Afghanistan > Haiti > Somalia > Liberia BOYS AND FENCE Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1994 The fence exists not to keep the children inside but to keep the village pigs out. The pigs are dangerous for the young children and destroy the houses. These boys have only one job prospect for their lives. The villagers dig pits in the sand, fill them with seawater and later, harvest the dried salt.   BABY WITH POT Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1994 Three times each week a "Feed the Children" worker comes to the village and prepares a large pot of food. Almost everyone in the village brings a bowl for their share. First the children, and then the adults are served, but when the food is gone, some will return home empty handed and hungry.   BODY UNDER BRIDGE Port au Prince, Haiti - 1993 General Cedras has deposed President Aristid and resurrected the Ton Ton Macoutes from the Duvalier era. Each night they hunt through the slums of the cities looking for and often killing Aristid's supporters. In the morning the bodies are found in the streets. Outside the cities they remain unclaimed and rot.   CHILDREN PLAYING Kenscoff, Haiti - 1994 In all of Haiti this is the only place that appears prosperous, safe and fertile. Only a few wealthy families live here, and the fields are cultivated and green. And, these children of a poor caretaker of one of the mansions play in this isolated paradise surrounded by one of the most desperate places on earth.   DIRTY BABY Coridon, Haiti - 1994 The child is sitting on the ground dirty, sick and crying. The night before a visibly pregnant woman asked me for medicine for her child. I was tired and asked her to come back later. In the morning she is still waiting for me where I last saw her. I give her all I have, which is only a few Aspirins.   FRAIL GIRL Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1993 The country has been under an UN embargo for a year. The lack of fuel and imported goods has had little affect on most Haitians, who have no need for such luxuries anyway. The threat of invasion, however has driven the aid agencies away. And, that does effect the children, who rely on that tiny bit of assistance.   GIRL HOLDING SISTER Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1994 The little girl is crying and frightened by the photographer. Her sister picks her up protectively and scolds me with her eyes for scaring her little sister.   GIRL IN RED DRESS Port au Prince, Haiti - 1993 Haiti has been under an UN economic embargo for over a year. The United States is preparing to invade at any time to restore Aristide to power. The Ton Ton Macoutes are terrorizing the population under the direction of General Cedras. And, this little girl walks in the Sunday sun in her homemade, red dress.   MAMBO Port au Prince, Haiti - 1994 She is a priestess of the Voodoo religion. Most Haitians practice Voodoo in one form or another, often mixed with Catholicism. The countryside is mountainous, and there is no place where the sounds of drums cannot be heard coming from the hills when night falls.   NEW SCHOOL Port au Prince, Haiti - 2005 President Aristide has again been forced from the country, the UN is back, and people again die every day over political differences. But, schools are flourishing everywhere, and the roads are a sea of color in the mornings, packed with thousands of children in homemade uniforms unique to each school.   SPECIAL FORCES Saint Marc, Haiti - 1994 Well equipped, proud and confident, they have done their job well by removing General Cedras and returning President Aristid in a rare example of a nearly bloodless use of American power. But, now they are tired of the heat and country and we talk of mountain biking and fast food. They want to go home.   SUNSET GIRL Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1993 The ocean-side village of mud huts in the northwest part of Haiti has never had electricity or running water. Most children do not attend the school several miles away in Coridon. This little girl will never read a book, write a letter or even leave this village. I will meet her in many other places around the world over the next decade.   THREE KIDS AND TRUCK Prend du Monde, Haiti - 1993 The homemade truck is the only toy in the village and is constantly shared by all the children. Their father made it from discarded cooking oil tins. He arrives and quickly takes the children and the truck away, embarrassed by its crudeness and their poverty.