AUDIO: Homeless in Haiti

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CBC's David Gutnick is reunited with the Merisiers, a Haitian family he met aftera powerful earthquake tore through parts of the country, killing more than 220,000 people andforcing as many as 1.5 million into temporary camps.

Gutnickreturned to the Delma 66 tent camp in Port-au-Prince, where the Merisiers have been sleepingin a cotton tentfor most of the past year after their home was heavily damaged in the quake.

The camp began as a vacant lot on the edge of a ravine, Gutnick said, but now temporary shelters are starting to feel more permanent.

"Now there are almost 1,000 people living in tents under blue plastic tarps even some tin and concrete huts have gone up since the earthquake."

Gutnick met withteamstrying to make sure the deadlycholera outbreak that has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Haiti doesn't spread to the crowded camp.

He was also reunited with David, a baby boy who was born shortly after the quake. The baby was named after Gutnick, who was sleeping on the ground in the Merisier family tent next door when thechild was born.

He said despite the challenges, Haitians are eager to rebuild.

"There's no onein this city of Port-au-Prince who hasn't lost somebody," Gutnick said. "But of course, mixed with that nightmare that's all surrounding us still now is a real desire to get out of those tents."