- On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck several municipalities in the departments of West, South-East and Nippes, causing enormous human and material losses. The population, devastated by this cataclysm, took refuge en masse in the streets, public places, churches and schools, as well as on empty lots, forming shelter camps.
- Over the years, while streets, public squares, schools and churches have been emptied of their populations, many accommodation camps have been transformed into relocation sites, and the displaced, abandoned by the Haitian government, have settled permanently in the occupied spaces…
