Haiti Earthquake, 2010

On the 12/1/2010, Tuesday Haiti was struck by a strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake. That massive earthquake had caused damage/destruction to Presidential Palace, hospitals and houses. It has been reported that 250,000++(this number is still rising, but I hope it will stop soon) people have been confirmed dead, estimated 300,00 wounded and estimated 1,000,000 homeless.

Haiti Facts & Figures:
The Caribbean nation of nine million is the poorest country in the Americas with an annual per-capita income of $560. It ranks 146th out of 177 countries on the UNDP Human Development Index

More than half the population lives on less than $1 a day and 78 per cent on less than $2. There is a high infant mortality rate and the prevalence of HIV among those between ages 15 and 49 is 2.2 per cent.
(I got this “Haiti Facts & Figures” from here)

A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert

A man calls for help while being trapped at the Port-au-Prince University, after a major earthquake struck.

A injured child receives medical treatment after an earthquake

A girl reacts in the street shortly after a large earthquake struck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

An injured woman is helped after being rescued

Residents walk past a dead body after an earthquake

A woman grimaces while receiving treatment

Elie Isaac, left, and Caleb Roseme, both of Norwich, Connecticut, pray for the people of the Caribbean Islands

And I bumped into this video in Youtube with the title “We Are The World 25 For Haiti” and I was really touched by it. The lyrics of the song really says it all.

It is really heart breaking and sad to see all the people in Haiti that are suffering, homeless and grief about their lost ones. So lets start doing/donating something for the people in Haiti. Money, food, water, cloths anything that you can think of. Small or Big it doesn’t matter. Your little things mean ALOT to the people in Haiti. If you can’t give, it is OK, just PRAY for them. It will work wonders when you pray.