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A Haitian Slum Gets a Makeover - But Now What?

  • Posted on: 16 August 2016
  • By: Bryan Schaaf

The Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles has covered the re-development of the Fort National neighborhood in Port au Prince. This project required extensive consultations with residents, community leaders, and gang members to even begin. Port au Prince, with its ever-growing population, has no shortage of neighborhoods where electricity, water, and common spaces were an afterthought.