A million refugees urgently need shelter, food and water
One year since the Haiti earthquake – in pictures
On January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake struck a densely populated area in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti. Our humanitarian response is among the largest that Oxfam has ever done, with the amount of destruction and logistical challenges being among the worst we have ever faced.
Oxfam is providing support to 1.2 million people in Haiti through our earthquake response and cholera prevention programs. Here's a snapshot of 2010, in pictures. Click on the thumbnails below for more.
People walk along a debris-covered street in Port-au-Prince on January 17, 2010. World leaders pledged massive assistance to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake killed as many as 200,000 people, but five days into the crisis aid distribution was still random, chaotic and minimal. Photo: Reuters/Daniel Aguilar, courtesy www.alertnet.org
A view of one of several tent cities which have been set up to house the homeless in Port-au-Prince, on January 17, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Hans Deryk, courtesy www.alertnet.org
Aid workers are rushing to dispatch an Oxfam water bladder tank. Photo: Ivan Muñoz/Intermon Oxfam
Sonia Cesaire signing for plastic sheeting with the assistance of Gaston Yonald (Oxfam Shelter officer) at a plastic sheeting distribution in Croix des Bouquets. Photo: Jane Beesley/Oxfam
Yolette Etienne has been Oxfam Country Director for 10 years and is a Haitian national. She lost her mother in the quake, which also claimed the lives of two Oxfam staff. Many of her staff have lost their homes and family members, but despite this she says they have no choice, no other option but to work and work harder for the people of Haiti. Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam
Water bladder at the relocation site at Coraille Cesselesse where Oxfam is providing water, sanitation and public health activities, plus a donation of 600 tents. Photo: Jane Beesley/Oxfam
Oxfam water point at the Centre Sportif camp in the Carrefour neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo: Toby Adamson/Oxfam
The Oxfam bucket is one component of the hygiene kit. Kits include: a basin, an Oxfam bucket, 8 bars of soap, sanitary towels, and a pottie. Distribution and training are part of the public health promotion work Oxfam is working on. Photo: Julia Gilbert/Oxfam
Marie Carole Bourslquot, canteen owner in Carrefour Feuilles. The canteens are supported through Oxfam's livelihoods programs. Each canteen provided a daily hot meal to 80 vulnerable people in the first months after the quake. Photo: Jane Beesley/Oxfam
People are clearing rubble as part of Oxfam's cash for work program at the Tapis Rouge camp in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Ivan Muñoz/Intermon Oxfam
Rene Marie Dominique (10) and Oxfam laterines at Union Adventiste camp, Delmas 31, Port-au-Prince. Photo: Jane Beesley/Oxfam
Lunie Girard, a commuity organizer with Konbit / Oxfam during a hygiene promotion campaign in the town of Blue Hillsa, a slum in Cap Haitien. Residents learn good hand washing practice to avoid cholera infection. Photo: Carlos Cazalis
Haitians carrying water buckets during a hygiene promotion campaign in the town of Blue Hillsa, a slum in Cap Haitien. Photo: Carlos Cazalis
Marie Carole St. Juste ran a bottled-drinks and packaged-food business (known as a boutik in Kreole). The container she received has enabled her to re-open her shop. Photo: Toby Adamson/Oxfam
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