Child Labor
Petion-Ville, HAITI — A child at a 5000-person refugee camp west of Port-au-Prince carries a cinderblock on his head. Shot while on a mission with a group from the 82nd Airborne Div. This camp had previously not been found by relief organizations. With tin roofs, salvaged sections of concrete walls serving as building materials, intelligence [...]
Children at the Gate
Children at the Gate, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. Moving on… Something non-Penn related. Delmas, HAITI — Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. The mission: find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs; this camp, so remotely hidden and [...]
Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010
Woman in Tent City, Haiti, January 2010, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. HAITI, JANUARY 2010: A girl hides her face behind the tin wall of just one dwelling In a 5000-person camp we found in Petion-Ville that, at the time, had not yet been discovered. I took this while standing on the pick-up bed of [...]
Kids With Guns
Kids With Guns, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. Their mission is to find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs. This camp, small, remotely hidden and without any serious medical needs, is marked [...]
