Tag: Haitian Earthquake

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Haiti February 2010 – One Month After the Earthquake

This is an image taken by renowned photographer Patrick Farrell. Patrick Farrell was one of the first responders to enter Haiti after the massive earthquate of 2010. The devastation he saw left an indelible impression on Patrick. He returned a month following the earthquake and took this picture of children playing jump rope at the Leogane tent city located near Port au Prince, Haiti. To this very day tent cities still remain in Haiti. One of our projects is to show tent dwellers how to repair their hole ridden tents by fusing found plastic bags to their tarps. This simple, cost effective approach also helps reduce plastic garbage bag litter from the streets.

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Haitian School Buildings Collapse – the Aftermath

Patrick Farrell

Tent Cities and Tent Schools littered the Haitian landscape. Shortly after the devastating earthquake of 2010 schools slowly started to reopen. Unfortunately the ensuing tremors caused many of these schools to collapse. A harsh lesson was learned and Tent Schools quickly became the norm. This is image was taken by renowned photographer Patrick Farrell. Patrick was one of the few photographers who visited Haiti immediately after the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Fortunately for us his photographs captured the devastation that helped rivet the world into action.