Haiti schools reopen for 1st time since quake
By Mike Melia/San Francisco Chronicle
Elene attends a math class at the Bom Berger Baptist School, Cite Soleil slum, Port-au-Prince, Monday, April 5, 2010. Schools are opening across Haiti's capital for the first time since a devastating earthquake hit nearly three months ago. The official reopening of schools among the ruins of Haiti's capital brought unbridled joy Monday to students like 12-year-old Moris Rachelle. After nearly three months on the streets with nothing to do but help her mother look after two younger brothers, Moris wore white ribbons in her hair as she ran, laughed and hugged friends she had not seen since the Jan. 12 catastrophic earthquake. (more...)