Near the bottom of the island of Hispaniola in southeast Haiti is a forgotten village, cut off from its own country, and slowly emptying as its residents leave for the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Without health services, electricity, or paved roads, Boucan Ferdinand lost its only road to the nearest Haitian town, Bois Negresse, in devastating floods back in 2004. Some of its residents have left for the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and others cling on to a precarious life. Many have crossed illegally into the more prosperous Dominican Republic. Here: Anita bathes his son Romenson Exalus at their house in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 10, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Children attend a class at the school at a Baptist church in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 10, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Tipiti cooks pasta as she combs her daughter's hair in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 8, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man cuts a tree in the fields of Chapotin, with Boucan Ferdinand and the Dominican Republic in the background, on the trail that connects Boucan Ferdinand and Chapotin, Haiti, April 11, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Brothers Manes (L) and Fresnels Exalus (R), and Naida Ogisten have a snack with relatives in the house of Manes and Naida in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 8, 2018. “These people (politicians) win... and they forget about us”, Fresnels said. “When there is drought, we have to go to fetch water from the Dominican (Republic). They don't even send a little bag here”, Manes said. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Romenson Exalus plays with a tire at his house in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 10, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Women use a homemade tool to make holes and sow seeds in a field near Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 6, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Girls and a woman harvest corn in a field in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 2, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Cristera Jusma hands a towel to Enol St. Pierre as he gets ready to go to the church in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 8, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Children play outside a house in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 5, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Viviana Vulcenat gets ready in her house before going to the church in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 7, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A boy laughs as he spends time with friends in a house in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 7, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Kids gather and read school books in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 4, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Residents dance at a bar in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 8, 2018. Sunday evening is the only time when the bar is open and residents gather there to socialise and dance. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A boy carries sticks to be used as firewood in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 9, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Believers gather to pray inside a house in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 6, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man walks next to laundry hanging to dry in Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, October 5, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man rides a motorbike across the trail that connects Boucan Ferdinand with the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic, on the outskirts of Boucan Ferdinand, Haiti, April 8, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Aerial view at nightfall shows the high density of houses around a stadium in the neighborhood of Jalousie, in the commune of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince, on December 16, 2018. Jalousie is a poor neighborhood which lacks sanitation and potable water. On the hills of Port-au-Prince, a chaotic jumble of structures stretches ever farther into the distance: Haiti's capital is suffering under the weight of high inflation, endemic corruption and a perilous drop in the value of its currency. (Photo by Héctor Retamal/AFP Photo)





A young Haitian woman dressed in an angel costume participates in a Christmas Parade (Parad Nwel in Haitian creole) on the streets of the commune of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, on December 23, 2018. (Photo by Héctor Retamal/AFP Photo)





A national police officer stands near a police truck set on fire during an opposition protest demanding to know how Petro Caribe funds have been used by the current and past administrations, on the sidelines of events marking the 215th anniversary of independence Battle of Vertieres in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, November 18, 2018. Much of the financial support to help Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake comes from Venezuela's Petro Caribe fund, a 2005 pact that gives suppliers below-market financing for oil and is under the control of the central government. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A Voodoo believer covers his face with baby powder during celebrations in a cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 1, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A woman reacts after a fire burnt several businesses in a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on December 16, 2018. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A vendor carries her products in a bucket on her head as she walks through the neighborhood of Jalousie, in the commune of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince, on December 17, 2018. On the hills of Port-au-Prince, a chaotic jumble of structures stretches ever farther into the distance: Haiti's capital is suffering under the weight of high inflation, endemic corruption and a perilous drop in the value of its currency. Jalousie is a poor neighborhood of the capital which lacks sanitation and potable water. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)