Poverty in Haiti Jenna Grande, Alli Lamhing, Alex Valerio

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

Facts About Haiti 3rd hungriest country in the world 22% of Haitians suffered from chronic malnutrition, and the average Haitian eats only 1 meal a day, or nothing at all Life expectancies: Male: 53 yrs Female: 55 yrs 80% of Haitians live on less than $2 per day Adult illiteracy is 62% 70% w/o electricity, 90% w/o running water, 80% w/o sanitation 1 doctor for every 10,000 people in Haiti 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 Hurricanes/Earthquakes Pregnancy Disease Lack of education

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

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

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

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

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

Hope for Haiti… Best Solution 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 Hope for Haiti is helping Haiti get back on its feet and hopefully helping them become as strong as they once were before. Hope for Haiti has raised a tremendous amount of money to put towards repairing Haiti.

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