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  • A young boy begins to eat his dinner sitting on the threshold of his families home high on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  Malnutricion is prevalent throughout Haiti, due to the lack of food and the monotony in their meal structures.
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  • A woman stands with her daughter in front of a mural showing a utopian version of the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  Reality is a stark contrast from the painting on the building behind them.
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  • A girl helps her friend with her shoes after they and fello parishoners attend Sunday mass at the Saint Roch Catholic church atop the Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • A young girl makes her way back home with two containers filled with water after collecting it at the natural spring atop the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  Behind her a family makes their way back up the mountain after attending church service.
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  • With the help of a donkey two women walk back up the mountain with the goods they were not able to sell/trade in Carrefour, Haiti down below.  The daily walk could take up to more than two hours each way.
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  • A man making his way to the edge of the mountain by tap tap is reflected in the sunshade.  Many mountain people work during the day in Carrefour and then are dropped off at the edge of the mountain and walk the rest of the way up.  Sometimes over two hours each way daily.
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  • A woman hands her son a plate with maise (corn paste) with a bean broth over it as dinner time begins high on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  With no money, the meals are usually the same on tha daiy basis, and malnutrition is always close at hand.
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  • The shanty towns crawl up the sides of the mountain from Carrefour down below.  The scenery changes as you head farther up the mountain with the population becoming more hidden in the foliage in the mountain.
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  • Youngsters from the surrounding countryside around Carrefour gather in front of the Saint Roch clinic to see if they will be sponsored by foster parents back in the US, who for approximately $25/month will send the youngsters through school.  With no public education, this is the only way that the children of the mountain will get schooling.
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  • Parishoners attend Sunday mass at the Saint Roch Catholic church atop the Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  Over 80% of Haiti's population is Roman Catholic and their faith play an important part in their lives.
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  • A family begins eating dinner at their home deep in the woods above Carrefour, Haiti.  The meal consist of maise (corn paste) and a bean broth over it.  It is a standard meal for the poor people living on the mountain.
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  • A kindergarten student pays attention to the lesson at the Church of Christ school in Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The classes are conducted in a concrete building with a concrete floor.  The 6th grade is conducted in the church. With no public schooling, parents are forced to solicit help from foreigners who sponsor their children's schooling.
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  • A woman holds her newborn outside the entrance to their home on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  With no health care or car, pregnant mothers are forced to walk for hours to visit the hospital, and many decide to give birth in their homes.
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  • A young girl peeks from a store shack on the side of the road that leads up the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti after getting out of school.
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  • Students rush out of school and down the mountain as their school day comes to an end high on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The school features all grades from preschool to 8th grade.  The student body numbers over 430.  Haiti has no public school system so families are forced to pay for their children to go to school, excluding the vast majority of the populations children.
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  • Men work collecting rock that will be made into plaster in the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  With over 2/3 of the country unemployed, jobs are far and few between, giving people no choices in what they have to do.
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  • Youngsters carry the supplies their home needs up the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The front boy carries firewood while the smaller one carries other items that they collected from fields on the side of the road.  The entire family is asked to contribute to their wellbeing.  The boys usually collect firewood, while the girls collect water at the natural spring high on the mountain.
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  • A man stands in his home in the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  His bedroom can be seen in the background.  Most of the mountain people live in homes that are made with sticks covered with plaster.  With over 2/3 of the population unemployed, the future looks bleak.
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  • With 2/3 of the population unemployed, youngsters are often left with no options.  Two youngsters listen to their battery operated radio in front of their home high on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  Over 80% of Haiti's 10 million residents live in poverty, and its youth are left to ponder their bleak future.
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  • As the sun sets, women carry the goods they did not sell at the market and the things they bought as they make their way up the mountain from Carrefour.  The walk, which takes over 2 hours for some, is a harduous climb from the seaside city of Carrefour to high up on the mountain.
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  • Children attend the Catholic school of Saint Roch high on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The school features all grades from preschool to 8th grade.  The student body numbers over 430.  Haiti has no public school system so families are forced to pay for their children to go to school, excluding the vast majority of the populations children.  The children count on foreigners to sponsor them.
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  • Children waste the day away in the back yard of their families home up on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The small farm in the background barely produces enough vegetables for the family to eat.  These children are not able to find a sponsor family for their schooling so they spend their days at home.
