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Thursday marks the two-year anniversary of Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake. The 7.0 magnitude quake devastated the capital city, Port-au-Prince, and Haiti’s government estimates the death toll was more than 316,000 people. An international outpouring of support followed, with NGOs, human rights organizations, and the first mass text-based fundraising campaign bolstering the island nation. A little less than a year after the earthquake, an outbreak of cholera further devastated the country and set back relief efforts. So what has and hasn't been accomplished in the time since?
Jean-Yvon Kernizan runs a charity that helps children in a shantytown outside of Port-au-Prince.
WNYC reporter Alex Goldmark just returned from a trip to Haiti to check in on the recovery two years after the quake.
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