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Many still seeking food, shelter a year after Haiti quake

Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children play in the Maniche River one year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. More than a year after the powerful quake devastated the area, UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children play in the Maniche River one year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. More than a year after the powerful quake devastated the area, UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children play in the Maniche River one year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. More than a year after the powerful quake devastated the area, UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children play in the Maniche River one year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. More than a year after the powerful quake devastated the area, UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cepht shows a photograph of herself, before one of her legs was amputated after she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured in last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, listens to news via a radio inside her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A youth leads horses to cool off in the Maniche area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. More than a year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake devastated the area, UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A farm worker plows the land to plant rice one year after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. More than a year after the Aug. 14, quake, hundreds are still homeless and living in the same makeshift tents. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A woman sits in the opening of her tent in Camp Devirel set up by people left homeless by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Residents have complained that no government official had visited them despite repeated promises that they would come to help. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Women left homeless by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake create a frame for a makeshift shelter at Camp Devirel in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. A year after the powerful quake hits southern Haiti, the hundreds that were left homeless are still living in tents. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Porceus Vethal and her daughter walk past the ruins of the Saint-Helene chapel destroyed by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, in the area of Labore in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Residents have complained that no government official had visited them despite repeated promises that they would come to help. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children cycle through Camp Devirel set up by people left homeless by last year’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. UNICEF has warned that more than 250,000 children still have no access to adequate schools and that the majority of 1,250 schools destroyed or damaged have not been rebuilt. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) The relative of a patient rests on a bed at the Ofatma Hospital where walls damaged by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake show patching in efforts of repairing the damage, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) A resident walks through Camp Masse set up by people left homeless by last year’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Residents have complained that no government official had visited them despite repeated promises that they would come to help. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Children play football next to a house damaged a year ago by a magnitude-7.2 earthquake, in Maniche, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. The home was among the more than 130,000 damaged or destroyed by the quake that struck southern Haiti last year, killing more than 2,200 people. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) Blue tarps serve as roof coverings in Camp Devirel set up by earthquake refugees in Les Cayes, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. A year after a magnitude-7.2 quake hit southern Haiti, the hundreds that were left homeless are still living in the same makeshift tents. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)