Haiti Earthquake Survivors Moving to Safer Camps

The Haitian government has been relocating earthquake survivors out of areas at risk for flood and mudslide damage.
Haiti Earthquake Survivors Moving to Safer Camps
Boy Scouts assist Jimelia Aristide (2nd R) and her family at the Petionville Club camp, as they prepare to be relocated.(Lee Celano/Getty Images)
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4/11/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015
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Boy Scouts assist Jimelia Aristide (2nd R) and her family at the Petionville Club camp, as they prepare to be relocated.(Lee Celano/Getty Images)
Since March, the Haitian government has been relocating earthquake survivors out of areas at risk for flood and mudslide damage, to camps outside Port-au-Prince as the country prepares for tropical summer rains, according the U.N. news center.

The rains will make life complicated and dangerous for the over 1 million Haitians left without proper shelter.

On Saturday, AFP reported that Haitian President Rene Preval said, “We should consider this country to be in a state of constant danger, we have to confront all the problems at the same time because the rainy season is coming.”

Over the weekend, about 200 families precariously camped on a city golf-course were being relocated to one of the safer camps, Corail Cesselesse, according to the BBC. The camp will may hold 7,500 residents.
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