On January 12 Th, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. It was the strongest earthquake to hit the country in over 200 years. 200,000 people are feared to be dead. Many of whom will never be positively identified. Homes are lost, the government is gone, there are thousands of orphans...
Everyone from the United States to Israeli disaster teams have started to send aid , Movie Stars, Singers, Musicians, Artists, Entrepreneurs, Businessmen, schools ... Haiti is on every ones agenda. But where were all of us before.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Even before the quake there were thousands of homeless throughout the country. Many people lived in homes without running water. Over half of the deaths in the country are attributed to HIV/Aids, tuberculosis, meningitis, malaria and respiratory infections.
Wasn't it already a disaster zone?
What makes something a disaster? When is it worth US stepping in and making a change. Why do we have to wait for total destruction to want to start building again. Renovation is much easier than demolition. Could we have stopped the earthquake from happening? Probably not. Could the country have been better equipped to deal with something of that magnitude. Definitely. Could we have saved some more lives? I think so.
What will you do when disaster strikes?
Monday, January 25, 2010
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