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A week of walks
They would like to know what have been done with all the millions that Haiti has received since the earthquake. Where are the jobs that were promised? It doesn’t make sense that even university-educated young people can only find work picking up rubble.
Frustration mounts at Haiti’s gas shortage
Car owners are obliged to take their gasoline by the gallon, and then transport it back to their vehicles by hand.
The Haitian brothers who want to fly
The brothers spent months performing around Haiti to save the $45.000 Haitian dollars they needed to realize their dream: building a life-size model helicopter.
Maitre James, Haitian painter
Things became more difficult for James after the earthquake, because painting had been his life, and is now his only hope.
Bringing power to Port-au-Prince
Live wires, fallen electric poles, an non-paying customers: Emmanuel Midi describes the huge job for Haiti's power providers, Electricité d'Haiti (EDH).
Lost in the fire
It hasn’t rained for weeks, things are very dry and light up like matches. Madame Nicolas’s house went down in less than ten minutes.
Back to work in Port-au-Prince
This ruined city is swarmed by people hungry to live. The pain and misery seem to be covered by the sheer will to move on.
Port-au-Prince revient à la vie
En général, le climat est calme et triste, pas vraiment violent. Les gens s’entraident et essaient de s’organiser. Mais j’ai peur que les choses changent lorsque les gens devront de plus en plus se séparer.
Port-au-Prince comes back to life
The city has changed in the last two days. Before, people were in shock and walked around like zombies. But now life is picking up again: you can see women selling food in certain areas, and people starting to move to the country with what’s left.
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