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Cité Soleil (Sun City in English) is a shanty town located in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. It is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum do not allow them to fulfill even the basic human needs. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist – there are no...
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  • Cité Soleil, a shanty town located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman and her daughter stand behind a wire fence in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian family in front of a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian boy tries to sell a bottle of soft drink inside the house in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian girl runs in a corridor between shacks in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian mother holds her baby inside the shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian boy shows a home made armoured vehicle toy on the street of the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Pigs search for food in the rotten garbage around shacks in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian woman leaves the shack in the slum of Cité Soleil while her mother is taking care of her child, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian women prepares a basket with candies which will be sold on the street in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian kids killing time in a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian girls in front of the Argentinian flag painted on the wall in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian mother feeds her baby in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian kid runs in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian boy shows a home made armoured vehicle toy on the street of the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian women carries buckets of drinking water in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian mother holds her baby inside the shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian community leader kisses a baby girl in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian girl plays in a garbage dump surrounding shacks in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Shacks and garbage in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Shacks and garbage in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Shacks and garbage in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian boy prepares food on the fire in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman looks through the wired window in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman stands in the door of a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman leaves a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman shows a skin disease and nail deformation in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian boy walks in front of a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman enters a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • An improvised classroom of a basic school run by a community leader in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • An improvised classroom of a basic school run by a community leader in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • An improvised classroom of a basic school run by a community leader in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play joyfully in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play joyfully in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play joyfully in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A dirty bed sheet right on the floor serves as a place for sleep in a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian kid play with waste water in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman leaves a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A young Haitian mother holds her baby inside the shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian mother sleeps with her kid on a cardboard in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian kid plucks a bird to prepare it as a food in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Bullet holes in the wall reveal that violence is present in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian women sell charcoal in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Bullet holes in the wall reveal that violence is present in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian man rests in a shadow inside a house ruin in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Dried cakes made from a mixture of yellow dirt, water and salt are sold on the street of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Bob Marley's portrait painted on the wall in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian dressmaker works in front of the house in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian dressmaker works in front of the house in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian baby sleeps in a blanket in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian baby plays in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian children play marbles in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman stands inside the shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A Haitian woman in front of a house in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian boy walks in front of shacks in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian man stands in front of a mural painting in the street of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian man carries bucket of food in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 14 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Pig searches for food in the rotten garbage on the beach in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Bullet holes in the wall of a ruined church reveal that violence is present in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 21 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Shacks and garbage in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian man walks in front of a mural painting in the street of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Haitian girl stands in the door of a shack in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist - there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • Pigs search for food in the rotten garbage around shacks in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist – there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • An Haitian woman eats rice in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 17 July 2008. Rice is a basic source of nutrition for all Haitians. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist – there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • An airplane flies over the shacks of the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 11 July 2008. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist – there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.

  • A girl feeds his younger brother by rice in the slum of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 22 July 2008. Rice is a basic source of nutrition for all Haitians. Cité Soleil is considered one of the worst slums in the Americas, most of its 300.000 residents live in extreme poverty. Children and single mothers predominate in the population. Social and living conditions in the slum are a human tragedy. There is no running water, no sewers and no electricity. Public services virtually do not exist – there are no stores, no hospitals or schools, no urban infrastructure. In spite of this fact, a rent must be payed even in all shacks made from rusty metal sheets. Infectious diseases are widely spread as garbage disposal does not exist in Cité Soleil. Violence is common, armed gangs operate throughout the slum.