Children cross a puddle after heavy rains at a makeshift tent camp in Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince. As many as 500 children will show up at a film screening provided by a British group. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
In the months following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, relief organizations have been clamoring to provide basic necessities like food, clean water, medical supplies and shelter to Haitians affected by the disaster.
Instead of supplies, one two-man volunteer team is providing something altogether different for Haitian children. The Haiti Kids Kino Project, sponsored by the U.K.-based nonprofit art center Cube Cinema, is providing outdoor film screenings for Haitian communities. So far, volunteers Marko Wilkinson and David Fitzsimmons have shown popular films such as “Up” and “WALL-E” to hundreds of Haitian kids.
For the children, many of whom were traumatized by the earthquake and the experience of losing family members, friends and homes, attending a film screening is a welcome break from reality.
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