Haiti: After the Earthquake

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Haiti After the Earthquake

• French II Culture Project
• By
• Jean-Luc

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The National Palace in Port-Au-Prince
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Haiti
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The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)
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Greatness of Haiti

• Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Henri Christophe President of Haiti
• The Kingdom of This World
• Langton Hughes who translated the works of
  Jacques Roumain
• Katherine Dunham, famous Dancer and
  Choreographer
• The Louisiana Purchase

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The Louisiana Purchase
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The Earthquake

• Measured 7.0 in Magnitude
• The Earthquake was not a natural disaster but a
  disaster of Engineering. Death and injury was due
  to building collapse.
• Early after the quake, there were stop gaps
  symbolic of Haitis centralized Government.

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The Earthquake Epicenter
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After the earthquake, January 2010
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A youth walks through the earthquake damaged
Cathedral in Port-a Prince on January 7, 2012.
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People walk in front of the collapsed National
Palace in Port-au-Prince, January 11, 2012.
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A man walks by a tent city near Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, January 10, 2012.
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A demonstrator carrying a Haitian Flag, walks
through the Champs de Mars Camp across the street
from the collapsed National Palace during a
protest to demand new housing, Wednesday, January
11, 2012.
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School children walk past a makeshift tents at a
temporary camp at Champ de Mars in
Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, January 11, 2012.
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A Voodoo Practitioner works under a building that
was damaged by the 2010 earthquake in downtown
Port-au-Prince, January 8, 2012.
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Haiti President, Michel Martelly does a dance
after announcing that, with the help of Canadas
Government, nearly 20,000 people camped across
the street from the National Palace will be
relocated to homes north of Port-au-Prince,
January 11, 2012
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The Haitian EarthquakeTwo years later

• 316,000 deaths, 300,000 injured, 1,000,000 made
  homeless.
• 2.6 billion given for the Haitian Earthquake,
  360 million in unspent private aid funding
  remain.
• 500,000 still under tarps and tents
• Cholera outbreak started by the UN
• Sex scandal

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Where is the money?

• Food, water, gasoline, medical supplies,
  sanitation and salaries basically the extent of
  services.
• 12 billion coming from all donor nations.
• No response by co-chair overseeing Haitis
  reconstruction for requests of financial
  specifics.

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Obstacles to Recovery

• Failed ties between humanitarian organizations
  and the Haitian Government.
• Permanent solutions that improves people lives
  and livelihoods needed.
• Lack of reconstruction and decentralization.
• Haiti is energy poor, i.e. Kerosene and charcoal
  are main energy sources.

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References

• Farmer, Paul (2011) Haiti After the Earthquake.
• New York, NY Public Affairs.

Aronin, Miriam (2011) Earthquake in Haiti North
Mankato, MN Bearport Publishing Co.
Curnutte, Mark (2011) A Promise in Haiti.
Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University Press.
Dubois, Laurent (2012) Haiti The Aftershocks of
Hstory Henry Holt and Company, LLC.