Haiti

and laugh. One day while switching through the channels, the word, “Haiti” came across the CNN screen. Everyone’s attention was on the screen and was wondering what was going on in Haiti. As the screen showed, “7.0 earthquake struck Haiti,” everyone felt a peice of them be destroyed. Everyone was shocked and panicked. One my mother’s side, most family are from Venezuela and Haiti. On my father’s most family is from France and Haiti. Therefore, everyone was involved in one form or another and…

Because Oxfam is helping Haiti change a few things, Haiti will not be so resilient to climate change and will be able to get their agriculture back. Another project that contributes to Oxfam’s success has to deal with gender equality. Gender equality is one of Oxfam’s main beliefs for their…

complained about my mom’s cooking. However, in life, everyone has that one-day that changes you. Four years ago, my life changed. It became difficult to just be an average kid due to a horrible scene that I was subject to experience; the earthquake in Haiti. It was January 12th, 2010, a day I will never forget for as long as I live. If I learned one thing during this, it’s to cherish every moment with the ones you love, because you never know how long you have left with them. The earthquake…

lots of people’s lives in Haiti. Moreover, the hurricane reinforced people’s mind in recovering from natural disasters. Many people are still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. What we learned from the previous experience as mentioned in one article from New York Times, “The lessons of wasted aid, and its duplicative and disorganized delivery, have grounded the government’s belief that what is done this time must be sustainable” (Ahmed, 2016). Based on the situation in Haiti, basic medical…

Haiti faces a number of social and environmental factors that contribute to disease, while facing barriers to treatment, despite efforts to alleviate health issues. Basic latrine is Haiti is socially regarded as odd, although improper sanitation remains a large problem in many areas of the country (Kennedy, 2013). Warm air and the flowing of short rivers are two environmental factors that welcome the breeding of cholera bacteria in Haiti (Jutla, Whitcombe, Hasan, Haley, Akanda, Huq, Colwell,…

On 12 November 2017, northeast Iraq experienced an earthquake from the city of Halabja. According to the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System, approximately 1,840,000 people live with within 100km of the epicenter of this earthquake in both Iraq and Iran. There have been nine reported fatalities and over 550 people injured in Iraq as a result of the earthquake. The Darbandikhan areas has been most severely impacted, with most earthquake related injuries reported in Darbandikhan, Halabja…

and we tend to take that for granted. If the average American knew that less than 50 percent of households in Haiti have access to safe water, they would count that blessing each day. However, water is just a fraction of what the typical human body needs in order to be healthy. We must consume proteins, sugars, grains, and many other things that Haitians cannot afford. Starvation in Haiti is due to slow agriculture, contaminated water, and high unemployment rates. It’s no secret that natural…

highly influence the development and the distribution of health services. Haiti is highly hampered by some of the worst health indicators in the world with the government and the health system facing several challenges, which has resulted in the lack of government capacity to address its numerous public health issues (U.S. Relations With Haiti, 2014). Impaction Vulnerable Populations Problems Health care system in Haiti has huge impacts on vulnerable populations such as the mentally ill,…

are forced to live in undeveloped, crowded cities, which resemble dumps. In the case you do decide to enter a trade agreement with the US, make sure the trade agreement includes regulations that required business that decide to open up factories in Haiti to invest in growing your local communities’ since they would use up the labor of your class…

Andrew Just last year, Dylan and I traveled to Haiti on a missions trip. As you may know, it's one of the poorest countries in the world. When we were beginning our descent on the airplane, I thought about how little roads and how poor the housing was. We drove through chaotic roads and rubble filled alleys, until we reached the orphanage. New Life Children’s Home is a safe haven for kids who lived in the mountains a couple miles north. These kids were neglected, sick, beat, starved, etc.…