(CNN) -- When an earthquake hit Haiti in 2010 a quarter of a million people lost their lives, homes were ruined and communities were torn apart. The capital Port-au-Prince became a sea of devastation in which shelter was hard to find.

Those affected flocked to find safe ground and sanctuary and, amid the chaos, the Sylvio Cator soccer stadium became a makeshift refuge for a local community. Thousands poured through the gates of the national home of football, seeking refuge on turf that usually only hosted crowds for 90 minutes at a time.

A year on from the disaster some 7,000 people still live in and around the stadium, a grim reality replicated on nearly every green space in the rubble-strewn city. But slowly, soccer -- like the community it represents -- is starting to reassert itself.

The scene is still far from normal as helicopters laden with medical supplies use the pitch -- once the preserve of players only -- to land and take off from.

For the man charged with trying to rebuild the country's decimated football community, it provides yet another challenge to etch onto an exhausting list.

Haiti's Football Federation (HFF) president, Yves Jean-Bart, recalls how the earthquake that brought the country to its knees spared nothing for the beautiful game.

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