Well over a year after a violent earthquake destroyed the capital and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, alarmingly little progress can be seen in Haiti reconstruction. Reportedly the fault mainly lies with the lack of government attention to the process.
Whether the government is responsible or not, the fact remains that the majority of Haitian natives are still living in desperate conditions. As their suffering goes on day after day, they are beginning to lose hope for rebuilding their lives.
Before the earthquake, Haiti was deemed the poorest country in the Americas. Its citizens lived in abject poverty due to the lack of industry and agriculture located there. Already poverty stricken, the population took an almost unbearable blow due to destruction from the earthquake.
Home for the majority of Haitians now is a crude structure made of sticks and sheets of plastic. Gathered together in communities called tent cities, these structures do next to nothing to protect the inhabitants from weather. They will wash away in a very small rain storm, and become unbearably hot in the sun. Furthermore, they are no protection at all from the violent human element which is so prevalent.
The lack of clean drinking water and safe sanitation facilities cause constant outbreaks of illness. The cholera outbreak which took more lives a few months after the earthquake still looms as a threat. Disease is rampant, and medical care personnel overloaded.
Simply clearing the rubble left behind by the earthquake has become a difficult and neglected task. Only a very small percentage of it has been removed.
There has been no lack of donations and workers from the global community to aid in Haiti reconstruction. Yet the world has moved on to focus on more recent calamities. The life of the average Haitian today is filled with misery, struggle, frustration, and fear, with no relief seen in the near future. Read more about: haiti Reconstruction
Whether the government is responsible or not, the fact remains that the majority of Haitian natives are still living in desperate conditions. As their suffering goes on day after day, they are beginning to lose hope for rebuilding their lives.
Before the earthquake, Haiti was deemed the poorest country in the Americas. Its citizens lived in abject poverty due to the lack of industry and agriculture located there. Already poverty stricken, the population took an almost unbearable blow due to destruction from the earthquake.
Home for the majority of Haitians now is a crude structure made of sticks and sheets of plastic. Gathered together in communities called tent cities, these structures do next to nothing to protect the inhabitants from weather. They will wash away in a very small rain storm, and become unbearably hot in the sun. Furthermore, they are no protection at all from the violent human element which is so prevalent.
The lack of clean drinking water and safe sanitation facilities cause constant outbreaks of illness. The cholera outbreak which took more lives a few months after the earthquake still looms as a threat. Disease is rampant, and medical care personnel overloaded.
Simply clearing the rubble left behind by the earthquake has become a difficult and neglected task. Only a very small percentage of it has been removed.
There has been no lack of donations and workers from the global community to aid in Haiti reconstruction. Yet the world has moved on to focus on more recent calamities. The life of the average Haitian today is filled with misery, struggle, frustration, and fear, with no relief seen in the near future. Read more about: haiti Reconstruction