This week Joseph G. Bock looks at the unique role of Catholic N.G.O.’s in Haiti’s recovery efforts following the earthquake that claimed the lives of over 220,000 people this past January. Our intern, P. J. Williams, produced the slideshow, below, based on the article.

For more of America‘s coverage of the disaster in Haiti, check out Peter Schineller, S.J.’s interview with Dr. Dianne Jean-Francois of the Catholic Medical Mission Board in Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Pat Fosarelli’s advice for helping children cope with global tragedy; Margarita A. Mooney’s reflection on Haiti’s resiliant faith; Brian J. Steven on the need to include Haitian voices in the recovery efforts; and Kevin Clarke’s discussion of Cholera in Haiti with CRS president Ken Hackett, along with other articles.

Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.