Haiti: One Year Later
Posted by admin on Nov 8, 2011 in Featured, Photography | 1 comment
- A young boy plays soccer on the streets of Port-au-Prince on January 9, 2011. Life continues even as the country struggles to rebuild after a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010.
- Duverna Joseph, 37, stands with a friend in front of a memorial at the mass grave of those who died during Haiti’s earthquake. “I lost my leg exactly one year ago today,” said Duverna. “So I came to remember those who died and to thank God for being alive.”
- Missionary John Fitts prays with the Gilles family at the mass grave on January 12, 2011.
- Celine Pierre looks at crosses adorning the mass grave while remembering loved ones who died on January 12, 2011.
- In her makeshift tent of tarps and towels, Solange Felyliern sews to make a living. Looking up from her machine, she has a direct view of the collapsed presidential palace. The lack of clean water and sanitation systems caused a cholera epidemic to sweep through her tent camp–and much of the country–sickening nearly 500,000 and killing more than 6,500, according to Haiti’s Health Ministry.
- Haiti’s national palace still lies in ruins one year later. Pop-singer turned president Michel Martelly was inaugurated on May 14, 2011, and began the task of rebuilding Haiti.
- A young girl dances as Haitians sing praise music at the Festival of Hope hosted by Samaritan’s Purse to memorialize the one-year anniversary and to hear Franklin Graham speak about hope in Christ.
Rach, I want a print of this!! I love it!