Haitian girl, January 2011 (AP photo)
A young boy plays peek-a-boo outside his tent at the Petionville tent camp in Port-au-Prince.
(Aarne Heikkila / Port Au Prince)
One year later, collapsed buildings are still a very common sight in Port-au-Prince.
(Aarne Heikkila / Port Au Prince)
Many schools including this one were completely devastated by the earthquake on Jan 12th.
(Aarne Heikkila / Port-au-Prince)
Tap taps are a common and colorful sight in Haiti. Aside from being a very common form of transportation for Haitians, they also come uniquely decorated.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port-au-Prince)
Street vendors are a common sight throughout Port-au-Prince. Many lost their businesses in the earthquake and now sell their wares outside.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port-au-Prince)
A young girl peeks out from behind her family’s tent at the Petionville Tent Camp.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port-au-Prince)
Tents are stacked one on top of the other at the Petionville tent camp in Port-au-Prince.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port -au-Prince)
A teenager walks in front of a home destroyed in the earthquake. A year after the quake, many homes that remain partially intact are unlivable.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port-au-Prince)
Despite paid crews and volunteers who are tasked with clearing rubble, it’s seemingly everywhere you look in Port-au-Prince.
(Aarne Heikkila / Port-au-Prince)
An amputee doll at a prosthetics center helps young earthquake victims cope with the loss of a limb.
(Mara Schiavocampo/Port-au-Prince)
A young girl fetches water at the Petionville tent camp.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port-au-Prince)
A young boy takes a break from playing at the Petionville Tent Camp in Port-au-Prince.
(Aarne Heikkila/Port -au-Prince)
A one-year old child waits for her mother to prepare lunch in a crowded tent camp.
(Mara Schiavocampo/Port-au-Prince)
theGrio’s Aarne Heikkila and Mara Schiavocampo were on the ground in Haiti two weeks before the one-year anniversary of the earthquake. These photos chronicle the ongoing struggle the Haitian people still face now more than a year after the devastating earthquake rocked the island nation to its core, killing over 200,000 people.
