Project Jacmel
The King of Jacmel
The most prosperous businessman in the city, he controls everything from gas pumps to currency exchanges. But his Haitian brethen, he says, are too passive to risk competing with him and too vengeful to work alongside him.
Project Jacmel
Lighting the way forward in Haiti
For reconstruction to proceed, the country first needs to solve its chronic electricity shortage
Globe Video
Jacmel, six months later
Despite millions of dollars, thousands of aid workers and a lot of good intentions, quake-ravaged Jacmel still finds itself struggling to regain its former glory
Project Jacmel
How the Haitian diaspora helps at home
Orthopedic surgeon returns to his hometown from New York to set up free clinic, using his personal savings
In Pictures
Life in Jacmel six months after the quake
Globe photographer Deborah Baic captures the slow return to normalcy in the Haitian city
Project Jacmel
Keeping aid from going renegade
With thousands of relief groups taking root in Haiti, the task is managing them efficiently
Project Jacmel
No energy left for another setback
On the quake's six-month anniversary, progress slows further as leaders put off decisions that could have negative political consequences in the fall elections
Growing a vision for self-sufficiency in Haiti
Peasant co-operative experiments with innovative agricultural techniques in bid to rise from poverty
Project Jacmel
Where HIV brings life of fear and isolation
While life in Jacmel improves, those affected by AIDS are ostracized and increasingly desperate
