Haiti – Poverty – Daily Life in Wharf Jeremie, Port au Prince

07 Nov 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti — A mother holds her child in her hands getting inside their shack. Wharf Jeremie is one of the poorest districts of Port au Prince, a shantytown where about 150.000 people live in miserable conditions and where gangs, drug and arms dealers are free to increase their business. This is one of the areas forbidden by UN because of its dangerousness. Wharf Jeremie is built on a garbage dump among the sea and a little smelly, dark river. This is a high risk area for deseases. After hurricane Tomas great part of it was flooded and Wharf Jeremie is one of the first Port au Prince areas where cholera appeared. No foreign organization started projects in here with the exception of Sister Marcella, a franciscan nun, graduated in Medicine and nurse. She lives in Wharf Jeremie since 5 years carring on with many projects to help Wharf Jeremie people. Thanks to donations she bui — Image by © Marco Baroncini/Corbis