It's also about the lack of closure for some who still cannot track missing relatives.

Or the hopes for rebuilding the country stimied by limited state infrastructure and rubble still waiting to be shidted six months after a devastating earthquake left nearly a quarter of the country's population displaced.

Here, Haitians abroad tell their stories six months on:

Jenny Timeus, 21, was a student learning English in London when she heard of the quake back home. She's been unable to find out anything about her family back in Haiti: "I don't know what happened (to) my mum, my dad, my brother and my sister. Everytime I call, call, call. I can't study, it's very bad."

Listen to Jenny speaking with the BBC's Evadney Campbell

Michel Philistin, Haitian retired in London. His grandson's house is still standing and now houses many other families seeking shelter for the last six months.

Michel told BBC Caribbean: "Every month, my grandson, he's been phoning. We have a word in Creole 'Ticob...l'argent'. I mean money. He always want something so obviously I have to give. I am retired now but I have to keep him going so I have to share what I have with them."

Nina Raoul is the Director of the New York-based rights group, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees: “I have family members there were six of them in one household so that was $1800 that my cousin had to pay just to extend their visas for six months. You don’t have permission to work, so you’re not working, you’re not eligible for any benefits here. It’s a big struggle and a strain on the families who take them in."

Hervey Coty hosts a weekly community television programme in New York: “I always say that each individual Haitian they’re supposed to take their own responsibility to rebuild the system. If they’re going to wait for the NGO or the big countries or the government, forget about it.”