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Last updated: 06 September, 2010 - Published 10:48 GMT
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In pictures

wall with colour and motifs (photo by Gemma Handy)

A splash of colour in an overcast world

general scene at tent city(photo by Gemma Handy)

More than 17,000 people live in makeshift shelters and tents in Place de la Paix

children drape sheets over poles (photo by Gemma Handy)

Children put together a makeshift shelter in one of the numerous tent cities

child holding mother's hand (photo by Gemma Handy)

Some children are still lucky enough to go to school, many are not

children in a tent school (photo by Gemma Handy)

The safe haven for kids is a beacon of hope in Place de la Paix camp in Delmas

Marie Rosie Louigarde (photo by Gemma Handy)

Psychologist Marie Rosie Louigarde gives nutritional advice to pregnant women and counsels traumatised youngsters in Automeca camp

family lean against railings (photo by Gemma Handy)

No work means no food for this impoverished family

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