Hurricane Sandy moves through the Caribbean, October 24, 2012.

Children look at a tent blown down by the fierce winds of Tropical Storm Isaac when it struck Haiti on Saturday morning. Some 400,000 Haitians still live in tents and makeshift shelters nearly three years after an earthquake devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

In Haiti, violence against women and girls has increased dramatically since the January 2010 earthquake. Along with our partner organizations in the Haiti Adolescent Girls Network, the IRC gives teenage girls safe places to go to talk with their peers and explore their feelings with trained counselors.

When the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on Jan.12, 2010, the IRC sent a team to Haiti that provided clean water, sanitation and health care to survivors, and addressed the special needs of women and girls. Two years later, the IRC continues to work in camps and neighborhoods that lack basic services, assisting Haitians who are struggling to get by as their country slowly recovers and rebuilds.