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HAITI

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  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Main cemetary of Port-au-Prince. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country. Streets are strewn with garbage in this city where little works and power outages the norm not the exception.
    street outside cemetary.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Don Bosco "Lakay" (creole for home) shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince. Creche for the infants of street children.<br />
Here Father Stra, an Italien priest runs a shelter, workshops creche and playground for street children, where they can get two meals a day. In a survey last year HIV was detected in 58 of the 115 children tested. The children are frequently killed by Haitian police. 15 who use the shelter were killed between January and October 2005. Many of the children are forced to make a living from prostitution or petty crime. Despite learning a trade, many cannot find work in Haiti's appalling economy. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere
    streetkid creche closeup2 .jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Don Bosco "Lakay" (creole for home) shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince. Creche for the infants of street children.<br />
Here Father Stra, an Italien priest runs a shelter, workshops creche and playground for street children, where they can get two meals a day. In a survey last year HIV was detected in 58 of the 115 children tested. The children are frequently killed by Haitian police. 15 who use the shelter were killed between January and October 2005. Many of the children are forced to make a living from prostitution or petty crime. Despite learning a trade, many cannot find work in Haiti's appalling economy. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere
    streetkids in creche1.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Cite Soleil, the often violent pro-Aristide slum. Images of Aristide remain since his ouster in 2004. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    Aristide picture Bel-air street.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Despite not being a candidate, posters of the exiled Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Papa Doc" Duvalier have started to appear around Port-au-Prince. His supporters argue that he should be allowed to return, and that the country has deteriorated since his exile.
    Baby Doc poster graffiti.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
UN brings in voting kits and ballot boxes on a Mexican navy ship. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    CEP & sample ballot box.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Cite Soleil, the often violent pro-Aristide slum.  Life here is run by gangs, and a no-go area for the Haitian police. Many homes have been destroyed in gang violence, and the absence of municipal authorities sees garbage strewn in the area. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election.
    Cite Soleil from above.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Campaign poster Rene Preval, a former prime minister and president and a favourite of Aristide loyalists . Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    Preval poster1.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Voter graffitti in the slum of Cite Soleil, an often violent pr-Aristide slum. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    President Preval graffitti.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
In the slum of Bel-air, a boy rests next to a catholic mural. Haiti is the western hemisphere's poorest country where the lack of education and work damages the already poor population.
    Kid & Saint Bel-air1.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    Election poster Haiti.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Peacekeepers in the slum of Bel-air, a no-go area for the Haitian police. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    Containers & UN in Bel-air1.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
UN patrol in the pro-Aristide and oftern violent slum of Bel-Air. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election. Difficulties in preparing the election has delayed the election date. A multinational UN peacekeeping force is present to try to maintain stability in the political vacuum caused by the ouster of former president Aristide.
    UN patrol Bel-air.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Don Bosco "Lakay" (creole for home) shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince. Young street kids flash gang signs.<br />
Here Father Stra, an Italien priest runs a shelter, workshops creche and playground for street children, where they can get two meals a day. In a survey last year HIV was detected in 58 of the 115 children tested. The children are frequently killed by Haitian police. 15 who use the shelter were killed between January and October 2005. Many of the children are forced to make a living from prostitution or petty crime. Despite learning a trade, many cannot find work in Haiti's appalling economy. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere
    Streetkids at shelter.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Shanty houses and slum dwellings are built all over the city, from the coast up to the mountains. Building on the steep slopes causes erosion.
    Slum on hillside.jpg
  • Registering voters Cite Soleil.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Street colour in Port-au-Prince. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country. Brightly painted busses called Tap-tap's jockey through the city's streets
    bus and professional woman.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Garbage strewn streets in Carrefour area of Port-au-Prince. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country.
    bus and street garbage.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Don Bosco "Lakay" (creole for home) shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince. Creche for the infants of street children.<br />
Here Father Stra, an Italien priest runs a shelter, workshops creche and playground for street children, where they can get two meals a day. In a survey last year HIV was detected in 58 of the 115 children tested. The children are frequently killed by Haitian police. 15 who use the shelter were killed between January and October 2005. Many of the children are forced to make a living from prostitution or petty crime. Despite learning a trade, many cannot find work in Haiti's appalling economy. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere
    crybaby creche.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Irate investors protest the collapse of a banking pyramid scheme outside government offices. Haiti is the western hemisphere's poorest country.
    demo pyramid scheme loss.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Souvenier sellers paddle out to sell their wares. With tourism having fled the long-standing Haitian unrest, few ships come into port. In this case the ship visiting is a Mexican naval ship in town to deliver voter kits for the forthcoming elections to .
    souvenier sellers1.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Just on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince a giant quarry has sliced away half a mountainside for sandstone building materials
    quarry workers.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Main cemetary of Port-au-Prince. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country.
    outside cemetary drink.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
Cite Soleil, the often violent pro-Aristide slum.  Life here is run by gangs, and a no-go area for the Haitian police. Many homes have been destroyed in gang violence, and the absence of municipal authorities sees garbage strewn in the area. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election.
    man outside destroyed home.jpg
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti.<br />
A young boy picks his way through a garbage strewn area of Cite Soleil, the often violent pro-Aristide slum.  Life here is run by gangs, and a no-go area for the Haitian police. Many homes have been destroyed in gang violence, and the absence of municipal authorities sees garbage strewn in the area. Haiti, the western hemisphere's poorest country, faces another election.
    kid in garbage.jpg