In Haiti, the survivors of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck about two and a half months ago continue to struggle, with a few signs of hope as international assistance is beginning to make measurable progress, some international debt is being forgiven, and some businesses and institutions start to come back to life. In a country still mourning the loss of a now-estimated 230,000 citizens (on par with the 2004 Indian Ocean quake), over one million people remain housed in makeshift tent cities, uncertain about their future or security. According to a recent draft summary of the Haitian government's damage and needs assessment, the country will need $11.5 billion to rebuild. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs from Haiti, a country still in need.....
A boy watches heavy equipment clear rubble from a destroyed church in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti on February 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Junol Morancy, age 21, does his daily physical therapy session with therapist Guy Thomas at the General Hospital March 1, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thomas is a Haitian physical therapist working with Handicap International to help rehabilitate some of the thousands of Haitians who were injured or lost limbs during the earthquake in January. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
A view of Delmas 33 area is seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 24, 2010. Haiti's government and its foreign
relief partners plan to start "decompressing" earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince by clearing rubble to allow
displaced families to return home or be temporarily resettled, Haitian and U.N. officials said. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #
relief partners plan to start "decompressing" earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince by clearing rubble to allow
displaced families to return home or be temporarily resettled, Haitian and U.N. officials said. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #
Elvilhomme Desboules's face is covered in dust while digging in rocky soil to prepare for the burial of about
30 unclaimed and unidentified earthquake victims February 25, 2010 in Titayen, Haiti. About a dozen grave
diggers work each week to bury the dead from the Port-au-Prince General Hospital in the same area where
tens of thousands of people were buried in mass graves after last month's earthquake. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
30 unclaimed and unidentified earthquake victims February 25, 2010 in Titayen, Haiti. About a dozen grave
diggers work each week to bury the dead from the Port-au-Prince General Hospital in the same area where
tens of thousands of people were buried in mass graves after last month's earthquake. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
Women work at the DKDR Haiti garment assembly factory in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Feb. 19, 2010. The international community and business leaders are preparing to implement a pre-earthquake plan to expand the garment assembly sector for a country in urgent need of building it's economy. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano) #
A girl smiles inside a makeshift tent in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince February 28, 2010. Seasonal rains and hurricanes spell trouble for Haiti in the best of times, but with hundreds of thousands of people living in flimsy makeshift shelters after last month's earthquake, this year the dangers are much greater. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria) #
A Haitian Voodooist prepares a VeVe, a drawing representing the Luo spirits, before a ceremony in a temple
in Cite Soleil, a slum of Port-au-Prince on March 6, 2010. About half of Haiti's population is believed to
practice voodoo in some form, though many are thought to also follow other religious beliefs at the same time
. The religion -- whose practitioners often use the vodou spelling as opposed to the Westernized version -- evolved
out of beliefs slaves from West Africa brought with them to Haiti. (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) #
in Cite Soleil, a slum of Port-au-Prince on March 6, 2010. About half of Haiti's population is believed to
practice voodoo in some form, though many are thought to also follow other religious beliefs at the same time
. The religion -- whose practitioners often use the vodou spelling as opposed to the Westernized version -- evolved
out of beliefs slaves from West Africa brought with them to Haiti. (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) #
Haitian Voodooists shield their heads with metal chairs after their ceremony for earthquake victims came
under attack from a mob of Christian residents of the Ti Ayiti neighborhood February 23, 2010
in Cité Soleil, Haiti. The Voodooists were run out of the central pavilion under a hail of rocks and
all of the ceremonial items they left behind were destroyed and burned by the mob.
Although a police station was built across the street from the notorious slum, no police appeared to disperse
the crowd or protect the worshipers. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
under attack from a mob of Christian residents of the Ti Ayiti neighborhood February 23, 2010
in Cité Soleil, Haiti. The Voodooists were run out of the central pavilion under a hail of rocks and
all of the ceremonial items they left behind were destroyed and burned by the mob.
Although a police station was built across the street from the notorious slum, no police appeared to disperse
the crowd or protect the worshipers. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
A dentist with NGO Island Impact Ministries works in a provisional camp in Port-au-Prince March 20, 2010.
International donors are ready to provide $3.8 billion over 18 months to help Haiti rebuild after its devastating
January 12 earthquake, experts and officials preparing a high-level donors conference said.
(REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #
International donors are ready to provide $3.8 billion over 18 months to help Haiti rebuild after its devastating
January 12 earthquake, experts and officials preparing a high-level donors conference said.
(REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #
Duveis Yca waits for a hydrating beverage being distributed to young earthquake survivors living on th
e roof of an evangelist church in the Canape Vert neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on Sunday, March 14, 2010.
Lafortune Renette, a hospital security guard, says she and her neighbors are helping about 100 children,
including 50 orphans, by giving them shelter under a tarp on the church's roof and finding food at
distribution points, but have not been able to locate food aid, like rice and beans, for the past week
and have been surviving on crackers and water. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) #
e roof of an evangelist church in the Canape Vert neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on Sunday, March 14, 2010.
