The Poverty Of The United States

Haiti is a prime example of how human needs in one area of the world are interdependent with social conditions elsewhere in the world. Haiti, for most of its history has been overwhelmed with economic

Illness and disease along with poverty still plague Haiti today. The effort to try and recover from the most recent earthquake tragedy has Haitians concerned. The conditions that they have endured in the past just to survive are worse than the conditions brought on by the earthquake. Some Haitian natives feel the Government is moving a bit slow in cleaning up and getting

Haiti overloads my soul with so much joy, but breaks my heart into a million pieces. Haiti, the most monetarily deprived country in the Western Hemisphere that also hosts the most dangerous slums, paradoxically has the richest society in affection, bliss, and compassion; the people are vibrant, strong, and resilient. The country itself is a realm of contrasts. Since the year of 2010, my world, and Haiti, has never been the equivalent to their previous ways of life. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, killing more than two hundred and thirty thousand people, displacing over one million lives, and injuring over three hundred thousand is where this story originates.

It’s safe to say that Haiti is poor. Especially compared to the U.S. One of the causes for Haiti being so poor just happens to be humans. They are entrenched in greed and power. The rulers there have ensured Haiti’s despair. Things like soil erosion, bad education system, illiteracy, unemployment, inadequate roads, water systems, sewerage, and medical services are also some of the causes of Haiti’s despair. The international community also has a lot to do with Haiti being so poor. But the main root of Haiti’s problems comes from their government. The rulers there have used beatings, killings, illegal arrests and detentions, forced exiles etc., all to keep

The article Housing & Settlements states, “Roughly 70 percent of Port-au-Prince’s pre-earthquake population lived in informal settlements. These neighborhoods lack access to basic services and are often located in high-risk zones,” (https://www.usaid.gov/haiti/shelter-and-housing). According to the CIA Factbook, it says, “Haiti is a free market economy with low labor costs and tariff-free access to the US for many of its exports. Two-fifths of all Haitians depend on the agricultural sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, which remains vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation. Poverty, corruption, vulnerability to natural disasters, and low levels of education for much of the population are among Haiti's most serious impediments to economic growth,”

Since Haiti is located between tectonic plates, it is prone to natural disasters. Natural disasters have forced the country farther into poverty due to the cost of damages. A good example is the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010. The earthquake caused billions of dollars’ worth of damages. Haiti was already a very poor country before the disaster, but the earthquake forced people farther into poverty. The families of Haiti did not have insurance, resulting in many families left homeless. The first estimate for deaths caused by the earthquake was more than 250,000 and affected approximately 3,500,000 lives (Pallardy, 2016). The first shock measured a magnitude of 7.0 with two aftershocks that measured magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.5. The following few days consisted of multiple other aftershocks measuring 5.9. The most affected area was about 15

Over the past several years, Haiti a country in North America has been in turmoil and in desperate need, of economic improvement. This is due in large part to the country’s problems dealing with diseases, disasters, extreme poverty, and health and sanitation issues. Theses issues have led to the country dealing with increased morbidity and mortality rates, decreased life expectancies, major health issues, and death. In an effort to help the country of Haiti, programs and policies have been implemented to aid the country in recapturing its ability to prosper.

Haiti was ranked 145 out of 169 countries on the UN Human Development Index, the lowest ranked country in the Western Hemisphere. More than 70% of Haiti’s population lives on less than $2 a day. Haiti has a population of 9.893.945 people, 95% of the population is black and 5% is mulatto and white, with a median age of 21.9 years old. The religious makeup of the country consists of 80% Roman

As many of you know, Haiti experienced a horrific earthquake in 2010 that did mass destruction to a fragile country. This past year, hurricane Matthew also brought devastating results to the

The Republic of Haiti, had reached its peak in 2010 from the 12 earthquake leaving people faced with the dire consequences of poverty and living conditions plummeting.

With high birth rates in Haiti, 80% of the population lives in poverty. In 2010, Haiti experienced a terrible earthquake; which resulted in a lot of orphaned children. Some of the other children poor parents wanted to escape the financial burden of raising them, so they sent them to work for wealthy families. Those children had to work in harsh conditions regardless of the weather condition.

Haiti is a country in is a country in the western hemisphere, located on the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. There are 10,123,787 people in this country and Haiti has the largest poverty rate of 77% in the world. More than half of Haiti’s population lives on less than $1 a day, and 80% of the country lives on less than $2 a day. Their estimated unemployment rate as of 2010 was 40.6%. (Hess and Weigley 2012)

The current situation in Haiti cannot be understood without the proper historical context. Haiti is routinely referred to as the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere. Haiti’s state has been engineered and predisposed through slavery, colonialism, genocide, economic terrorism, political manipulation and foreign military occupation,

Poverty is a major global social problem that Haiti must deal with. Surprisingly, 78% of Haitians make less than two USD per day and more than half of that make less than one USD per day, which is considered living in extreme poverty. This adds up to about 660 USD annually. Poverty is such an important social problem because how much a person makes has a strong outcome on whether or not his or her family can eat, go to school (which costs about 131 USD per child per year), and afford clothes or shelter. To most people, making less than two dollars a day is unfathomable. Many parts of Haiti are affected by poverty. Education, for example, is a major part of poverty. The education system receives little to no funding makes it extremely difficult to get children to school, let alone graduate. As long as most students are not graduating or working at well-paying jobs, they will be stuck in the lower class and remain victims of poverty. Also, the price of food is simply too high. People in Haiti are starving to death. Some people must go days without eating and it is beyond heartbreaking. “Haiti’s poorest people depend mainly on self-employment and remittances for their income, while poor people who are relatively better off derive their income mainly from wage earnings and remittances” (International Fund for Agricultural Development). Haiti’s poverty issue causes global problems as well. “For decades, the US launched a series of interventions, both political and military, up

Haiti’s development is verified by its Human Development Index (HDI). Established by the United Nations, a world organization dedicated to the development and safety of the world’s countries, an HDI is a value ranging from zero in less developed nations and one in more developed nations that measures several statistics directly related to poverty including life expectancy at birth, national education rates, and gross national income (2015 Human Development Report). Although not an exact measure of poverty, the HDI functions as a simplified representation of poverty. Currently, Haiti has a concerningly low HDI of .483, and it is not growing quickly (Human Development Reports). If Haiti is to raise its HDI and decrease its poverty, they must settle on a solution. Because the HDI is so closely related to poverty, and it is much more focused and simplified, it is more logical and more efficient for Haiti to