Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
People search through the burning mound of trash for food and scraps they can sell.
The town of Cité Soleil has the biggest garbage dumping grounds in the city of Port-au-Prince, and possibly the country of Haiti. On the edges of this massive dump, a community has grown. People erect makeshift homes and raise families among the garbage, where they scavenge for food, scrap-metal, and other recyclable items they can use to help them survive. The 2010 earthquake led to a growth in this community, and what little assistance has been given to these people has not helped them out of living in such inhuman conditions.
