Tent Cities

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

HAITI | Thursday, 3 January 2013 | Views [248] | View Larger Image

Amidst the chaos of a Tent City after the earthquake, a young girl gets on with her school work while her younger sister watches on. The Haitian peoples resilience and desire to gain a better life, never failed to amaze me.

In Haiti voodoo is widely practiced. Noticing I was carrying a camera, this lady came over and informed me that there is a strong voodoo belief-especially among older Haitians-that when someone takes your photo it steals your soul. I felt extremely privledged and it took me by surprise, when she offered to have her portrait taken.

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As I stood on that hill, I took in and captured with my camera the sheer scale of the tents erected on the steep hill face. Everywhere I looked were sprawling masses of crude tarpaulin homes as far as the eye could see. Crude makeshift shelters that for now they call home. Tens of thousands of now homeless individuals in these tented communities have united in order to survive, vulnerable to the elements.

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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