Haitian Delegation: Kali Lamp, Kaitlyn Kramer, CJ Krcil, Mindy Paszek

Physical Geography

Location Haiti is located in the Caribbean and takes up the western one third of the island Hispaniola. It shares the island with the Dominican Republic. Capital: Port au Prince map.jpg

Climate and Terrain  Haiti’s climate is tropical, but is semiarid where mountains cut off trade winds.  The terrain is mostly rough and very mountainous. all-haiti-94-3_map.gif

Human Geography

People Population: 9,035,536  95% of Haitians are of African descent  The other 5% are mulatto and white.  Mulattos are descendents of African slaves and early French settlers.  phics_profile.html phics_profile.html  bean/geography-of-haiti.htm bean/geography-of-haiti.htm /2009/03/haiti-girls2.jpg

Language  French and Creole are the languages that are most commonly used in Haiti.  Some English is spoken in the main tourism areas. elcome.jpg ics_profile.html

Religion  Christianity and Voodoo are the main religious practices in Haiti.  Christians include Roman Catholics and Protestants religion-1-eglise.jpg ics_profile.html

Issues

Medical  6.1% of adult Haitians are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, but national health education programs have decreased the rate by 2.2%. cache.net/xc/ jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset& k=2&d=77BFBA49EF B2D8075B2CABB 73FE0E661654B7041FF0FBEBEE499C524BDA 70E170507C691C aiti

Earthquake  January 12, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti.  With the help of many U.N. member states, active steps are being taken to reconstruct our country’s infrastructure doc.htm o/2010/01/13/Haiti- Earthquake_Gree(6)_ _640_4 80.JPG

Steps being taken towards reconstruction  Humanitarian relief operation  Security  Focus on the future  A shift from emergency response to longer term relief and recovery doc.htm

Poverty  Our government is working hard to solve this problem with the help of the United Nations Development Program  Government programs pay workers to help with earthquake clean-up efforts. aiti00.jpg haitians-ready-start-picking-pieces.html

Literacy  In 1997 the government passed a 10-year education plan with the goal of universal access to quality schools. The national budget increased the education budget to pay for programs for school lunches, uniforms, and bus transportation.  In 2002, 30,000 literacy monitors distributed 700,000 literacy manuals  School attendance has risen 44% (from 20 % in 1994 to 64 percent in 2000).

Deforestation  We have developed an alternative fuel source to help solve our deforestation problem. Haiti ation/gallery/20.Haiti2007.jpg