Boy in Mare Rouge, in Haiti's poor northwest, early in the cool morning with his father's coat and shoes. ACT is working in the region to help people build a better future.

Woman and her house in Gonaives, where ACT is helping build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

Child begging in streets of Port-au-Prince.

Street scene in Saint-Marc, where ACT is working to build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

A woman and her son in Petite Riviere, in the arid and poor northwest of Haiti. ACT is helping this family to survive and plant seeds for the future.

The media played an active role in the overthrow of President Jean Bertrand Aristide. Here a man sells papers on the street in Port-au-Prince.

Siblings on their way to school near Port-de-Paix.

Boy and donkey near Port-de-Paix.

A boy carries firewood in Mare Rouge.

A girl in Mare Rouge.

A girl sells bread in Mare Rouge, in Haiti's drought-striken northwest.

Choir practice in the Pentecostal church in Mare Rouge.

Choir practice in the Pentecostal church in Mare Rouge.

A boy on donkey near Port-de-Paix.

Haiti has long suffered the effects of deforestation. Here a man chops down a tree in Mare Rouge.

A boy in Mare Rouge.

People seeding a field in Mare Rouge.

Boys working a field in Mare Rouge.

A cockfight near Dupres.

A woman and her children in Petite Riviere. ACT is helping her and other Haitians suffering the effects of drought and political turmoil.

The poor of Haiti often have no other way of surviving than to cut trees to make charcoal. Here, the results near Dupres.

The poor of Haiti often have no other way of surviving than to cut trees to make charcoal. Here, the results near Dupres.

Deforestation has created a crisis in the Haitian countryside. Here, near Dupres in the drought-plagued northwest.

A truck carrying charcoal near Dupres.

A boy in Mare Rouge.

A girl in Mare Rouge.

A girl fetches water to take home on her donkey, near Port-de-Paix.

A boy on donkey near Port-de-Paix.

A man repairs a tire in Port-au-Prince.

A woman and her daughter wait in an ACT-supported clinic in Cité Siclé.

A boy in Gonaives, where ACT is helping build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

Two boys in Gonaives.

A girl in Gonaives, where ACT is helping build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

A woman carrying water in Gonaives, where ACT is helping build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

A woman carrying water in Gonaives, where ACT is helping build reconciliation in the wake of political conflict.

A mother and child in Port-au-Prince.

A woman and her family in Port-au-Prince.

Patience: public transit in Port-au-Prince.