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rape in Haiti camps { 36 images } Created 22 Dec 2011

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  • Cars passing a road damaged by the Jan. 12 earthquake in the coastal town of Leogane, south of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on January 29, 2010.
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  • Houses destroyed by the 7.0 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Feb. 2, 2010
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  • A woman walking through the destruction in a neighborhood called Del Mas 32 near the makeshift refugee camp, JP HRO, run by the movie actor Sean Penn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 16, 2010.<br />
The camp is estimated to have over 55,000 refugees. <br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Bodies are piled up and put on streets as people are trying to cope with the massive destruction at Port-au-Prince and much of the country of Haiti after a massive earthquake that has killed thousands on Thursday January 14, 2010.
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  • Thousands of bodies lay on the street at the General Hospital in downtown Port-au-Prince to transport them to a common grave in Haiti on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Portrait of Venise Germain, 10-year-old girl,who was raped in the last 3 months in the makeshift refugee camp, La Piste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 20, 2010. La Piste (French for "runway")is a settlement sprawled across the site of a disused airport and now home to an estimated 20,000 earthquake survivors living in makeshift structures.<br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Venise Germain, 11.<br />
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The story of Venise, Neuhaus heard from her mother and a local doctor. She herself has difficulties talking about what had happened. "I cannot not feel guilty," says her mother, Isma. "I sent my 11 year-old daughter to help a neighbor who had lost his wife and stayed by himself to take care of the children. She was supposed to help him with the house chores for a little money, hoping I would be able to feed my five children. After a few times she spent at his place, my daughter came back and asked me why did I let him do that. She did not give specifics, but she did not have to. I knew immediately. I went to talk to a few men who are helping me run the camp, and asked for their help. They tried to catch him, but he escaped. We reported the police, but as far as I know, they also did not manage to arrest him."<br />
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Following what happened, the family was transferred to another camp and the authorities are trying to assist the mother with finding a job to provide for her family.
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  • Venise Germain, 11.<br />
<br />
The story of Venise, Neuhaus heard from her mother and a local doctor. She herself has difficulties talking about what had happened. "I cannot not feel guilty," says her mother, Isma. "I sent my 11 year-old daughter to help a neighbor who had lost his wife and stayed by himself to take care of the children. She was supposed to help him with the house chores for a little money, hoping I would be able to feed my five children. After a few times she spent at his place, my daughter came back and asked me why did I let him do that. She did not give specifics, but she did not have to. I knew immediately. I went to talk to a few men who are helping me run the camp, and asked for their help. They tried to catch him, but he escaped. We reported the police, but as far as I know, they also did not manage to arrest him."<br />
<br />
Following what happened, the family was transferred to another camp and the authorities are trying to assist the mother with finding a job to provide for her family.
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  • The makeshift refugee camp, JP HRO, run by the movie actor Sean Penn in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 19, 2010.<br />
The camp is estimated to have over 55,000 refugees. <br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Nadine Josile, 19.<br />
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There were six of them who entered the shelter. They covered my eyes with a blindfold and raped me one after another." Nadine recalls. "I was paralyzed. It was only few days after I had lost everyone, except my son who was born a few months before the earthquake struck. They were stepping on him. I remember him crying while they were raping me. Perhaps because of this trauma he has not started walking yet. Those criminals ruined my life for the second time. The first time, the earthquake came and took everything from me, left me with nothing, I ran out of the house with only what I had on me. And then they came, and left nothing out of me. I don't know what I will do when this child will be born. I hardly get any food for me and for my first child. Sometimes it seems I will have to kill him, sometimes I ask God to end my life. But when these thoughts hit me, I embrace my son and know he needs me. Perhaps the child that was conceived in sin will bring us luck."
