PORT-AU-PRINCE // Living in a tiny tarpaulin shack with two children, only metres from the crumpled remains of the once-majestic National Palace, surviving on handouts from benevolent relatives, Clermene Caneus, 37, has little faith that her floundering government or the many aid organisations that have flocked to the Caribbean since the earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 will be able to fix the long-standing woes of the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. "Government officials come by every day or so but we never see any results," she says. "I don't expect anything to change. In six months, or one year, I'm still going to be here, hoping that somebody else can help me get some money."
Half a year after the earthquake levelled much of Haiti's capital, aid groups, western donors and the UN face the possibility that they are in a no-win situation in which the recovery is being led by a government struggling to meet the challenge.
In a series marking the January earthquake, The National returns to Port-au-Prince. Tomorrow, we examine the effect the lack of a working government has on the day-to-day lives of Haitians. On Saturday, we talk to some of the many people who were forced to have limbs amputated in the aftermath of the quake. Other stories will look at the use of new technologies in disasters, the plight of children, and the growing threat of sexual violence faced by women. Read it in The National, available across the UAE.
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champioons League semi-final:
First leg: Liverpool 5 Roma 2
Second leg: Wednesday, May 2, Stadio Olimpico, Rome
TV: BeIN Sports, 10.45pm (UAE)
How to wear a kandura
Dos
- Wear the right fabric for the right season and occasion
- Always ask for the dress code if you don’t know
- Wear a white kandura, white ghutra / shemagh (headwear) and black shoes for work
- Wear 100 per cent cotton under the kandura as most fabrics are polyester
Don’ts
- Wear hamdania for work, always wear a ghutra and agal
- Buy a kandura only based on how it feels; ask questions about the fabric and understand what you are buying
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
1. Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape their pull
2. They can be created when massive stars collapse under their own weight
3. Large black holes can also be formed when smaller ones collide and merge
4. The biggest black holes lurk at the centre of many galaxies, including our own
5. Astronomers believe that when the universe was very young, black holes affected how galaxies formed
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: HyperSpace
Started: 2020
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Entertainment
Number of staff: 210
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
Cricket World Cup League 2
UAE squad
Rahul Chopra (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Aryansh Sharma, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Omid Rahman, Rahul Bhatia, Tanish Suri, Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind
Fixtures
Friday, November 1 – Oman v UAE
Sunday, November 3 – UAE v Netherlands
Thursday, November 7 – UAE v Oman
Saturday, November 9 – Netherlands v UAE
Zidane's managerial achievements
La Liga: 2016/17
Spanish Super Cup: 2017
Uefa Champions League: 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18
Uefa Super Cup: 2016, 2017
Fifa Club World Cup: 2016, 2017
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Match info
Athletic Bilbao 0
Real Madrid 1 (Ramos 73' pen)