Thursday, January 28, 2010

photos - destruction - part 3

The Cathedral is destroyed. It was one of the symbols of downtown, Port-au-Prince and the country.

I don't know if the rest will be taken down or repairs made around it. At the Boutiliers lookout point you can easily pick out the Cathedral. The landscape of downtown has been permanently changed.

These children are playing in an old suitcase. The UN estimates that 1 million children and adolescents are orphans or have lost at least 1 parent due to the earthquake. Children as young as 3 years old are wandering alone in the streets.

The Champ Mars has been turned into a sheet/tent city. People are drying their clothes on the hill of this monument. The Champ Mars is a large public park. Now it is home to many people who are homeless.

People set up sheets/tarps/tents as their home in the park.




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