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Haiti – Unpublished Photos – 1

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Devastation in Port-au-Prince, from the vantage point on top of Fort National

Most times, it's hard to tell whether people are looting other people's homes or if they are just trying to retrieve possessions from their own collapsed ones

Haiti's President Rene Preval recently said it could take up to three years to clear the rubble in Port-au-Prince. With mounds of debris everywhere, this is not hard to believe

Two weeks after the earthquake, Fort National still reeked of corpses trapped under the rubble

The resilience of Haiti's kids is nothing short of outstanding. Many of them still manage to smile, despite the desperation that surrounds them

Residents of Fort National were still burning corpses of loved ones two full weeks after the earthquake

Very few families in Port-au-Prince have survived the earthquake together

It'll be months, if not years, before schools reopen in Port-au-Prince. Until then, the capital will see most of its kids roaming the streets with nothing to do

Since the earthquake, people have moved into packed makeshift tent camps, where the lack of sanitation is abysmal and privacy doesn't exist

With 60% of its population reportedly under the age of 25, babies, children and young people are everywhere in Port-au-Prince. They'll be the earthquake generation

A school nestled on top of the Fort National Hill collapsed, with who knows how many kids inside

People in Fort National try to go about their daily lives. But the look on their faces is unmistakable

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Written by Valentina Pasquali

February 22, 2010 at 3:17 pm

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