00:00The Carrefour Aeroport intersection in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince used to be a major commercial centre,
00:07but gang violence left the area in ruins.
00:10In December, police and UN peacekeepers launched a counter-attack against the gangs and drove them out.
00:18Now the neighbourhood is slowly coming back to life.
00:22I see private cars, buses and everything starting to work here,
00:26except we're waiting for other merchants to come in, taking risks like ourselves.
00:32They have to try, and then life will return.
00:35Earlier this month, police opened a substation in the area and armoured vehicles and officers patrolled the streets.
00:43Just as important, residents say they're determined to reclaim their neighbourhood.
00:50In Haiti, we can't say there's security. I don't feel safe.
00:54But we want to go on with our lives and give our children food.
00:58We stayed in the displacement camps for too long. We can't resist. It's not a life.
01:05We want to tell the state what we want and that they do their part.
01:13Actually, given the past situation, there's still a sense of insecurity.
01:17So I see that life wants to resume at the Carrefour AĆ©roport area.
01:23I don't know if it will stay like this, but activities are returning, and I like that.
01:33Officials point to Carrefour AĆ©roport as an important first step,
01:37and a sign of what could happen elsewhere in the capital.
01:40For residents, it can't come soon enough.
01:43Go to Carrefour AĆ©roport.
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