The Abri Pwovizwa Shelter in Jacmel, Haiti, where about 500 homeless people set up camp in the yard of a church and health clinic so they could stay close to whatever was left of their homes after the earthquake. The residents developed a small government to deal with food, water, security, children and other everyday life needs. Over time, they were given proper tents, replacing the worn tarps and rotting mattresses that filled the yard.
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Newly homeless, Midi Jackson bands together with a group of neighbours and shuttles their families into a small, enclosed yard a few blocks from their destroyed homes.
Even if I had somewhere else to go, I don’t have anything.— Midi Jackson
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Video: A home of tents
In Pictures: Photo gallery by Deborah Baic
Midi Jackson sits surrounded by family and friends in one of the first tent like structures at the Abri Pwovizwa Shelter in Jacmel, Haiti. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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Conditions in the tiny camp are getting worse, hurricane season looms and a rift divides the inhabitants. Meanwhile, an aid group faces large hurdles.
We’re going to teach them how to sustain themselves, how they can get jobs — Marcie Dubûche-Lhérisson
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Video: Aid group adopts tent city
In Pictures: A fresh start for the tent city
In Pictures: Camp life amid the ruins
An elderly woman is bathed at the Abri Pwovizwa Shelter Camp in Jacmel, Haiti. (Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail)
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Somehow, Mr. Jackson has manoeuvred community leadership into a job that pays enough for him to rent a small, four-room apartment that gets his family off the street.
The earthquake put a hole in my life.— Midi Jackson
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In Pictures: New home, new hope for Midi Jackson
Midi Jackson's children, no longer homeless, in an apartment the family rents in Jacmel, Haiti.