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  • the maid with Alexandra Pierie who is about to give birth to her son Nadav Di Grazia paul in the makeshift refugee camp, La Piste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 20, 2010. La Piste (French for "runway")is a settlement sprawled across the site of a disused airport and now home to an estimated 20,000 earthquake survivors living in makeshift structures.<br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Alexandra Pierie with her son Nadav Di Grazia paul in the hospital next to the makeshift refugee camp, La Piste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 15, 2010. <br />
La Piste (French for "runway")is a settlement sprawled across the site of a disused airport and now home to an estimated 20,000 earthquake survivors living in makeshift structures.<br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Nadine Josile, 19.<br />
<br />
There were six of them who entered the shelter. They covered my eyes with a blindfold and raped me one after another." Nadine recalls. "I was paralyzed. It was only few days after I had lost everyone, except my son who was born a few months before the earthquake struck. They were stepping on him. I remember him crying while they were raping me. Perhaps because of this trauma he has not started walking yet. Those criminals ruined my life for the second time. The first time, the earthquake came and took everything from me, left me with nothing, I ran out of the house with only what I had on me. And then they came, and left nothing out of me. I don't know what I will do when this child will be born. I hardly get any food for me and for my first child. Sometimes it seems I will have to kill him, sometimes I ask God to end my life. But when these thoughts hit me, I embrace my son and know he needs me. Perhaps the child that was conceived in sin will bring us luck."
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  • Nadine Josile, 19.<br />
<br />
There were six of them who entered the shelter. They covered my eyes with a blindfold and raped me one after another." Nadine recalls. "I was paralyzed. It was only few days after I had lost everyone, except my son who was born a few months before the earthquake struck. They were stepping on him. I remember him crying while they were raping me. Perhaps because of this trauma he has not started walking yet. Those criminals ruined my life for the second time. The first time, the earthquake came and took everything from me, left me with nothing, I ran out of the house with only what I had on me. And then they came, and left nothing out of me. I don't know what I will do when this child will be born. I hardly get any food for me and for my first child. Sometimes it seems I will have to kill him, sometimes I ask God to end my life. But when these thoughts hit me, I embrace my son and know he needs me. Perhaps the child that was conceived in sin will bring us luck."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Migelaita Calvile, 17.<br />
<br />
"I came to Port-au-Prince after the earthquake to try finding a job, because in the mountains where my parents live there was nothing left for us. I met a friend here and one day while we were walking to another friend of ours we saw a lot of boys. We did not pay any attention, but on the way back, they were waiting for us. They covered my head and dragged me somewhere. I don't remember much but I know they only let me go the day after." Migelaita recalls, "I haven't told anyone what happened but after a few months I hadn't gotten my period, I went to check with the doctor, and he delivered me a result that left me shocked. I am pregnant. I am only 17, but for me, my life is over. Before that I could work somewhat, but now... Sometimes people here bring me things to eat and I try to find a job. But work like washing the dishes and cleaning is also hard on me now, in the last stages of my pregnancy. I am very much afraid of what will happen. After all, I hardly feed myself and I cannot tell my parents what happened to me. I really do not know what to do, I am depressed all the time because of that. I have no one here who can help me. I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I will not give the child up for adoption."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle 19.<br />
<br />
Marie lost her mother in the earthquake, and it was some time until she managed to find her father. 48 hours after the disaster struck, she found her family house ruined and her mother buried underneath.<br />
<br />
"I was sitting on the ruin for hours and wept," Marie recalls. "I got back to the camp by night time. It was already dark. A group of young men followed me and covered my head with a sack. They raped me. One after another. I remember 15 of them. Some of them I recognize even today. I hear their voices as I walk through the camp. I didn't go to the police because they were not doing anything anyway, but I reached the hospital. They gave me a prescription (for a day after pill) that I would have to buy, but I had no money at that time. Perhaps it would have prevented this problem from being conceived, saving me from this pregnancy. It was so difficult going through it, in every aspect. Knowing how he was conceived, the humidity, the mice all over... I tried to keep myself clean so with no other choice I would bathe outside, even though everyone was looking and it was scary."<br />
<br />
She gave birth in a tent inside the camp in a hard labor that lasted over 24 hours. "I lost a lot of blood and I couldn't move. I thought I was going to die. Luckily I found my Kapap who really cares for my baby. He used to be motorcycle mechanic before the earthquake but he lost all his tools and now he cannot work and has no job. We go to church every Sunday and pray to God. Only he can help us here."
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  • Marie Kena Michelle's dream was to become a nurse. Then the Haiti earthquake struck, killing her mother, disabling her father and destroying the family home. With no place to live, she moved to the tent city of La Piste near Port-au-Prince. Soon after she arrived, a group of young men attacked her, putting a plastic bag over her head and raping her. Marie tried, unsuccessfully, to terminate the pregnancy that resulted from the rape. Here, she's in the church at the memorial  ceremony for the earthquake.
