status=live}}</ref> The United Nations peacekeeping force, widely believed responsible for the cholera outbreak,<ref name=sontag>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/world/americas/haitis-cholera-outraced-the-experts-and-tainted-the-un.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=In Haiti, Global Failures on a Cholera Epidemic |last1=Sontag |first1=Deborah |date=31 March 2012 |work=The New York Times |access-date=25 July 2013 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530025124/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/world/americas/haitis-cholera-outraced-the-experts-and-tainted-the-un.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> continues to refuse to accept responsibility,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ijdh.org/advocacies/our-work/cholera-advocacy/ |title= The Cholera Accountability Project |publisher= Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti |access-date= 25 July 2013 |archive-date= 7 July 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160707173825/http://www.ijdh.org/advocacies/our-work/cholera-advocacy/ |url-status= live }}</ref> however, they have launched a $2.2 billion initiative to combat cholera and the construction of a $17 million teaching hospital in Mirebalais which will employ 800 Haitians and treat 185,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|last=Roos|first=Robert|title=Cholera has struck more than 6% of Haitians|url=http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/jan0913cholera.html|newspaper=CIDRAP|date=9 January 2013|access-date=25 September 2013|archive-date=6 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506193329/http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/jan0913cholera.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Government of Haiti, health ministry http://www.mspp.gouv.ht/site/downloads/Rapport%20%20Web%2012.08_Avec_Courbes_Departementales.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927155229/http://www.mspp.gouv.ht/site/downloads/Rapport%20%20Web%2012.08_Avec_Courbes_Departementales.pdf |date=27 September 2013 }}</ref>

By the beginning of the year only a small part—$215 million—of the total funds collected for aid had been spent on permanent housing, with most of it—$1.2 billion—going for short-term solutions including tent camps, temporary shelters, and cash grants that paid a year's rent.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> A 2013 survey disclosed that of the 1.5 million Haitians living in camps following the quake, about 279,000 remained in a total of 352 camps. 15% of the camps had no basic protection services,{{clarify|not sure what this means in a country when you run the other way when you see a cop coming|date=September 2013}} and 48% no health services.{{clarify|how does this compare against the rest of Haiti which mostly lacks health services|date=September 2013}} While 20% lacked functioning toilets, this is higher than the population outside tent cities, where 50% lack toilets.<ref name="Huffington Post"/> Many camps remained at a risk for flooding and more than a third of the camps (108) were at risk for evictions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eshelter-cccmhaiti.info/jl/images/sheltercccm%20cluster%20-%20hct%20meeting%2014082013%20.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.eshelter-cccmhaiti.info |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926225933/http://www.eshelter-cccmhaiti.info/jl/images/sheltercccm%20cluster%20-%20hct%20meeting%2014082013%20.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2013 statement, the American Red Cross reported that almost all of the money collected for quake relief has been spent or is scheduled for making progress permanent by ensuring people can leave camps and return to stable communities, which includes building new homes, repairing homes, completing a new hospital and clinic, and signing an agreement for a second hospital.<ref>[http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m16140573_Haiti-Three-Year-Update.pdf Haiti Earthquake Response – Three -Year Update] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515014651/http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m16140573_Haiti-Three-Year-Update.pdf |date=15 May 2013 }} Red Cross. January 2013.</ref>

====2015====
In 2015, [[NPR]] and [[ProPublica]] investigated the disappearance of US$500 million donated to the American Red Cross for earthquake relief, earlier described by the charity as the result of "one of the most successful fundraisers ever". Despite the claims of the American Red Cross that 130,000 homes had been built, the investigation discovered that only six had been built. The investigation reviewed "hundreds" of pages of internal documents and interviewed "more than a dozen" former and current staff members, investigating the organization's claim that 4.5 million Haitians had been helped "back on their feet." Joel Boutroue, a Haitian government advisor, said that this number would cover "100 percent of the urban area", and observed that it would mean the Red Cross had served every city in Haiti. Numerous other claims did not hold up under investigation. NPR found that the project was riddled with "multiple staffing changes", bureaucratic delays and a language barrier, as many of the Red Cross officials spoke neither French nor Haitian Creole. General counsel for the American Red Cross, David Meltzer, provided investigators with the NGO's official statistics, but would not elaborate on them. The public affairs office of the Red Cross disputed NPR and ProPublica's claims in an email, and claimed that their investigative report could cause an international incident. By June the American Red Cross had transferred the rebuilding efforts to the Haitian Red Cross.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief |title=In Search of the Red Cross' $500 Million in Haiti Relief |website=NPR.org |date=3 June 2015 |access-date=26 July 2016 |archive-date=31 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731080724/http://www.npr.org/2015/06/03/411524156/in-search-of-the-red-cross-500-million-in-haiti-relief |url-status=live }}</ref>

====2016====
In 2016 Haiti was struck by [[Hurricane Matthew]] which leveled entire communities and caused an upsurge in the [[2010 Haiti cholera outbreak|ongoing cholera epidemic]] which was introduced to the island by United Nations peacekeepers.<ref name=sontag/><ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> As of March 2017, around 7% of Haiti's population (around 800,665 people) have been affected with cholera, and 9,480 Haitians have died.

====2017====
In 2017, the United Nations reported that 2.5 million Haitians were still in need of humanitarian aid.  U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Mourad Wahba said, "There are still about 55,000 people in camps and makeshift camps.  Many are still living in unsanitary conditions due to displacement caused by the earthquake. We have a very long way to go."<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Jesselyn|title=7 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, Millions Still Need Aid|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/haiti-earthquake-anniversary_us_5875108de4b02b5f858b3f9c|newspaper=HuffPost|access-date=11 January 2018|date=12 January 2017|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105051855/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/haiti-earthquake-anniversary_us_5875108de4b02b5f858b3f9c|url-status=live}}</ref>