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Delmas 42 camp, a sprawling site on the hills overlooking the Haitian capital and the Caribbean beyond, epitomises the challenges facing the government and aid groups as they try to rebuild a country devastated by the earthquake.
Delmas 42 camp, a sprawling site on the hills overlooking the Haitian capital and the Caribbean beyond, epitomises the challenges facing the government and aid groups as they try to rebuild a country devastated by the Jan. 12 quake which killed 212,000 people.
Before the disaster, the Petionville Club was an upmarket nine-hole golf course. Now it's home to a rainbow-coloured sea of makeshift shelters and some 50,000 Haitians displaced by last month's earthquake.
The camp has just one toilet for every 400 or so residents. People say they are hungry, and are using bed sheets and blankets for shelter.
Yet many of the systems put in place by aid agencies and camp residents are working well. Food distributions happen daily and committees of residents have formed.
These photos taken by AlertNet Editor Tim Large show displaced people dealing calmly with the difficulties of daily life after the quake.
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