On January 12, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked Haiti. It was the most powerful earthquake to have struck the country for 200 years. An estimated 220,000 people were killed and 300,000 injured.
ActionAid responded to the disaster in collaboration with local partners and communities, providing vital food, water, temporary shelter and psychosocial support. Our long term response (continuing until early 2013) focuses on supporting people to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, and to become less vulnerable to future disasters.
This evaluation report examines ActionAid’s response and recovery programmes in Haiti in the aftermath of the disaster, and provides recommendations for improvements in this and future emergency responses.