Poverty in Haiti Jenna Grande Alli Lamhing Alex

Poverty in Haiti Jenna Grande, Alli Lamhing, Alex Valerio

History of Haiti l 1794: Revolt began Baby Doc l Presidents & Dictators l Life after leaders & life today Papa Doc

Facts About Haiti l 3 rd hungriest country in the world l 22% of Haitians suffered from chronic malnutrition, and the average Haitian eats only 1 meal a day, or nothing at all l Life expectancies: Male: 53 yrs Female: 55 yrs l 80% of Haitians live on less than $2 per day l Adult illiteracy is 62% l 70% w/o electricity, 90% w/o running water, 80% w/o sanitation l 1 doctor for every 10, 000 people in Haiti l Piped water delivery is unreliable or non-existent, so Haitians everywhere carry jugs or rely on water delivery

A Day in the Life of a Haitian… We Are the World: Haiti Addition

Reasons for Poverty in Haiti l Hurricanes/Earthquakes l Pregnancy l Disease l Lack of education

Charity: Water l Their main goal (Their purpose) l What they do l How it is helpful

Charity: Water… Would Not Work l Method is not consistent l Does not help improve the education problem l The organization’s future & the effect it would have on Haiti

Innovations of Poverty Actions (IPA) l IPA tries to set up education for all children in Haiti

IPA… Would Not Work l It wouldn’t work because education is not the only thing that needs help l Needs to improve the lives before they try to re-educate people

Hope for Haiti l Founded in 2001 l Hope for Haiti is an organization that helps to reconstruct the parts of Haiti that have been destroyed. l What Hope for Haiti does: -Business education and training programs -Marketing and networking assistance -Access to technology -Access to credit/grants -Management consultant services l Hope for Haiti has brought clean water, food, housing, education, and medical services.

Hope for Haiti… Best Solution l Hope for Haiti is the best possible solution because… - provides clean water - helps build and restore schools - help pay for school tuitions - helps farmers produce more crops - helps build homes l Hope for Haiti is helping Haiti get back on its feet and hopefully helping them become as strong as they once were before. l Hope for Haiti has raised a tremendous amount of money to put towards repairing Haiti.

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