One of the places we visited with Dave Porter's group was a tent camp off of Delmas 40, where they were building a latrine for the camp's inhabitants, partially funded by the money Dave had raised before coming to Haiti. This latrine probably only cost $1400 to build, so a little can go a long way. People who lived there said that latrines were the most important thing to get right now, after food. It is important to have a place to contain human waste, not just for dignity's sake, but also for better sanitation especially when the rainy season comes and can spread contamination.
The latrine being built in the tent camp. A long deep hole is dug out, lined with concrete block, and then fitted with basic seats and a tin roof.
The group of visitors to the tent city latrine, American and Haitian alike, gathered by the Cine Imperial before going into the camp.
At the Cine Imperial, one of Haiti's oldest movie theaters, now destroyed, people sleep in the gated area around the complex, in what was the parking lot. Someone wrote "Please do not piss here" on the wall by their bed.
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