Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Lionel Messi today visited Port-au-Prince, to see what the situation in Haiti is after the terrible earthquake.
This handout photo released by UNICEF shows UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Argentina’s Lionel Leo Messi with Rikelme Marseil, who is holding a football, at the UNICEF office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday. Rikelme was hit by a stray bullet two weeks after the earthquake, near his home in Cite Soleil, and he is still convalescing. He now lives with his family in Carrefour Aviation, and participates in recreation programmes managed by the Haitian Olympic Committee, with support from the Government, UNICEF and other partners.
Messi visited Haiti to draw attention to the situation of children six months after the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Messi also visited Carrefour Aviation, a tent camp housing some 50,000 people who were displaced by the quake.
An estimated three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian Government reported that an estimated 230,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless. They also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. It was the most severe earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.
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