Despite it all, this family isstaying upbeat, making the best of a bad situation. The Haitian people are incredibly resillient, one finds out, as one sees how they react everywhere under dire conditions:
Inside another tent that is slowly flooding:
Yet another jury-rigged tent that is hanging together by a thread:
A family describes their hardships to us:
A young man in his tent:
This woman, rainwater dripping down her face, gave Georgianne a lengthy video interview:
Another huge problem in Champs de Mars is garbage, which despite the best efforts of individuals I have seen trying to sweep it up, is infringing on the tents, the situation made considerably worse when soaked with rain, and then baked by the sun the next day, an extremely unhygienic situation in these crowded conditions.
A canal of garbage has formed from the rains:
A brother and sister trry to sleep ontheir cramped bed:
Two small children of a large family sleep on the floor, the only free space left:
Closeup of the children:
On the outside of one shelter with a corrugated metal wall, rainwater is collected:
Families must cook inside each of these confined spaces, with the potential of starting a fire:
Back out in the intersection, garbage is also getting soaked all over the streets:
A wet and lonely puppy searches for food:
A young woman peers out at me from behind a shelter, perhaps wondering if our efforts here tonight, letting you, the reader, know of her plight, will do some good:
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