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Photographs from Haiti

Photographs copyright Pat Henneforth & Dave Porter

A small boy watches as ground is wetted to
prepare for class.

N a Sonje co-founder and tour guide provides many with a festive meal at the end of the week.

This is a small latrine that was built along with a small house next to which we pitched one of our donated tents.

From left: Pastor Mathieu Ciceron, his father, Pat Henneforth, and Lamont Carolina meet in Fonds Parisien to learn about plans for orphanage, school and office to address needs of repatriated Haitian children sent back from the Dominican Republic.

Williamson Jacque's sister, Miriam, stands with one of our donated tents.

A homeless mother receives a tent to pitch on some land she is borrowing temporarily from a friend in Gwo Jan.

A makeshift tripod and old brochure provide educational materials for this teacher to use.

Pat Henneforth and Diane Ford Jones prepare for a trip to Port-au-Prince. Diane is to attend the memorial service of a famous feminist leader.

Pat Henneforth eats a porridge for breakfast. Benches are poles protected with found cloth and a tarp.

Pat Henneforth holds a child at a makeshift school in Port-au-Prince.

School children gather for lessons prepared by volunteer teachers.

Carla Bluntschli and Dave Porter with a donated tent.

Dave Porter with children at Delmas 19 latrine construction project.

Fallen church due to January 12, 2010 earthquake in Gwo Jan.

Dave Porter dances to drumming.

Williamson Jaque, right, prepares children for lesson and reads letters from New York City children.

Pastor Besing leads Sunday morning service with song and clapping.

Co-director of the Haiti Response Coalition, Djaloki Jean Luc Dessables, explains the situation and how this earthquake can change the world.

Land in Port-au-Prince being cleared and leveled for tent city.

Families set up tents on median strip to protect their property across the street.

Domes from the Presidential Palace have collapsed.

A casket being transported.

A greatly expanded roster of students in Leogane.

Courtyard of Rays of Hope School in Solino, Port-au-Prince after earthquake.

A destroyed city block.

Pastor Besing discusses plans for office, orphanage, and school in Fonds Parisien.

Dave Porter provides an art activity for many children in Gwo Jan.

Pastor Besing leads a circle game in the Rays of Hope School courtyard.

A man walks past a crumbled building.

Tent city near airport in Port-au-Prince.

Welele and Mona teach a lesson through painting to children at school in Port-au-Prince.

Mother encourages child to complete project.

Children participate in drawing project in school in Port-au-Prince.