In pictures: Hardship and hope in Haiti

Meanwhile, in Cite Soleil, one building exemplifies the punishment also meted out to supporters of the opposition alliance which overthrew President Aristide.

In its heyday, this building in the Cite Soleil slum was a school which provided an after-school programme for 200 youngsters and evening literacy classes for adults. But angry residents destroyed the building after they discovered its owner had joined the opposition.