The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 affected 3 million people, more than half of them children. The extensive damage brought by the 7-magnitude quake forced families into the street and into temporary encampments with little but the clothes on their backs. Today, living among the rubble, they struggle to meet their shelter, health, nutrition and other day-to-day needs as they begin to regain their livelihoods and reconstruct their homes.
2-month-old Pierre is examined by a doctor of one of our 14 mobile teams. One month after Haiti was struck by their worst earthquake in 200 years, Save the Children is working in 45 locations and has seen 10,630 patients in Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Jacmel.