Haiti: Picking up pieces

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Updated On Mar 05, 2012 03:10 pm IST

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A child jumps rope at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While the 1.3 million people displaced by the quake ended up in post-apocalyptic-like tent cities, a sliver of the homeless disabled population landed in the near-model community of La Piste, with plywood shelters along tidy gravel lanes in a settlement designed to house them. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Updated on Mar 05, 2012 03:10 pm IST

A child jumps rope at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While the 1.3 million people displaced by the quake ended up in post-apocalyptic-like tent cities, a sliver of the homeless disabled population landed in the near-model community of La Piste, with plywood shelters along tidy gravel lanes in a settlement designed to house them. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A child whose leg whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in the 2010 earthquake, climbs a fence to get to his clothes hanging out to dry at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Updated on Mar 05, 2012 03:10 pm IST

A child whose leg whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in the 2010 earthquake, climbs a fence to get to his clothes hanging out to dry at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Victor Osner 34, a blind vendor, hawks hygienic products at a local market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Victor Osner 34, a blind vendor, hawks hygienic products at a local market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Amputees, some whose limbs were amputated due to an injuries suffered in the 2010 earthquake, play soccer at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Amputees, some whose limbs were amputated due to an injuries suffered in the 2010 earthquake, play soccer at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A resident of La Piste camp, Jean Lacroix, 27, whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in a motorcycle accident, rides a public taxi to soccer practice in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A resident of La Piste camp, Jean Lacroix, 27, whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in a motorcycle accident, rides a public taxi to soccer practice in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A hearing impaired dancer rehearses her steps for an upcoming performance, at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A hearing impaired dancer rehearses her steps for an upcoming performance, at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Visually impaired Nazilia Dicque, 44, right, is led out of La Piste camp by her daughter Julienne to a nearby church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Visually impaired Nazilia Dicque, 44, right, is led out of La Piste camp by her daughter Julienne to a nearby church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Joseph Clodise, 25, with visual disabilities reads in Braille at the entrance of his home at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Joseph Clodise, 25, with visual disabilities reads in Braille at the entrance of his home at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A La Piste camp resident, chats with a congregant at a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A La Piste camp resident, chats with a congregant at a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A resident of La Piste camp, Jean Lacroix, 27, whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in a motorcycle accident, trains with his football team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Updated on Mar 05, 2012 03:10 pm IST

A resident of La Piste camp, Jean Lacroix, 27, whose right leg was amputated due to an injury suffered in a motorcycle accident, trains with his football team in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Children play with blown-up condoms at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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Children play with blown-up condoms at La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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A group of blind people displaced by the 2010 earthquake pose for a photo at the La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While more than a million people displaced by the 2010 quake ended up in post-apocalyptic-like tent cities, some of the homeless people with disabilities landed in the near-model community of La Piste, a settlement of plywood shelters along tidy gravel lanes. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Updated on Mar 05, 2012 03:10 pm IST

A group of blind people displaced by the 2010 earthquake pose for a photo at the La Piste camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. While more than a million people displaced by the 2010 quake ended up in post-apocalyptic-like tent cities, some of the homeless people with disabilities landed in the near-model community of La Piste, a settlement of plywood shelters along tidy gravel lanes. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

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