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Jacmel rebuilds in Haiti after the earthquake

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Jacmel film student and artist Claudel 'Zaka' Chery

Jacmel film student and artist Claudel "Zaka" Chery (Deborah Baic/THE GLOBE AND MAIL)

The Series

Starting over after a friend's death: The student's journey

The Globe's complete coverage — in stories, video and photos — of Claudel 'Zaka' Chery's efforts to get on with his future Jan 04, 2011 2:32PM EST

In Parts

The FOSJ Art Centre, a non-profit art centre and school in Jacmel, Haiti, was hit hard by the quake but has some random pieces of art left inside. Its director, Flo McGarrell, was killed.

Part 1: Another casualty of Haiti quake - art

Jacmel's renowned arts community took a number of hits, including the death of its champion Dec 16, 2010 10:38AM EST

Part 1: Inspiration through the cracked lens of despair

Filmmaker Claudel Chery tries to move on after losing his close friend and artistic mentor in the quake Dec 16, 2010 10:30AM EST

Jacmel film student and artist Claudel 'Zaka' Chery

Part 1: A student's struggle in photos

Globe Photos: Film student and artist Claudel "Zaka" Chery is trying to piece his life back together after losing his best friend and roommate in the earthquake. Dec 16, 2010 10:33AM EST

Zaka films a prayer service at the Pinchinat Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Jacmel.

Part 1: Zaka's loss in video

Globe Video: With his best friend's gentle prodding and financial backing, Zaka had gotten into undergraduate studies at a Canadian university. Then came the earthquake, which killed his mentor and threatened to derail his future. Dec 16, 2010 10:36AM EST

Claudel Zaka Chery at home in Jacmel, Haiti. He was told he looked like a criminal and needed to cut off his dreads in order to get a passport so he can travel to Jamaica

Part 2: Zaka trades his dreads for a passport (video)

Globe video: Student filmmaker makes a hard choice so he can embark on his first-ever trip outside Haiti Dec 16, 2010 10:34AM EST

Claudel Zaka Chery takes a moment to look around and remember working with friends at the now destroyed FOSAJ art centre where he once worked in Jacmel, Haiti.

Part 3: Update on The Student

After a longer-than-expected hiatus in Jamaica, film student Zaka has returned to his native Jacmel Dec 16, 2010 10:35AM EST

Zaka Chery, photographed Jan. 5, 2011, in Jacmel, Haiti, sports new dreads that replace the ones he had to cut off not long ago to get a visa for Jamaica.

Part 4: Documentary honours Zaka's best friend killed in quake

Claudel Chery is back in Haiti after long, emotional sojourn to U.S. Jan 07, 2011 4:48PM EST

About Project Jacmel

In 2010, online and in the pages of The Globe, this project offered a unique window into the lives and challenges facing this historic Haitian city as it struggles to recover from January’s devastating earthquake. More…