Haiti

magnitude of 7.0 hit the coast of Port au prince, Haiti for 35 seconds, killing around 200,000 and leaving approximately to 1.5 million of the population homeless including kids who became orphans and vice versa in a matter of less than a minute. Before the earthquake, the way of life was not as bad as portrayed back at home, most of the news broadcasted in the mainstream media were exaggerated news, negative light and unfair tales to make Haiti look inferior. Many international organizations including

Haitians? It’s safe to say that Haiti is poor. Especially compared to the U.S. One of the causes for Haiti being so poor just happens to be humans. They are entrenched in greed and power. The rulers there have ensured Haiti’s despair. Things like soil erosion, bad education system, illiteracy, unemployment, inadequate roads, water systems, sewerage, and medical services are also some of the causes of Haiti’s despair. The international community also has a lot to do with Haiti being so poor. But the main

The Impact Of The 2010 Earthquake For Those With HIV HIV/AIDS is quite common in the Caribbean, with this disease being the most common in Haiti. 2.2% of adults struggle with HIV. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3011860/ It is common knowledge that HIV is no joke indeed. HIV is a human immunodeficiency virus, and the virus impairs a person’s T-cells which aid in battling infections and disease. Eventually if left untreated a person’s immune system cannot function appropriately, escorting

The Haiti earthquake of 2010 challenged the way the international humanitarian community had been collecting data for and during an emergency crisis. After any large-scale disaster, there is always a period of chaos where NGOs are trying to gather and analyze as much critical information as possible that would be required to establish the essential needs of the affected persons most efficiently, this comes as a result of humanitarian organizations failure to develop adequate preparedness for disaster

Colonization: Haiti "Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries." – Baldwin Spencer The Legacy of Colonization It is true that the effects of colonization, or the establishment, maintenance, and domination over a nation and its people, thus creating a political and economic domination and dependency between the colonizer and the colony, are in fact still felt centuries later in present day Haiti. This is the

The Lost Country: Haiti The Caribbean country, Haiti, is known to be one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. Despite the country’s wealth in natural resources, the people of Haiti have been plagued by decades of unstable government, corrupt leaders, and debilitating natural disasters. The small country was once known to be the wealthiest country in the West Indies. Dominated by its European oppressor, France, Haiti thrived in production during the slaving era. Haiti became globally

The Next Blow Throughout the past few years, Haiti has suffered blow after blow. Recently, Haiti took one more devastation, Hurricane Matthew. It struck the country on October 4th 2016 and passed on the 5th. The category 4 storm laid waste. Hurricane Matthew caused destruction in Haiti, including physical damage, health dangers, government problems and death. Haiti suffered great destruction from Matthew. Southern Haiti was damaged specifically. The city Jérémie, as southern city, had 80%

Haiti is a beautiful Caribbean country that has had more than its fair share of hardship. A culture of strength and perseverance is evident from the moment one arrives and it only feels stronger the further one travels from Port au Prince. The people are of African descent, with a strong French influence creating a uniquely mixed culture that is rare in the western hemisphere. The business climate is such that there are very few foreign businesses or joint ventures in Haiti and although there

Haiti splits the island of Hispaniola with its neighbor, the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea. Established by Spain in 1492, control of Haiti was ceded to the French and the island began to flourish under its new rulers. The slave trade played an enormous part of the country’s history, at the time accounting for nearly a third of the entire slave trade across the Atlantic. Controlled for years by the French, “Haiti – then called Saint-Domingue – was the Pearl of the

Haiti’s previous prime minster. What he 's referring to is the human trafficking issue that has boomed in this country. Human trafficking has existed in Haiti for years, destroying families and individuals. The issue hasn 't been this big until recent years, which I plan to look into. Human trafficking has become such a huge industry not only in Haiti, but also through the whole world causing it to have such a huge impact on global politics. What I plan to investigate is how the issue of human trafficking