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  • Josile Clairmina<br />
<br />
Right after the earthquake, Josile ran through the street with her son, looking for her parents who live nearby. After her search failed, she tried calling her husband, who at that time was at his workplace downtown in Port-au-Prince. Her house was ruined, and as she had no friends in the neighborhood, Josile joined her neighbors and with a group effort they built rickety shelters out of sheets and cloths they were able to save after the quake. Two fearful nights later, Josile heard steps outside her shelter. Hoping her husband was saved and now coming to find her and their child, her hope became terror with the sound of a knife aggressively cutting the cloth covering her shelter. As her blood froze, she fearfully screamed, "Who's there?" A male voice answered, "You'll see." Before she even grasped what was happening, several men entered the small shelter, covered her face with a piece of cloth and brutally raped her, one after another. She only remembers hearing male voices and as she was too paralyzed trying to resist, she had lost consciousness. When she woke, she asked her friend's help to reach the hospital. She says:<br />
<br />
"I was ashamed to tell anyone what really happened to me so they just took some blood to check if I had HIV. It was only a few days after the disaster, no one cared about anything. Everyone was just trying to survive. A month after what happened, I realized I was pregnant. The few survivors of my family either ignored me or gave me strange looks. I try to manage, yet have no idea where life will lead me. Every day that passes here in the excruciating heat and the rains flooding this hut seems like a year to me. The feeling is that nobody really cares about us, and I can only hope that god will help this fruit of sin I gave birth to. Each night I look at him I remember that awful night, but despite all that, I love him."
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  • Josile Clairmina<br />
<br />
Right after the earthquake, Josile ran through the street with her son, looking for her parents who live nearby. After her search failed, she tried calling her husband, who at that time was at his workplace downtown in Port-au-Prince. Her house was ruined, and as she had no friends in the neighborhood, Josile joined her neighbors and with a group effort they built rickety shelters out of sheets and cloths they were able to save after the quake. Two fearful nights later, Josile heard steps outside her shelter. Hoping her husband was saved and now coming to find her and their child, her hope became terror with the sound of a knife aggressively cutting the cloth covering her shelter. As her blood froze, she fearfully screamed, "Who's there?" A male voice answered, "You'll see." Before she even grasped what was happening, several men entered the small shelter, covered her face with a piece of cloth and brutally raped her, one after another. She only remembers hearing male voices and as she was too paralyzed trying to resist, she had lost consciousness. When she woke, she asked her friend's help to reach the hospital. She says:<br />
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"I was ashamed to tell anyone what really happened to me so they just took some blood to check if I had HIV. It was only a few days after the disaster, no one cared about anything. Everyone was just trying to survive. A month after what happened, I realized I was pregnant. The few survivors of my family either ignored me or gave me strange looks. I try to manage, yet have no idea where life will lead me. Every day that passes here in the excruciating heat and the rains flooding this hut seems like a year to me. The feeling is that nobody really cares about us, and I can only hope that god will help this fruit of sin I gave birth to. Each night I look at him I remember that awful night, but despite all that, I love him."
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  • Daily life in the makeshift refugee camp, La Piste, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 17, 2010. La Piste (French for "runway")is a settlement sprawled across the site of a disused airport and now home to an estimated 20,000 earthquake survivors living in makeshift structures.<br />
Six month after a catastrophic earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 13, 2010, killing an estimated 230,000 people, injuring an estimated 300,000 and making homeless an estimated 1,000,000.
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  • Josile Clairmina<br />
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Right after the earthquake, Josile ran through the street with her son, looking for her parents who live nearby. After her search failed, she tried calling her husband, who at that time was at his workplace downtown in Port-au-Prince. Her house was ruined, and as she had no friends in the neighborhood, Josile joined her neighbors and with a group effort they built rickety shelters out of sheets and cloths they were able to save after the quake. Two fearful nights later, Josile heard steps outside her shelter. Hoping her husband was saved and now coming to find her and their child, her hope became terror with the sound of a knife aggressively cutting the cloth covering her shelter. As her blood froze, she fearfully screamed, "Who's there?" A male voice answered, "You'll see." Before she even grasped what was happening, several men entered the small shelter, covered her face with a piece of cloth and brutally raped her, one after another. She only remembers hearing male voices and as she was too paralyzed trying to resist, she had lost consciousness. When she woke, she asked her friend's help to reach the hospital. She says:<br />
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"I was ashamed to tell anyone what really happened to me so they just took some blood to check if I had HIV. It was only a few days after the disaster, no one cared about anything. Everyone was just trying to survive. A month after what happened, I realized I was pregnant. The few survivors of my family either ignored me or gave me strange looks. I try to manage, yet have no idea where life will lead me. Every day that passes here in the excruciating heat and the rains flooding this hut seems like a year to me. The feeling is that nobody really cares about us, and I can only hope that god will help this fruit of sin I gave birth to. Each night I look at him I remember that awful night, but despite all that, I love him."
