A woman and child living in the Villambetta camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince

The International Rescue Committee was the first aid agency in Haiti to train case workers to identify and register missing children.

A young resident of Juvenat 7 camp, near Petionville in Port-au-Prince, announces that the cholera response team has arrived. These nurses and water and sanitation experts have been pushing an education campaign to dispel dangerous rumors about the illness.

As part of our cholera prevention work, the IRC is monitoring camps and communities for cholera and reaching out to people who may be afraid to seek help. 

The National Palace, the official residence of the Haitian president, shortly after the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

IRC teams in Haiti have not only been helping people to recover from the earthquake, but also empowering them to participate in the rebuilding of their country.