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Audio Gallery: The Burden of Aid

Fellows Fall 2008

By Ruxandra Guidi

May 28, 2009

During her five-week IRP Fellowship Guidi traveled to Haiti to examine the effects of foreign aid on human rights, violence and poverty. This gallery, with photos by Roberto "Bear" Guerra and music by Luis Guerra, depicts the harsh living conditions in Haiti, a country gravitating from one humanitarian crisis to another.

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