Tent cities have been erected in all open areas....
The main thoroughfare through Port-au-Prince is a divided road with a four foot median strip down the middle. Constructed on that median strip are corrugated tin, cardboard, wood and tarp huts.
These huts are homes....
4 square feet in size....
dirt floor....
just a small space...
a shelter....
where many families sleep each night.
Families who are not lucky enough to have a tent.
Activities of daily living are done in the streets.
Cooking,
bathing,
laundry,
market,
all outside.
I was told that even those who are fortunate enough
to still have houses
are afraid to stay inside their houses.
Afraid of another earthquake.
Two million people...
living in fear...
living in filth...
by our standards, barely living at all.
1 comment:
I saw poverty like this in Africa but living in fear must be the most unreal part of this horror. The loss of everything.....family, friends.....just unbelievable.
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