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Images: Haitian life

  Tent City in Port-au-Prince near the airport where thousands have lived for over a year since the earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  One of the worst and most dangerous tent city in Port-au-Prince area, Cite Soleil, sun city where there is no electricity or sewers and is controlled by gangs. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent city children wash in the open with dirty water where they have lived for over a year since the earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A tent city resident works on the roof of his make shift house in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids play with a flatten soccer ball in tent city in Port-au-Prince as houses dot the hillside in the background. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Inside one of the tents in Cite Soleil, Sun City in Port-au-Prince is regarded as the most dangerous tent city in the region with some of its residents who have been there since the earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Daily life includes a man throwing out dirty water in tent city near Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Rows of tents dot the landscape in and around Port-au-Prince nearly a year after the earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Broken buildings dot the Port-au-Prince landscape pretty much as they did on the day of the 2010 January earthquake with pieces of rubble still scattered on the ground. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids swim in the dirty water while a woman does her laundry near a tent city located near Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Earthquake damage still remains a year later in the Port-au-Prince area. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Earthquake damage of a university school where five people are still entombed in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The Port-au-Prince Cathedral is now a place where kids play instead of praying. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Pigs root in the garbage dump located next to the Caribbean Sea in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The Port-au-Prince university lies in rubble with fresh flowers marking the one year earthquake anniversary of 2010. Five students still remain entombed in the rubble. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian women such as this one walk the streets of Port-au-Prince selling her bag of onions and other products that they have raised to earn money. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A woman gives a haircut in a pile of earthquake rubble outside Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Port-au-Prince residents see not much of future after the 2010 earthquake when they face what is in front of them. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian children dressed in their Sunday best clothes play on what was a school that was destroyed by the earthquake of 2010 in Jacmel as a Catholic mass commemorates the members of their community that were killed. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian girls take a moment after school to have their picture taken. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian children play after school in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Waiting to be seen at a medical clinic all dressed up in her best clothes a Haitian woman smiles despite all her hardships. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids in tent city have smiles on their faces despite conditions in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Lisa Ballantine, Director of FilterPure Filters with kids in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Market day at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Broken buildings dot the Port-au-Prince landscape pretty much as they did on the day of the 2010 January earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Port-au-Prince residents walk past the Presidential Palace which remains untouched since the 2010 earthquake that destroyed it. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Despite her hardships living in tent city in Port-au-Prince, this little girls manages to let a huge smile brighten the day for all who were lucky enough to see it. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Walking with oranges after coming from the market past earthquake ruins in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Women carry five gallon buckets, some empty, some full, on their heads as they go about their daily chores. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Marching in the streets of Jacmel, Haiti, Haitians pray and sing for their fellow family members and friends marking the one year anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck the region. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians wash their clothes in ocean run off water in the afternoon sun. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian sleeps outside the ruins of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Goats and pigs eat garbage on the beach as the Caribbean Sea breaks against the shoreline in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The living room floor is all that is left of a house in Jacmel, Haiti as a young boy entertains himself by sliding on it as makeshift houses now dot the landscape. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Parade in Jacmel on the anniversary of the earthquake brought prayers and songs to Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The ruins of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids play in the ruins of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Walking to a water well with five gallon buckets on their head is a everyday fact of life for Haitians. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Earthquake damage still remains a year later in the Port-au-Prince area. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Floors at the university pancaked entombing five students during the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  What was part of the university school was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Street kids pound on your windows as you drive by looking for money or food in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A section of a roof sits precariously ready to fall with the next aftershock in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Kids play near the rubble of the university where five students were killed and remain in the 2010 earthquake at Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian woman dressed up in her best clothes waits for treatment at a medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian girl waits for her mother as she is treated at a local clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian girl smiles as she waits for treatment at a medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Beautiful faces and colors as displayed by this Haitian woman is present in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian girl sporting a winning smile takes a break after school to have her picture taken. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian women sporting colorful hats wait for treatment at the local clinic to see an American doctor in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Colorful ribbons in this schoolgirl's hair symbolizes what school she goes to in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian schoolboy strikes a friendly pose in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  An old Haitian woman waits for treatment to see an American doctor at the local clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians wait in the hot sun all day if necessary to see an American doctor at the local clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian girl casts a look of wonderment as she plays in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians by the busloads cross the border into Haiti from the Dominican Republic with supplies on a daily basis. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian women walk along the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic looking for a ride to their homes. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  :Earthquake damaged buildings lean to the right as people walk by in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian brother and sister walk home from school in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian girl hangs out at the medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitian school girls walking home after school to their home in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians schoolchildren race home in colorful uniforms in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians brothers wash each other at their home in tent city in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young schoolboy walks home after school in Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Colorful people in a colorful land share their smiles despite their hardships on a daily basis. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian woman carries her supplies on market day at the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  School girls walk to their school in the early morning light in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian girl makes use of a large bowl as a new play toy in tent city in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Morning light wakes up residents in their homes located on a mountain side in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian boy sits and eats his peanut butter sandwich in tent city inside the borders of Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians continue to do their daily chores despite the earthquakes damages around them. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  The Port-au-Prince Cathedral Church sits as a reminder of the earthquake as residents go about their daily chores in the morning. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian woman prays on the anniversary date of the earthquake in Jacmel, Haiti Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent city residents sit and watch the activities of the day in Port-au-Prince across from the Presidential Palace. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian woman washes herself outside her tent, one of thousands, in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Residents walk past the broken remains of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral on the anniversary of the earthquake. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian boy plays on the wall near the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on market day. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Tent city residents sit outside their homes in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Women wash themselves in the water run off from the Caribbean Sea near Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A young Haitian boy plays with a hoop and stick in the trash dump located outside the Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Haitians take to the streets to protest the lack of change since the earthquake to their town of Jacmel, Haiti. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Catching a ride as the sun sets is common and necessary as Haitians try to get home after working out in the city of Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Reminders of the earthquake destructive powers stand as a testimonial everywhere in Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  :Haitian boys play in the ruins of the Port-au-Prince Cathedral despite the dangers of falling concrete. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  A Haitian begs for money in the middle of a busy street is a common sight near Port-au-Prince. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com