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28-06-2006  Photo Collection  
Cité-Soleil: grinding poverty, relentless violence
Built in the 1960s to house a few thousand workers, Cité-Soleil is now one of the largest shantytowns in the northern hemisphere and a microcosm of all the ills that beset Haitian society: endemic unemployment, illiteracy, the collapse of public services, insalubrity, crime and violence.

© ICRC / Didier Revol / ht-d-00046

An ICRC water and sanitation team inspect a public fountain before repairing it – Cité-Soleil's dilapidated water network has been gradually upgraded by the ICRC and the shantytown's three boreholes and around 30 public fountains are now in working order. Residents had access to drinking water for a total of 250 days in 2005, a marked improvement over the previous year.





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