Martelly launches Reconstruction Week in earthquake ravaged Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Haitian government is moving to implement projects aimed at rebuilding the capital following the massive earthquake in January last year that killed an estimatd 300,000 people and left more than a million others homeless.



President Michel Martelly will on Tuesday launch the project "Kay Pa m" to facilitate access to credit at a preferential rate of eight per cent over a 10 year period for those who are employed in order to construct or acquire their own homes.



The Office of the President said Martelly wants to assure the entire population that "once the government is put in place, everything will be implemented and the country will start in the final path of modernity as desired."



On Monday, Martelly launched Reconstruction Week in Haiti with several plans being put into action for the rebuilding Port-au-Prince.



"We will soon begin the construction of buildings to house public institutions at the rue du Champs de Mars," a statement from the Office of the President said.



It said the event was also an opportunity for Martelly, who came to office in March this year, to point out the need for the country to create new poles of development.



President Martelly stressed the urgent need to "rebuild" men, buildings and infrastructure. He called for a change in attitude in how to manage public affairs and in the way of "doing politics."



Construction and the removal of rubble since the devastating earthquake has been sluggish and many projects await approval before funds could be dispersed by international banks.