Today we went to possibly the biggest IDP camp in Port-au-Prince at Delmas 48. Some estimate 50,000 people. We were asked to help them organize soccer for the kids, which means possibly about 5,000! There are a lot of question marks at this point, but we are thinking about it.
The picture above doesn't really give you a clue. I was hesitant to take many pictures of the bed sheet tents and the people who probably didn't get dressed up to get their picture taken! I'll try to add links for you to see other pictures of it.
http://wikimapia.org/15170952/2010-Haiti-Earthquake-Recovery-Tent-City-Near-Petionville-Club
Click on this link to see a page that really shows what it's like, most of the pictures on it were taken at this camp.
http://cryptome.org/info/haiti-camps2/haiti-camps2.htm
This is Richard, Jean Paul and Ronald meeting with a contact we had there who has had a community club for children for years who is now in charge of the approximately 5000 children in this IDP Camp.
The camp is pretty well organized and they have one area reserved for some tents where an Israeli organization is getting a school started and there is a small field for kids to play soccer.
We saw people sweeping the ground and moving trash to a designated location in wheelbarrows obviously provided by an aid group. There were tent showers and tent latrines.
Here are the school tents being set up by American military and the school children we saw with their teacher to the right.
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