It is exactly five years to the day since Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. More than 200,000 people died on January 12th 2010, as the country was reduced to rubble.
Hundreds of thousands more were injured and another million and half were left homeless.
Oxfam has today published a report into the disaster to coincide with the anniversary.
In it, the charity warns of the dangers still facing survivors.
It also highlights the work supported by people in Ireland and around the world, to help communities recover and Haitians rebuild their lives.
Oxfam Ireland chief executive Jim Clarken said: "Five years on, Oxfam is committed to building a stronger, more resilient nation. In 2014 alone, we have reached 594,310 Haitians and our mission is to make sure our programmes, carried out in conjunction with civil society organisations and the Haitian government, are as collaborative and effective as possible."
Oxfam spokesperson is Sorcha Nic Mhathúna.
More than one million people - some 10% of the entire population of Haiti - made homeless by the earthquake have been rehoused after living in camps since the earthquake.
Roads, especially in Port-au-Prince, have been repaired and many paved for the first time. Houses damaged by the earthquake have been rebuilt and small businesses have multiplied.
Several international standard hotels and large supermarkets have also been constructed.
David Dalton, CEO of Plan Ireland, says: "The collapse of the education system, with about half the schools in the country being affected by the earthquake, has been reversed and today there are more children in school, at least at the primary school level, than ever before."
"The Haitian government, huge amounts of cash, donors, the alphabet soup of UN agencies and international NGOs, plus a cacophony of other aid groups contributed to the recovery to date but, as could be argued is always the case in such times of crisis, it is ordinary people who prove themselves extraordinary."
However, the country remains poor with a still fragile education system, poor and expensive health services and high unemployment.
