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More than 220,000 Haitians were killed and thousands more were injured; up to 1.6 million were displaced and settled in approximately 1,350 makeshift camps and some 500,000 fled the capital, Port-au-Prince.

In the past 12 months Haitians have strived to rebuild their homes, services and livelihoods. UNOPS has been on the ground to support these efforts using local suppliers and workers wherever possible, to ensure Haitians and their families benefit directly from the reconstruction work.

On behalf of a range of partners, UNOPS project managers and their local employees are helping to check the safety of damaged houses, build transitional shelters for homeless families, provide cleaner toilets for those living in camps, clear canals of debris to prevent floods, repair roads, and construct maternity centres and schools.

Read the full report of how UNOPS has helped Haitians and supported partners over the past 12 months - Rebuilding Haiti: One Year On (PDF)

Key achievements include: 

Assessing structural damage

• 400 engineers trained in structural assessment of damaged buildings
• 390,000 damage assessments conducted and a national infrastructure database created

Designing and constructing shelters

• 500 transitional shelters constructed
• Shelter designs tested for strength for 20 different agencies

Repairing infrastructure

• 25 kilometres of roads repaired
• 26 kilometres of canals cleaned and 110,000 m3 of debris removed from canals
• Construction of three maternity clinics

Managing camps

• 272 vulnerable camps assessed for geophysical risks; mitigation works completed in 22 high-risk camps
• Site survey and preparation for a 7,000 person camp in Corail
• Management of desludging fleet to empty waste treatment sites and IDP camp latrines