1. Join Hands, Stand with Haiti By Markus

2. Earthquake in Haiti On January 12, 2010, 4:53 pm local time, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The earthquake was the strongest earthquake in the region for 200 years.

3. About Haiti Haiti is located in the center of the Caribbean sea, west of the Dominican republic. Haiti has about a population of 9,000,000. Haiti’s capital is Port-au-Prince, near the epicenter of the earthquake. Haiti has an area of about 27,750 km 2 (10,714 mi. 2 ).

4. Pictures of the Destruction of The Earthquake

6. How to Donate There will be donation boxes to Haiti around the school. You can also help by donating in the bake sale next Thursday (4 th of February). The bake sale items will be 10 RMB each. There will be crepes, cookies, and brownies at the bake sale.

7. Links Pictures: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleries/100114-aerial-haiti-earthquake- pictures/#025620_600x450.jpg

8. Sources http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010rja6/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010rja6/ (Slide 2) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100113-haiti-earthquake-red-cross/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100113-haiti-earthquake-red-cross/ (Slide 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti (Slide 3) http://maps.google.com/maps?q=haiti&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wlhttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=haiti&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl (Slide 3) http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=9&wmn=North_America&cid=69&cn=Haitihttp://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?contid=9&wmn=North_America&cid=69&cn=Haiti (Slide 3) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleries/100114-aerial-haiti-earthquake-pictureshttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleries/100114-aerial-haiti-earthquake-pictures (Slides 1, 2, 4, and 5)