UNICEF: "Tent Schools" provide refuge for children in Haiti

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_53025.html

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 15 March 2010 In and around Haitis devastated capital city, UNICEF-supported tent schools' are opening for children affected by the 12 January earthquake.

UNICEFs experience shows that it is necessary to get children back to school as soon as possible after emergencies to restore a sense of normalcy in their daily lives. In the wake of the earthquake, a logistical Education Cluster of organizations was created co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children to support the government in getting children back into schools.

Teachers from the Haitian Red Cross lead the classes. Chantal Duphrézin, one of the teachers leading the younger age group, mentioned that new desks and benches provided by UNICEF - had just arrived.

Haiti is going to change for better, we are sure, said Ms. Duphrézin. We have to be based on hope. And the change will take place by our efforts. There will come a day when there will be no rubble in the street. That's what we want. "

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[kahanyah]

I was telling my old man the other day the Haitians will settle for tent life; tent cities will become the norm in Haiti for the next decade.

[konbitkreyol]

Tent Cities and the Future of Haitian Children