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On 12 January 2010, a massive earthquake hit Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing 220,000 people, injuring 300,000 and severely damaging great swaths of the city. This progress report highlights Oxfam’s work in Haiti in 2014 in water, sanitation and public health; in disaster risk reduction, economic development and reconstruction. It also summarizes the funding and spending for Oxfam’s response to the Haiti earthquake.

On January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti. More than 220,000 people were killed and over 300,000 injured. Thanks to the incredible outpouring of support from the public and governments around the word, Oxfam helped more than half a million survivors.

Three years after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people are still living under tents and tarpaulins and the country continues to be very vulnerable.

Oxfam calls for urgent action to prevent eviction of thousands from camps, as residents say they will be unable to afford to pay rent.

Agriculture in Haiti has suffered three decades of crisis and institutional neglect.

In a report released today, Oxfam urged the Haitian Government and countries that have pledged money for rebuilding to accelerate reconstruction of the country.

As we reported in the one-year progress report, Oxfam raised approximately $98 million for its three-year earthquake response pr

After two years Haitians continue to grapple with the effects of the devastating earthquake that killed more than two hundred thousand people and rendered more than one million of them homeless.

In a rural area in western Haiti, a group of women is expanding their milling business – which they hope will give the local economy a much-needed boost. Caroline Gluck reports.

Leadership from the new Haitian government is urgently needed to relocate the 630,000 people who are still living under tents and tarpaulins.