New home, new hope for Midi Jackson
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. To read the update, click on the story underneath this gallery
Midi Jackson and his family outside their rented apartment in Jacmel, Haiti.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
Midi Jackson and his familyDeborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Midi Jackson shows off the four-room apartment that got his family off the streetDeborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Many of Midi Jackson's comrades still live in a nearby yard, having graduated from tents to medium-term shelters with tarp walls and tin roofs.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
This resident of the temporary yard community shows the makshift latrine, which is in need of repair.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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Residents of the yard community.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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