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Photo essay: Derek Sciba captures Haiti's rebuilding process - Citizen Bytes

Photo essay: Derek Sciba captures Haiti's rebuilding process

Derek Sciba - homeless girlMany Haitians, such as this homeless child, live in tent camps before having a chance to get to more permanent shelters. (Submitted by Derek Sciba)

Derek-Sciba-bio.JPGDerek Sciba is the marketing and communications director for World Concern, a Christian humanitarian organization. Sciba has documented its assistance programs in communities across Asia and Africa. Over the past year, he has also travelled to Haiti three times to help in earthquake relief efforts.

Summary:

Sciba was last in Haiti from Jan. 5 to Jan. 12. His role in Haiti includes providing raw video footage and photography to international news organizations. The CBCNews.ca Community team asked him to share photos from his most recent visit.

Derek Sciba - Patrick tent

Patrick, a homeless man, lives in a tent with his wife and two children. "I care about the long-term welfare of the people who live here. When we talk about people in extreme poverty, you can look at families in Haiti. They live a life on the edge of survival. Every day it is a question of survival." (Submitted by Derek Sciba)


Derek Sciba - Eve home

Eve Rose Douynen was living on the street until her house was repaired. Many Haitians live in refugee camps because of the devastation the earthquake caused. "My primary interest is to check in on the home construction and repairs. Those are some of the most significant ways we can help stabilize a family's life." (Submitted by Derek Sciba)


Derek Sciba - cholera

Health trainer Frantz Mildor gives training for the prevention and treatment of cholera at a local church. "I'm also seeing what's going on with cholera prevention. There is a lot of bad information out there, lots of rumours about how cholera is spread. When you give people the facts, and the tools, you are truly saving lives." (Submitted by Derek Sciba)


Derek Sciba - Widzer

Widzer, a local Haitian businessman, has found employment and invested in his wife's small business. "I feel a personal and spiritual calling to help people address core needs in their life to gain stability. Once they see that they don't have to live for the moment, that they have a future, it changes everything." (Submitted by Derek Sciba)

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