More than two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the small country is nearing the end of its recovery period, said the Haitian ambassador to the United States.
Though Ambassador Raymond Joseph said the official rebuilding won’t begin until some time in March, he said what’s most important right now is getting the capital’s population sheltered.
With the help of the international community and the U.S. Army, Haiti’s roads have been cleared and the pace of food and water distribution has picked up, Mr. Joseph said Thursday in a phone interview.
“We are saying what’s needed now is the resettling of the Port-au-Prince residents to other areas where tents are being set up to receive the new refugees,” Mr. Joseph said.
No stranger to Chattanooga, Mr. Joseph visited here last April, where he spoke at an annual benefit for the local Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti.