Images from my work experience in Haiti and Ghana.
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- A malnourished orphan lays in a crib at a hospital in Limbe, Haiti, May 23, 2011. The United Nations Children’s Fund estimated in 2007 that there were roughly 380,000 orphans in Haiti, a number which has since grown because of several earthquakes and diseases that have ravaged the country. Haiti’s lack of sanitation service, hot water or trash collection has increased the spread of infectious diseases through personal contact and unclean water. Heavy rains in Haiti for the past four weeks have also caused widespread flooding and mudslides, which contributed to the spread of Cholera.
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- A woman selling tobacco smokes her product at a market in Limbe, Haiti, May 23, 2011. The outdoor market in the mountain town of Limbe is the center of commerce and the only place to buy fresh food in the area. Vendors peddle their wares amidst burning piles of trash and loose farm animals.
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- Flags fly at half-staff following the death of President John Atta Mills during a dedication ceremony for a school building Wednesday, July 25 in Adaklu-Abuadi, Volta, Ghana. President Mills died unexpectedly Tuesday, July 24 at the age of 68 from complications related to throat cancer. Vice President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as his replacement in a ceremony Tuesday in the capital city of Accra.
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- Homeless street children sleep in their headpans under a bridge Thursday, August 9 in downtown Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Almost all street children in the city of Kumasi migrated from the poor Northern Region in the hope that they would be able to earn money easily in the city and then return home with their earnings. In reality, the children end up working long hours carrying heavy items on their heads and have difficulty finding safe shelter and food. An alarming number of these children are not able to earn enough money to survive and turn to drug peddling and child prostitution.
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- Children play on the beach at the Green Turtle Lodge Saturday, August 11 near Dixcove, Western Region, Ghana. The children come from nearby villages and work all day climbing coconut trees, splitting them with machetes and selling the product to tourists.
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- Two Weaver Finches fight for possession of a leaf August 14, 2012, at Han’s Cottage Botel in Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana. The Weaver Finch gets its name from the intricate nest it weaves together using twigs and strips of foliage.
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- A woman gathers wood Monday, August 13 on the shore of a man-made canal near Dixcove, Western Region, Ghana. The woman is a member of the Nzulezu village, a floating community built on stilts that is only accessible via canoe. The Nzulezu villagers must travel 45 minutes each way via handmade canoe to gather food or go to school.
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