Last 12 January, Haiti was hit by an unprecedented earthquake that led to hundreds of thousands of victims and has left some 3 million affected-people. Global attention was focused on this little Caribbean island for days while humanitarian aid, donations and media poured in.

One year after the disaster, the teams of ACTED are still committed to providing relief to the earthquake-affected populations and to support the reconstruction effort. Every day, close to 370 persons work with the affected-communities throughout the country, in the stricken areas, but also in the regions that have welcomed IDPs. After having provided an emergency assistance in the days and weeks following the earthquake, ACTED is now fully engaged in the reconstruction process in Haiti, affected today by a new humanitarian crisis: cholera.

Today ACTED is dedicated to implementing the safer shelter strategy, with the construction of 3,753 transitional shelters in Leogane and Port-au-Prince, the assessment of over 15,000 buildings in Leogane (achieved) and the rehabilitation of 340 houses in the city at the epicentre of the earthquake.

Report on ACTED's activities in Haiti

Download ACTED's report one year on (report available in French here)

Report - A transitional shelter to recover in Haiti

Today ACTED is dedicated to implementing the safer shelter strategy, with the construction of 3,753 transitional shelters in Leogane and Port-au-Prince, the assessment of over 15,000 buildings in Leogane (achieved) and the rehabilitation of 340 houses in the city at the epicentre of the earthquake.

Video outlook on ACTED's impact for the earthquake-affected populations

Today, some 262,000 people benefit from one of the projects implemented by ACTED, in Port-au-Prince, Tabarre, Croix-des-Bouquets, Leogane, Gressier, Jacmel, but also in the Bas Artibonite and the department of the Center, reaching nearly 11% of the affected-populations.

Review ACTED's reporting on the emergency one year ago

The teams of ACTED have been involved on the emergency in Haiti for the past four weeks. Laura, Gaylord and Lucie, three students of the Lille School of Journalism, have in the past week covered the ongoing relief operations and shared the everyday life of ACTED teams on the field, the impact of their intervention, the issues to tackle, etc [...]