'Trying to survive': Scrap metal recycling brings cash in Haiti post-earthquake

A girl helps secure her family's tent at an encampment set up on a soccer field after the August 14 earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti August 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - After a devastating earthquake leveled tens of thousands of homes in Haiti, some residents have started to pick up the pieces, collecting scrap metal from the rubble to resell and make ends meet.

Djedson Hypolite deftly coiled severed electrical wires at a collapsed home in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes on Monday afternoon, as he scanned the debris for more metal.