Haiti: Shaken but Resilient, a Community Struggles to Survive

by Gary Kopycinski on February 1, 2010

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Port-au-Prince, HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–01 Feb 2010 – The Bel Air neighborhood in downtown Port-au-Prince has seen its share of troubles including poverty, high unemployment, gang violence and other social ills. But nothing prepared the usually resilient community for the earthquake that struck on January 20.

Many of the residents were forced to flee their homes and are now camping out in the open-air settlement that has sprung up in nearby Champs de Mars Park. Residents…