Virginia Insight

Virginia-Haiti Connections: An Update

WMRA | By Tom Graham

Published September 4, 2014 at 4:00 PM EDT

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Haiti's Presidential Palace in ruins, January 2010.

AIDG / Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group

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The same building a half year later, with the collapsed dome removed.

Todd Huffman (via Flickr)

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Crowding around a food aid truck in 2010, collapsed Presidential Palace in the background.

US Govt photo, USAF TSgt Prentice Colter

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2010: national landmark in ruins, refugee tent city forming in the nearby plaza.

US Govt photo, USN Spec2 Kristopher Wilson

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With the president of Haiti, the US first ladies tour ruins in 2010.

US Govt photo, White House photographer Samantha Appleton

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National Palace (Palais National) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010.

Kevin McManus (Flickr)

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National Palace damage in 2010.

US Govt photo, USAID

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Two years later, ruins fenced, loose rubble removed.

Trocaire (via Flickr)

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Coast Guard helicopter and US Navy hospital ship responding in January, 2010

US Govt photo, US Coast Guard staff

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An IDF team rescues a worker who had been trapped in a collapsed government building.

Israel Govt photo, Israel Defense Forces staff

Haiti. It was early in 2010 that a massive earthquake devastated much of that island nation. So how are things today ? We check in with some of the Virginia-based groups who have been working in Haiti for many years now.

Guests:

Kelly Eplee - Executive Director of the Building Goodness Foundation.

David Fritz - Executive Editor, Staunton News Leader newspaper. Volunteer with the Haiti Outreach program of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church of Harrisonburg.

Ray Ford, M.D. - Founder and Medical Director of The Robert Ford Haitian Orphanage and School Foundation.