Though more than a year has passed since a terrifying earthquake toppled buildings and claimed scores of lives, Haiti reconstruction has made very little progress. A disorganized and unsteady government has been blamed for this situation.
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.
Infectious disease and other health problems are inevitable given the lack of safe drinking water and clean sanitation solutions. A cholera outbreak which caused even more death after the earthquake should have made this a serious priority. Medical attention is difficult to obtain, considering the great load on trained doctors and nurses.
A task as basic and important as clearing the rubble the earthquake left behind has still not been accomplished. The greater part of the collapsed and damaged structures the quake left behind still lies in the streets.
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.
Infectious disease and other health problems are inevitable given the lack of safe drinking water and clean sanitation solutions. A cholera outbreak which caused even more death after the earthquake should have made this a serious priority. Medical attention is difficult to obtain, considering the great load on trained doctors and nurses.
A task as basic and important as clearing the rubble the earthquake left behind has still not been accomplished. The greater part of the collapsed and damaged structures the quake left behind still lies in the streets.
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