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  • Kindergarten students write their abc's on a well work blackboard.  Various grade levels attend school at the Church of Christ school in Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The classes are conducted in a concrete building with a concrete floor.  The 6th grade is conducted in the church.
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  • Various grade levels attend school at the Church of Christ school in Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The classes are conducted in a concrete building with a concrete floor.  The 6th grade is conducted in the church.
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  • Youg girls walk up the mountainside with buckes of water they filled at the natural spring high on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The young girls of the family are usually asked to carry this laborious task, with walks often over 2 hours long each way from the spring.
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  • A woman starts making her way back home after filling a bucket with water at the natural spring high on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.   The spring is the only natural source on the mountain and people walk for hours up the mountain to collect water, bathe and wash their clothes.  Once done they will fill buckets with water and carry it back to their homes.
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  • Children attend the Catholic school of Saint Roch in the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The school features all grades from preschool to 8th grade.  The student body numbers over 430.  Haiti has no public school system so families are forced to pay for their children to go to school, excluding the vast majority of the populations children.  Students line up to re-enter the school after recess.
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  • A woman takes a break as she carries a basket filled with small snacks she bought in Carrefour that she is bringing back up the mountain to sell.
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  • The morning fog covers the hills surrounding Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  The presidential palace can be seen in the corner below.
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  • Haiti is the most populated and poorest country of the western hemishpere with 80% of Haiti's population living in poverty.  2/3 are unemployed leaving many to ponder their future.
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  • A woman washes her clothes at the only natural spring in the mountains above Carrefour, Haiti.  The spring is the only natural source on the mountain and people walk for hours up the mountain to collect water, bathe and wash their clothes.  Once done they will fill buckets with water and carry it back to their homes.
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  • Yougsters play jump rope in the middle of a dirt road that leads up the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • A young woman washes her clothes at the site of a natural spring high on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  All the mountain people make their way to the spring to wash their clothes and collect drinking water for their families.
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  • A youngster tries to control his horse at the natural spring as others wash their clothes high up the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  The spring is the only natural source on the mountain and people walk for hours up the mountain to collect water, bathe and wash their clothes.  Once done they will fill buckets with water and carry it back to their homes.
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  • A woman sells clothes in a makeshift store set up outside her home off the dirt road leading up the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  Stores, in a typical sense, don't exist and people trade goods.
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  • 2009/11/17 17:51:19 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2965<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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++ A woman holds her grandaughter inside the common room of her home in the mountains above Carrefour, Haiti.  Eighty percent of the population in Haiti live in poverty.
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  • A man works on building some chairs out of wood at his friends home.  Youngsters will build a series of chairs then will carry them down to Carrefour where they will sell them at market.  The ones they did not sell will have to be carried back up the mountain.
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  • Youngsters pass the day away playing soccer on a clay yard in the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • A man is brought down the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti, by family and friends on a makeshift stretcher after he started to complain about extreme abdominal pain.  With no ambulances, this is the only way for patients to get the the hospital in an emergency.
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  • 2009/11/16 20:20:31 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2382<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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++ Franz Pierre Louis 24 holds daughter Kimberly Pierre Louis 9 months as their grandmother Chrisana Bruny, 84 prepares the fire for the evenings dinner at their home on the mountain above Carrefour, Haiti. With no job, Franz is not sure what the future holds.  Two thirds of Haiti's population are unemployed and 80% live in poverty.
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  • Young men spend the days at each others homes. With over 80% of the population living in poverty and 2/3 of the 10 million people without a job, the future looks bleak for the young generation living in the mountains above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • 2009/11/16 20:20:55 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2402<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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++ Unemployed Franz Pierre Louis 24 sits in front of his home with daughter Kimberly Pierre Louis, 9 months, as the day slowly crawls by high above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • 2009/11/16 20:19:00 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2302<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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Chrisana Bruny, 84, has her face caked with plaster as she works on patching the wall of her small house on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.
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  • A man walks through his home as he prepares to eat some lunch.  The mountain people of Haiti have built their homes themselves mostly from sticks covered in plaster.  This gentlemans home reflects his higher status because of its block construction.  He has goats that he sells.
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  • 2009/11/16 20:20:16 / haiti 2009 / _MG_2371<br />
PHOTO PETER PEREIRA<br />
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 Fabiola Pierre Louis 16 studies in front of her room at her parents home high in the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  With no public school system, youngsters like Fabiola, are forced to ask for sponsorship from foreigners who for $25/week pay for their schooling.
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