Borderland
Trapped by Invisible Barriers
Displaced Haitians plead for aid as relief workers hand out supplies from a truck to people on their list in Jimani, Dominican Republic, a week after flash flooding swept away thousands of homes and lives in May 2004 About 2,000 people were killed in the border region. Widespread deforestation, mainly to make charcoal, in Haiti and along the border in the Dominican Republic is a major contributing factor to the frequent flash floods and the rising death toll.