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  • Josile Clairmina<br />
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Right after the earthquake, Josile ran through the street with her son, looking for her parents who live nearby. After her search failed, she tried calling her husband, who at that time was at his workplace downtown in Port-au-Prince. Her house was ruined, and as she had no friends in the neighborhood, Josile joined her neighbors and with a group effort they built rickety shelters out of sheets and cloths they were able to save after the quake. Two fearful nights later, Josile heard steps outside her shelter. Hoping her husband was saved and now coming to find her and their child, her hope became terror with the sound of a knife aggressively cutting the cloth covering her shelter. As her blood froze, she fearfully screamed, "Who's there?" A male voice answered, "You'll see." Before she even grasped what was happening, several men entered the small shelter, covered her face with a piece of cloth and brutally raped her, one after another. She only remembers hearing male voices and as she was too paralyzed trying to resist, she had lost consciousness. When she woke, she asked her friend's help to reach the hospital. She says:<br />
<br />
"I was ashamed to tell anyone what really happened to me so they just took some blood to check if I had HIV. It was only a few days after the disaster, no one cared about anything. Everyone was just trying to survive. A month after what happened, I realized I was pregnant. The few survivors of my family either ignored me or gave me strange looks. I try to manage, yet have no idea where life will lead me. Every day that passes here in the excruciating heat and the rains flooding this hut seems like a year to me. The feeling is that nobody really cares about us, and I can only hope that god will help this fruit of sin I gave birth to. Each night I look at him I remember that awful night, but despite all that, I love him."
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  • Josile Clairmina<br />
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Right after the earthquake, Josile ran through the street with her son, looking for her parents who live nearby. After her search failed, she tried calling her husband, who at that time was at his workplace downtown in Port-au-Prince. Her house was ruined, and as she had no friends in the neighborhood, Josile joined her neighbors and with a group effort they built rickety shelters out of sheets and cloths they were able to save after the quake. Two fearful nights later, Josile heard steps outside her shelter. Hoping her husband was saved and now coming to find her and their child, her hope became terror with the sound of a knife aggressively cutting the cloth covering her shelter. As her blood froze, she fearfully screamed, "Who's there?" A male voice answered, "You'll see." Before she even grasped what was happening, several men entered the small shelter, covered her face with a piece of cloth and brutally raped her, one after another. She only remembers hearing male voices and as she was too paralyzed trying to resist, she had lost consciousness. When she woke, she asked her friend's help to reach the hospital. She says:<br />
<br />
"I was ashamed to tell anyone what really happened to me so they just took some blood to check if I had HIV. It was only a few days after the disaster, no one cared about anything. Everyone was just trying to survive. A month after what happened, I realized I was pregnant. The few survivors of my family either ignored me or gave me strange looks. I try to manage, yet have no idea where life will lead me. Every day that passes here in the excruciating heat and the rains flooding this hut seems like a year to me. The feeling is that nobody really cares about us, and I can only hope that god will help this fruit of sin I gave birth to. Each night I look at him I remember that awful night, but despite all that, I love him."
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  • In the days following Haiti's deadly Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Clairmine Josile cobbled together a shelter of sticks and cloth in at Camp La Piste, a tent city that houses some 50,000 refugees. She was in the tent with her children, when a gang of men with guns ripped open the shelter, covered the women's faces and raped them. "I don't know how many people walked in, all I know was that they raped," she said. A friend advised Clairmine to see a doctor, but she was too ashamed to admit the rape. Within weeks, she realized she'd become pregnant as a result of the attack. The baby was born in the camp one more mouth to feed at Camp La Piste
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