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Images: From the Suburbs to Haiti, One Year Later

  Brothers wash each other in tent city across from the untouched Presidential Palace which lies in ruins. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A woman washes herself on the street across from the site of the Haitian Presidential Palace . Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian boy plays on the fence near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lionel Legoute, formerly of Palatine, and his fiancee Rachel Ehrhard of Oak Park share a moment with Port-au-Prince resident Madam Venia Jean Baptiste as she is given a Filter Pure filter by Elk Grove’s Lisa Ballantine, Director of Filter Pure International. The Filter Pure Company has two filter making factories, one in Jacmel, Haiti and the other in the Dominican Republic. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians’ new homes rest in the middle of the wreckage in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lionel Legoute, formerly of Palatine, and his fiancee Rachel Ehrhard of Oak Park shares a moment with Port-au-Prince resident Madam Venia Jean Baptiste in Port-au-Prince, Haiti talking about the earthquake and how it changed their lives. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent city residents live across the street from the the collapsed Haitian Presidential Palace . Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lionel Legoute, formerly of Palatine, and his fiancee Rachel Ehrhard of Oak Park share a moment in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent cities, such as this one near the runways of the Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport, house tents as far as the eye can see with no real estate between them in sweltering 100-plus degree heat. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent cities spring up just about everywhere in Port-au-Prince one year after a catastrophic earthquake shook Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent cities constructed in the wake of last year’s earthquake are comprised of complex, tightly packed units as far as the eye can see. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians walk by the remains of Port-Au-Prince Cathedral in one of the hardest-hit areas of Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Elk Grove’s Lisa Ballantine looks around the remains of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral with street children, who now use the building as a playground. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent cities constructed in the wake of last year’s earthquake are comprised of complex, tightly packed units as far as the eye can see. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians arrange their homes around the remains of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral . Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Anderson Chalemage ,14, washes his younger brother Moise Chalemage ,3, in tent city near the Port-au-Prince airport. Moise has a swollen stomach because of malnutrition. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Trucks weighted down with supplies and people cross the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic . Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians cross the border to Haiti from the Dominican Republic with supplies for their families. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian prepares to fill his water jugs in Haiti. Tap water is undrinkable. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Two boys row near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic in a colorful boat. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The border Haiti and the Dominican Republic share is jam-packed with a bustle of activity. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Colorful outfits and Haitian women going to work. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Armed border guards at the boundary of Haiti and the Dominican Republic keep the peace. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com