What it means to be Human
Jalousie, a shantytown on the edge of Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Parts of Jalousie were repainted in bright colors in 2013 as part of the Haitian government’s Beauty versus Poverty initiative. Most houses still do not have water or electricity. The earthquake in 2010 left 1.3 million homeless. Many were relocated to camps, but reconstruction is slow-going. Worldwide, shantytowns shelter nearly one billion people; 27 million people are added to these numbers every year.
Photo by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / HUMAN The Movie
Source: The Atlantic
