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Haitian Immigrants in Bahamas Struggle After Hurricane Dorian

   Five months after Hurricane Dorian devastated Marsh Harbour, Abaco, the
   sounds of children giggling and running echo through the once eerily
   silent island air.

   The children play on an unpaved driveway that runs alongside the New
   Haitian Mission Baptist Church. The church stands as one of the few
   remaining buildings after the monster Category 5 storm tore through the
   tiny Bahamian island. For the community, it's a sanctuary and home to
   those who lost everything.

   A handful of families who settled at the church after Dorian washed
   away their homes take refuge between rows of beige tents.

   Keline, 9, separates herself from the others and flips through some
   vocabulary workbooks, sounding the words out as she reads.

   "Be -- be -- beee -- "

   Keline and the other children haven't attended school since September
   1, when Hurricane Dorian wiped out all the schools in Marsh Harbour.
   The only schools still operating on the island are privately run.

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