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Children Return To School In Haiti

First Posted: 06/12/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:10 PM ET

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Since the January 12 earthquake that ravaged the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, most of the area's schools have been closed, many too damaged to re-open.

Now, three months after the earthquake, life is beginning to return to normal for many Haitian children and teens, now allowed to return to school. For the school buildings that were destroyed, classes will resume in tents for now, until new classrooms can be built.

Teachers are attempting to ease children slowly back into school, addressing the trauma suffered by their students, many of whom lost family members or classmates in the earthquake.

CNN reports from Port-au-Prince.

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Since the January 12 earthquake that ravaged the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, most of the area's schools have been closed, many too damaged to re-open. Now, three months after the earthquake, l...
Since the January 12 earthquake that ravaged the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, most of the area's schools have been closed, many too damaged to re-open. Now, three months after the earthquake, l...
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charmante
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07:34 PM on 04/12/2010
These children could not return to school.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8604203.stm

I hope things will get better for them too as being promised.
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charmante
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07:29 PM on 04/12/2010
This school is a private school for people with means.

How about schools for children whose parents are too poor to pay?

The Haitian constitution guarantees free school to all children. When would this law go into effect?
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