“On January 12, 2010, the roof of our house fell on top of our heads. I wasn't hurt but our house fell apart and so we came here,” Widlene recalls, her bare feet covered in dust.

Manette Nazius, a mother of six, says Widlene is hardly the only child seemingly left behind.

“All the kids here are in the same boat. All days are the same. They drag around all day. In fact, we are living without hope and we all feel abandoned,” she says.

- Nearly Four Years after Quake, Haitians still in Tents, SudanVisionDaily.com, December 24, 2013.

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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

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