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'Not again': Haitians cope with another earthquake

An earthquake, overflowing hospitals and critical supply shortages have Haitians remembering the fallout from past disasters. Two guests from the community reflect on what’s happened, and what recovery should look like.
Two women shelter from the rain under a tarp in a makeshift camp after tropical depression Grace passed through the area following Saturday's 7.2 magnitude quake, in Les Cayes, Haiti August 17, 2021. (REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo)

Still recovering from a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in 2010, Haiti is now grappling with the aftermath of a magnitude 7.2 quake on Saturday. 

Overflowing hospitals, thousands of people without homes and critical supply shortages have Haitians remembering the country's challenges in recovering from previous natural disasters.

Today on Front Burner, we get a portrait of what's happening on the ground in Haiti, and the community organizing that's happening in Canada to support relief efforts there. In Port-au-Prince, Jameson Francisque is a journalist and editor of the online news site AyiboPost. And in Montreal, Marjorie Villefranche runs La Maison d'Haiti, a help centre for Montreal's Haitian community.

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