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Haitian Earthquake,[object Object],Hope, Brianna, and Claire,[object Object]
The Island of Haiti,[object Object],More than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs ,[object Object],Haiti is slightly smaller than Maryland,[object Object],The Haiti telecommunications infrastructure is among the least developed in Latin America and the Caribbean,[object Object],Haiti has 14 airports; 4 have paved runways.• ,[object Object],Haiti’s capital is Porte-au-Prince, a coastal city with about 2 million inhabitants ,[object Object]
The Island of Haiti,[object Object],Discovered by Columbus in 1492 ,[object Object],Haiti won its independence from France on January 1, 1804 ,[object Object],Population of nearly 10 million people,[object Object],Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere ,[object Object],80% of the population in Haiti is living under the poverty line,[object Object],Most Haitians live on less than $2 a day It shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. ,[object Object],Haiti is one of poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere,[object Object]
Background Information,[object Object],Capital: Port-au-Prince,[object Object],Land: 27,560 sq km,[object Object],Population: 9,035,536 (U.S. 307,212,123),[object Object],Population Growth rate: 1.84% (U.S. 0.98%),[object Object],Population below poverty line: 80%,[object Object],Haiti is one of the most densely populated and least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere,[object Object]
Background Information,[object Object],Language: French (official),[object Object],Ethnic groups: 95 percent black,[object Object],Gross domestic product: $11.53 billion (2008 estimate),[object Object]
Facts About the Earthquake,[object Object],Magnitude- 7.0,[object Object],Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 4:53 PM,[object Object],Depth- 13km,[object Object],15 miles South West of PORT- AU- PRINCE, Haiti,[object Object],700 miles South East of Miami Florida,[object Object],Caribbean Plate and North American Plate,[object Object],Dominated by left- lateral strike slip motion and compression,[object Object]
More Facts…,[object Object],Triggered 2 quick aftershocks, each with a magnitude of at least 5.5,[object Object],The major earthquake triggered 33 aftershocks all together ranging in magnitude of 4.2 to 5.9,[object Object],Strongest earthquake since 1770,[object Object],Also felt by other countries such as Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela.,[object Object]
Damage from Earthquake,[object Object],3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake,[object Object],The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency food aid.,[object Object],The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid.,[object Object]
Why Haiti was so Vulnerable,[object Object],Haiti has no real construction standards.,[object Object],A large number of buildings collapsed including the President’s palace, and National Assembly building.,[object Object]
Previous Quakes in Haiti,[object Object],1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Mery, “only one masonry building had not collapsed” in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital,[object Object],(3 June): The city was leveled in this magnitude 7.5 quake, which killed over 200 people ,[object Object],May 7th  1842: An earthquake destroyed the city of Cap-Haitien and other towns in the north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; this earthquake also destroyed the Sans-Souci Palace. 10,000 people were killed. ,[object Object]
Previous Quakes,[object Object],1946 on August 4th, Dominican Republic Earthquake: This 8.0-magnitude earthquake also shook Haiti, producing a tsunami that killed 1,790 people,[object Object],tsunami,[object Object]
Haiti- Red Cross,[object Object],[object Object]
It has so far spent or allocated $82 million to meet the most urgent needs of the earthquakes survivors and will continue to support hundreds of thousands of additional survivors in the years ahead until the last donated dollar is spent.
It is also providing support to Haitian families in the US, shipping blood products to the region and restoring family links for separated loved ones.,[object Object]
Red Cross Water and Sanitation,[object Object],30 million liters of drinking water have been distributed.,[object Object],An estimated 290,000 people are benefiting from this regular service.,[object Object],More than 580 latrines have been built near settlements ,[object Object]
Red Cross Shelter,[object Object],More than 350,000 people received shelter supplies including tents, tarps and tools.,[object Object]
World Wide Donations,[object Object],The American Red Cross is one of the widely know organizations working in Haiti.,[object Object],There are many ways to donate Haiti.,[object Object],Some are online donations, Red Cross accepts $10 donations, charged to your cell phone bill, by texting HAITI to 90999,[object Object]
Celebrity Donations,[object Object],Many celebrities donated money, went to Haiti to volunteer, and created charity groups for Haiti.,[object Object],Here are some of the donations celebrities have made: ,[object Object],Alyssa Milano- $50,000,[object Object],Madonna- $250,000,[object Object],Lance Armstrong- $250,000,[object Object],Nicole Kidman- $250,000,[object Object],Jennifer Aniston- $500,000,[object Object],Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie- $1 million ,[object Object],Gisele Bundchen - $1.5 million,[object Object],Sandra Bullock $1 million,[object Object]

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