How many schools damaged in haiti

About kilometers from Port-au-Prince, the crime wave largely spared Camp-Perrin, but the area was hard hit by the quake. Welcoming children back to school is a particular headache for private schools, which account for 80 percent of the schools in Haiti.

Boys play cards at a temporary shelter following a recent deadly earthquake, in Chardonnieres, Haiti. Soldiers have cleared away the debris, but school officials are still waiting for help to get the scholastic year going. The day after the quake, a neighbor lent him a pair of pants. He spent the next 10 nights sleeping in the back of a truck with his wife and two grown children, along with four other people left homeless.

Saint Jules, 60, now lives under a crude shelter made of sheet metal. The school year ended in March of last year because of the Covid pandemic. The following school year was then disrupted for many Haitians by widespread violence from powerful street gangs. In late and early this year, gang members carried out many kidnappings for ransom, abducting children or teachers near schools in the capital Port-au-Prince.

About kilometers 90 miles from Port-au-Prince, the crime wave largely spared Camp-Perrin, but the area was hard hit by the quake. Welcoming children back to school is a particular headache for private schools, which account for 80 percent of the schools in Haiti. Soldiers have cleared away the debris but school officials are still waiting for help to get the scholastic year going. He insisted he is optimistic despite the prospect of having to teach on the school's football field.

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