Lafortune Renette, a hospital security guard, says she and her neighbors are helping about 100 children,
including 50 orphans, by giving them shelter under a tarp on the church's roof and finding food at
distribution points, but have not been able to locate food aid, like rice and beans, for the past week
and have been surviving on crackers and water. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) #
A female patient of the Haitian government's Mars and Kline Psychiatric Center who escaped during
January 12, 2010 earthquake remains handcuffed at a hall of the center in downtown Port-au-Prince
on February 24, 2010. The Haitian government's Mars and Kline Psychiatric Center was founded in 1958,
which might be when its wards received their last coat of paint, and was in a desperate situation even before the
January 12 catastrophe. Now, many of its patients have gone off to fend for themselves and its courtyard
has become a makeshift refugee camp for local families left homeless by the quake and for a handful of
wandering mental patients. (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) #
January 12, 2010 earthquake remains handcuffed at a hall of the center in downtown Port-au-Prince
on February 24, 2010. The Haitian government's Mars and Kline Psychiatric Center was founded in 1958,
which might be when its wards received their last coat of paint, and was in a desperate situation even before the
January 12 catastrophe. Now, many of its patients have gone off to fend for themselves and its courtyard
has become a makeshift refugee camp for local families left homeless by the quake and for a handful of
wandering mental patients. (EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images) #
Joseph Dieujuste reacts as a mechanical shovel removes the wooden roof that fell on top of him in a
collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 12, 2010. Dieujuste and at least two other men were
injured while scavenging inside a quake-damaged government building. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) #
collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 12, 2010. Dieujuste and at least two other men were
injured while scavenging inside a quake-damaged government building. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) #
From left, former President and U.N. special envoy for Haiti Bill Clinton, Haiti's President Rene Preval (beside Clinton), and former President George W. Bush arrive at the earthquake damaged Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince,
Monday, March. 22, 2010. The two former presidents were visiting Haiti to assess recovery needs afte
r they were tapped by President Barack Obama to spearhead U.S. fundraising in response to the devastating
Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) #
Monday, March. 22, 2010. The two former presidents were visiting Haiti to assess recovery needs afte
r they were tapped by President Barack Obama to spearhead U.S. fundraising in response to the devastating
Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) #
A 21-year-old woman who did not wish to be identified speaks with The Associated Press in
Port-au-Prince on March 12, 2010. Women, girls and children as young as 2 years old,
already traumatized by the loss of homes and loved ones in Haiti's earthquake, now ar
e falling victim to rapists in sprawling and unmanageable tent cities that have become home to
hundreds of thousands of people. "They grabbed me, put their hands over my mouth and then
the three of them took turns", said the woman who was raped by three men while she went to use
the toilet into the darkness of a makeshift tent camp. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) #
Port-au-Prince on March 12, 2010. Women, girls and children as young as 2 years old,
already traumatized by the loss of homes and loved ones in Haiti's earthquake, now ar
e falling victim to rapists in sprawling and unmanageable tent cities that have become home to
hundreds of thousands of people. "They grabbed me, put their hands over my mouth and then
the three of them took turns", said the woman who was raped by three men while she went to use
the toilet into the darkness of a makeshift tent camp. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) #
A child cries as he is questioned by police officer Carl Henry Boucher after he witnessed a gunfight in
La Saline slum in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. According to police at the scene,
two police officers were ambushed and killed by suspected gang members who police
believe may have escaped from prison after the Jan. 12 earthquake. A third man was also killed,
who police believe was a bystander. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) #
La Saline slum in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. According to police at the scene,
two police officers were ambushed and killed by suspected gang members who police
believe may have escaped from prison after the Jan. 12 earthquake. A third man was also killed,
who police believe was a bystander. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) #
A man accused of stealing goods in a marketplace is made to lie down in the rubble of a collapsed
building along the Grand Rue March 1, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The man was beaten
but eventually released when his accuser realized the police were not coming any time soon.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
building along the Grand Rue March 1, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The man was beaten
but eventually released when his accuser realized the police were not coming any time soon.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
The hands of Fabien Josephe smooth out an aluminum pan at a makeshift foundry in the
Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 20, 2010.
Recycling micro-industries have received a new impulse with all the debris left behind last Jan.
12 earthquake's aftermath. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) #
Cite Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 20, 2010.
Recycling micro-industries have received a new impulse with all the debris left behind last Jan.
12 earthquake's aftermath. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) #
Jean Bertrand, 19, kicks a soccer ball during a physical therapy session with Handicap International
on the grounds of the new Doctors Without Borders hospital March 1, 2010 in Sarthe, Haiti.
The new hospital is under construction and will have beds for more than 300 people once
it is finished. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
on the grounds of the new Doctors Without Borders hospital March 1, 2010 in Sarthe, Haiti.
The new hospital is under construction and will have beds for more than 300 people once
it is finished. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #
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