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Two Years after the devastating quake, Haitian government struggles with job, housing woes
In the two years since the quake, $4 billion has been spent on reconstruction.
So what did the world get for its money? The answer is, not enough.
Half a million Haitians still live in the large makeshift camps that people fled to when their homes fell down.
The camps are fetid messes of humanity where rapes are common, murders not infrequent and sanitation seriously lacking. These camps aid in the spread of cholera, which still infects about 9,000 people a month.
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