Haiti, October 2010. Half a year after the devastating earthquake, the first cholera cases are reported from the small town of Mirebalais. The disease spreads all over the country within a short time and is a threat for the people ever since. Several independent research teams investigated the origin of the epidemic. They came to a consistent result: It was brought to the country by the UN. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, has for the first time apologised to the people of Haiti for the organisation’s role in the deadly cholera outbreak on December 2016.
In May 2016 radio journalist Jenny Marrenbach and me visited Mirebalais and the people affectes by cholera with Mario Joseph, a human rights lawyer who fights for the victims. On another day we went on patrole with UN soldiers of MINUSTAH in Cité Soleil, a slum in Port-au-Prince were the health conditions are still very low.
Women and children at the river Meye. In the back: watch tower of the former UN-Camp Mirebalais.
Inside the former UN-Camp in Mirebalais.
Inside the former UN-Camp in Mirebalais. The Latrines from where the Cholera epidemic started.
Human Rights Lawyer Mario Joseph talks to his clients who were affected by Cholera
Survivor of Cholera, Haiti
Survivor of Cholera
Survivor of Cholera, Haiti
Survivor of Cholera speaks to Mario Joseph
Lue Desin's wife Elia Gene died because of Cholera. She's buried in their garden.
UN patrol in Cité Soleil
UN patrol in Cité Soleil
UN patrol in Cité Soleil
Colonel Guerra, UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Sandra Honoré, UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Wood carving of UN soldiers and police in Port-au-Prince.
