Haiti earthquake rebuild continues for Quebec groups

Five years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, a group of Quebecersthat'stried to help the country bounce back says there's still a lot more work to be done.

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Two aid organizations based in Quebec's Eastern Townships, SPES-Hati and Solidarit Hati, continue to help rebuild devastated parts of the country.

While the groups sayaccess to water and electricity remain major problems, Dr. Albert Lamontagne saysthere has been some progress.

Lamontagne, one of the founders of SPES-Haiti, has returned seven times since the2010 earthquaketo help train doctors and improve the country's medical schools.

"We have now physicians locally who are quite a bit involved in continuing what we have done," he said.

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck outside Haiti's capital on Jan. 12, 2010, topplingthousands of buildingsin Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities.

Officials believe more than 300,000 died, but no one knows for certain exactly how many people lost their lives.