As it looks to the future, World Vision acknowledges that many challenges lie ahead in the reconstruction and transformation of Haiti. The relief phase, it says, is still far from over.

World Vision, one of the most well-known international humanitarian organizations, recently released its one year report on the situation in Haiti which was devastated by an earthquake in January.

One year on, it is still unclear what the future holds for the Caribbean country, said Kevin J. Jenkins, president and CEO of World Vision.

But Jenkins made it clear in the report that the country cannot return to what it was before the Jan. 12 quake. Even before the devastation, Haiti was suffering in countless ways with water, sanitation, health, nutrition, education and income issues.

Haiti is the poorest economy in the Western hemisphere with 86 percent of the population in rural communities living on less than $2 a day. Around 40 percent of households cannot access basic nutritional needs or safe water and 81 percent lack access to adequate sanitation.

Amid an already despairing situation, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook the island country and exacerbated problems. More than 222,000 people were killed and more than one million people were left homeless.

One-third of households lost their entire food supply and 60 percent of government, administrative and economic infrastructure in Port-au-Prince was destroyed.

Read More: http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101224/world-vision-report-haitis-future-still-unclear/