IRC caseworkers helped Oservio Janvier and his nine-year-old son, Genald, find each other after they were separated in the chaos that followed the January 2010 earthquake.

An oral rehydration kiosk in Cite Cabrit camp in Martissant. The International Rescue Committee has constructed and installed a kiosk in every site we serve to act as a distribution point for oral rehydration salts, which are vital in the treatment of any case of severe diarrhea.

Children sing a song about washing hands with soap to prevent the spread of cholera at the Kawoussel camp. This camp has already had several suspected cholera cases and the community is on high alert for anyone else displaying symptoms. Strong hygiene practices, including washing with soap, are at the cornerstone of cholera prevention.

Melody Munz (left), the IRC’s environmental health coordinator in Haiti, says that unsanitary conditions in the wake of tropical storms and a lack of public health infrastructure leave an open door for a cholera outbreak.