A recent storm in Leogane partially destroyed the sidewalk, uprooted trees, and flooded streets.

Herta Mettelus has been trained by the IRC to refer survivors of violence to appropriate medical or legal services and to provide them with ongoing support.

Madeleine Rene educates women on their rights and ways to prevent violence.

The majority of the nearly 700,000 earthquake survivors in Haiti who are still displaced are living in makeshift  settlements on private land. Neighbors came to the rescue as a property owner prepared to lock out these children and families like theirs, offering them space to set up their tents in an adjacent field and in their own yards.

The IRC's support for Haitian organizations included a January 2011 advocacy workshop in which our partners learned about ways to effectively engage decision makers. This group was caught up in a lively discussion on how to convince opponents that sexual violence is an important issue.

jennifer Morgan with two-year-old Geralda in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in April 2010. After the earthquake, the IRC reunited the little girl with the aunt who had raised her from birth.