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We went up the hills above town. The first camp we visited was Ste Therese; there must be about 4000 people in there. The heat is unbearable under the improvised tarps and sheets tents, especially with people cooking under them.
But what surprises me is how well kept it is, considering there is no latrines, garbage disposals, or anything else. Some of these camps are well organized socially – people help each other and work together.
People are friendly and good-natured, children play, women wash clothes in plastic tubs or cook what is left of their food on the coal stoves. They take care of the wounded the best they can.
This is nothing compared to camps I’ve seen in the first days. Yet no help has come their way. I only saw one Haitian doctor working with the little supplies he salvaged from his house. After going through such an ordeal they seem to keep it together and hold on. Not for very much longer though, they lack for everything, and most of all drinking water.
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12 Comments
2010-01-20
11:19:50
The resilience of the people of Haiti in the face of such devastation and suffering is beyond words. Our very best to the whole crew - be well and be safe!
2010-01-20
22:36:10
très belles images nico, ..
2010-01-21
02:54:01
You are doing incredible work on behalf of all of us who can't physically be there to help. Thank you.
The people of Haiti, you, and your crew, and all of the relief workers are in my thoughts and heart
with love and respect,
Allison
2010-01-21
05:33:11
courage Nico dur apprentissage de ton nouveau métier.Nous avons une grande compassion pour ces pauvre gens et l'admiration pour leur courage.Nous voyons a la télé que les secours arrivent lentement mais sûrement accrochez-vous
2010-01-21
05:42:08
The people are so strong! Thanks for your reports and a lot of good wishes and strenght to all of you on this island.
2010-01-21
11:05:36
Nico! Following your story closely. There was a big story on the CBC this morning about your shoot. I think your work in covering this tragedy will have an important effect on getting this people from all over the world to help out in the rebuilding efforts. Your images are like nothing I've seen on mainstream media and they give a sense of immediacy and scale to the event.
I wish I could be there to help you.
Take care and stay safe,
Eamonn
2010-01-21
11:06:30
L'essentiel est de croire fermement qu'il est possible de continuer de faire quelque chose de positif, même a partir d'une situation dramatique.
2010-01-21
11:20:00
Nico.. your filming really shows the humanity there, shows how they are living with so little help from the world. Thank you for being there now and for filming with such compassion.
2010-01-21
11:46:21
Thank you all for continuing to report under very difficult circumstances. So essential that we can keep the human faces in front of us as we hear the news reports.
2010-01-21
11:48:05
Keep up the good work Nico and colleagues. Amazing and humbling service.
thank-you.
josh
2010-01-28
10:15:55
take care nico. you should getting rest if you feel exhausted. we want more stories and you are the only one who give this us. your team must get rest if they could feel tired.. hope, i am here to lead my hand to help and give my effort to share what i i've share for tha hittian's people. keep safe and be responsible for your team also just for good. haittian;s wants you more.
Good luck and more power.
Mizael
Philippines
2010-02-16
16:00:50
[...] of the Haitian people, and also a great responsibility. The beauty and strength of my fellow humans never stopped to amaze me throughout my travels, something I hadn’t expected to see much of in a disaster [...]