

In this photo taken June 30, 2010, a man walks past debris and earthquake damaged buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince. Six months after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, downtown Port-au-Prince, where much of the nation’s industry and commerce was clustered and where about 80 percent of the buildings were destroyed, plans are in place to remake the entire area with the government pledging $100 million for reconstruction (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini).

A patient stands as he adjusts his intravenous line at the State University of Haiti Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 9, 2010. Haiti’s most important general care facility, the State University of Haiti Hospital is struggling to care for patients six months after the earthquake. The American Red Cross has pledged to help pay salaries of long-underpaid doctors.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

In this photo, prosthetic legs belonging to people who lost limbs as a result of injuries sustained during the Jan. 12 earthquake stand against a wall at a physical rehabilitation center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Handicap International estimates the total number of amputations caused by the earthquake to be between 2,000 and 4,000 yet six months after the earthquake, many amputees have yet to be fitted with a prosthetics. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken July 4, 2010, police raise the Haitian flag in front of the earthquake damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Six months after the devastating earthquake several plans exist on paper to rebuild the main government buildings but no official decision has been made and the future of fifteen of the country’s 17 ministry buildings that collapsed in the quake remains unclear.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo, police patrol in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Six months after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, plans are in place to remake the entire area with the government pledging $100 million for reconstruction, but top government officials cannot say where the money will come from. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken May 31, 2010, women line up to add their names to a job list at the Corail-Cesselesse camp for earthquake displaced people on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken May 31, 2010, Menmen Villase, a squatter in a makeshift slum set up next to the Corail-Cesselesse camp for people displaced by the earthquake, sits in her shack north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Villase is one of thousands of earthquake homeless who came to this vacant stretch between the barren mountains and sea north of Port-au-Prince, seeking refuge from the city’s overflowing camps. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

In this photo taken June 30, 2010, boys gather at the Canahan 2 camp for earthquake displaced people on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. People seeking refuge from overflowing camps in the city have walked into a fight over undeveloped land where urban planners envision the “new Haiti,” showing why recovery is at a standstill six months after a 7-magnitude earthquake leveled much of the capital and killed thousands. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Earthquake displaced boys play soccer at the Canahan 2 refugee camp, in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Haiti’s President Rene Preval has ordered Haiti’s electoral council to organize presidential elections. The vote must take place by Nov. 28. A decree extending Preval’s term if elections are not held on time sparked protests. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Kettelie Paul, 39, holds her 2-month-old baby Jorin Icaris in an improvised shack with her husband Belner Icaris, 28, who lost his leg in the January earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Friday July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A patient gets oxygen at the State University of Haiti Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Friday, July 9, 2010. Haiti’s most important general care facility, the State University of Haiti Hospital is struggling to care for patients six months after the earthquake. The American Red Cross has pledged to help pay salaries of long-underpaid doctors.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman carries a bag on her head as she walks past burning garbage in downtown Port-au-Prince, Thursday, July 1, 2010. AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Earthquake-displaced boys play at the Canahan 2 camp, in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Haiti’s President Rene Preval has ordered Haiti’s electoral council to organize presidential elections. The vote must take place by Nov. 28. A decree extending Preval’s term if elections are not held on time sparked protests. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Children play on the roof top of a home in Port-au-Prince, Monday June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Haiti’s President Rene Preval speaks during a press conference at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Preval set Nov. 28 as the date voters will choose his successor as leader of the earthquake-shattered Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Today marks six months since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince and turned an already shaky country into absolute rubble. Since that fateful day in January, Haiti has been met with billions of dollars in aid and a force of organizations that are determined to help rebuild the nation. But much like its pre-quake days, Haiti is marred with a lax and disorganized government and a seemingly passive leader in President Rene Preval.
As debris still lines the streets and victims continue to suffer from disease and injury, the world wonders when Haitians will finally regain normalcy in their everyday lives.
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