Haiti Earthquake

Survivors of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti crowd together in displaced settlements in empty fields and parks throughout Port-au-Prince. While aid is beginning to flow into the ravaged Caribbean nation, the future of these families remains unclear. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT.

Survivors of the January 12 earthquake fill their buckets with water from a truck in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, where the ACT Alliance is setting up water treatment and distribution systems to supply thousands of Haitian families. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT.

Under the watch of United Nations troops from Argentina, earthquake survivors in the quake-ravaged Haitian city of Leogane unload emergency supplies provided by Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance, and Caritas Internationalis, on January 20. Hundreds of families in the town are homeless following a January 12 earthquake, and the two church-sponsored agencies worked together to bring them help. Diakonie organized an air cargo shipment of 34 tons of relief supplies from Europe, along with basic medicines for 80,000 people. The plane wasn't allowed to land in Port-au-Prince until January 20, yet it was unloaded within hours and aid was shipped immediately to Leogane in United Nations trucks, where it was unloaded by residents and quickly distributed. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT.

People in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince who survived Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake enjoyed safe water for the first time on January 21 after Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, installed a water system that provides homeless families with piped in water points. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

Boys in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince who survived Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake enjoy safe water for the first time on January 21 after Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, installed a water system that provides homeless families with piped in water points. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

People in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince who survived Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake enjoyed safe water for the first time on January 21 after Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, installed a water system that provides homeless families with piped in water points. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

A girl in the Belair neighborhood of Port-au-Prince who survived Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake enjoys safe water for the first time on January 21 after Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, installed a water system that provides homeless families with piped in water points. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

A man and his daughter in a displaced persons camp in Jacmel, a town on Haiti's southern coast that was ravaged by the January 12 earthquake, He and other homeless families in the camp are being helped by Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

Relief aid is unloaded in Jacmel, a town on Haiti's southern coast that was ravaged by the January 12 earthquake. A portion of the aid was airlifted to the region by Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

Nine-year old Jouly Seide ran out of her family's house during Hait's devastating January 12 earthquake, then remembered her one-year old sister still inside. She ran back in, only to have the house collapse on her. She and her sister were rescued later the same day, but she received head wounds that are being treated here on January 24 in a camp for homeless families in the Belair section of Port-au-Prince. The ACT Alliance is providing tents, water, and other support for families living here. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance

Our partner Aprosifa cares for malnourished children at their clinic in Carrefour Feuilles. Hunger was widespread in Haiti even before the earthquake struck. Photo by Christian Aid/ACT Alliance.

A boy living in a camp for homeless families helps unload food aid in Jacmel, a town on Haiti's southern coast that was ravaged by the January 12 earthquake. The aid comes from a shipment sponsored in part by Diakonie, a member of the ACT Alliance. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

A woman in Dabonne, Haiti, plays with a child in a temporary shelter. The family was left homeless by a January 12 earthquake. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

Girls carry water home from a broken pipe in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood days after the January 12 earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean island nation. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

This family is among hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in tents and makeshift shelters in a soccer stadium in the Santa Teresa area of Petionville, Haiti. They have named the narrow passages between their shelters with street names. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were left homeless by the January 12 quake. The ACT Alliance is providing water and other services to this community. Photos by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

This family is among hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in tents and makeshift shelters in a soccer stadium in the Santa Teresa area of Petionville, Haiti. They have named the narrow passages between their shelters with street names. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were left homeless by the January 12 quake. The ACT Alliance is providing water and other services to this community. Photos by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

A woman who survived Hait's devastating January 12 earthquake carries water through a camp for homeless families in the Belair section of Port-au-Prince. The ACT Alliance is providing water, tents, and other support for families living here. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance

Sentia Fabien, a 10-year old survivor of Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake, washes laundry outside her family's tent in a displaced person's camp in the Belair section of Port-au-Prince. The tents and other support for the camp have been provided by the ACT Alliance. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance