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Children learn to Survive Early in Haiti by becoming barbers

A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.

A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009.

Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.

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242846
5 December 2009 (All day)
Resolution in megapixels
1.3 megapixels

Web use
dimensions: 4.26 x 3.41 in. (1280 x 1024 px)
dpi: 300dpi

Orientation
Landscape

Tags

NORTH AMERICA, Haiti, Saintard
2009, barber, colour image, Haiti, Heart Hands and Hope for Haiti, learn, Mission Trip, orphan, Orphanage, self taught, trade

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  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.
  • A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009. Young Haitian boy has taught himself to be a barber at an early age. Just before the earthquake I met a young barber in Saintard Haiti at the orphanage ran by Phillis Newby with the Church of God. The images show the skill and resourcefulness of the Haitian people.

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Children learn to Survive Early in Haiti by becoming barbers
Lonnie Webster
DMTX. A Young Haitian teenage barber practices with only a thin double edge razor blade and small plastic comb, having taught himself a trade. Saintard, Haiti. 05/12/2009.

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