What does it feel like to be a child in Haiti right now?

Andrise's Story

Two of her cousins died, as did many of her friends. With her house cracked in half and about to collapse any minute Andrise now sleeps on the streets.

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Emmanuella's Story

When the earthquake struck her first thought was to save her children, Immaelle, 3 and Titus, 7. She hopes for a better life for them and wants to put the smile back on their faces.

Andrise reads through a pile of papers she found laying in the refuse that litters the ground of the makeshift camp where she currently lives.

The view from the door of Andrise’s home shows the devastation wreaked. Andrise says, “We saw the house just next to ours disappear completely. It collapsed and two babies who were inside died.”

Andrise, nine, lost her home in the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. Here she stands amid the rubble surrounding her home after it was destroyed during the earthquake.

Andrise looks at her reflection in a fragment of broken mirror that she found in the rubble near her old home.

Andrise takes a drink of water from a bucket as she stands above the ruins of her neighborhood. Andrise and her mother are sleeping outside in a makeshift camp.

Andrise’s mother Valerie was a university student before the earthquake, but her university was completely destroyed in the disaster. She is now looking for a way to finish her studies and find employment.

Andrise stands outside her home .The ruins of a computer lay among other household items destroyed by the earthquake.

Andrise says: “I feel so bad because I have cousins who died, I have an uncle who died, I know so many people who died when their houses collapsed,” says Andrise.

Andrise watches as street life in her old neighbourhood slowly returns to normal.

Photo credit: Colin Crowley/Save the Children