Healing Haiti: The Emotional Trauma of Repeat Crises

Aug. 24, 2021 — Steeve Verdieu was at his workstation in his bedroom when the shaking started the morning of Aug. 14. He jumped under his desk and held on as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake tore through his childhood home in southern Haiti. Verdieu, 25, says all he could think about was 2010, when a … Read more

At least 29 killed in powerful Haiti earthquake: govt

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A strong earthquake killed at least 29 people in Haiti on Saturday, emergency officials said, in the latest challenge to a Caribbean nation still recovering from a devastating 2010 quake. The 7.2-magnitude quake, which was followed by a series of aftershocks, struck 8 km (5 miles) from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about … Read more