...country, Haiti, was hit by an earthquake that opened my eyes. The economy went down after the earthquake, and that experience changed the way I see money and social class. When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I should take my education seriously because the more educated you are, the more respect you get from people. Also, when you are educated, you can get any job you want and you are able to buy anything that that you desire. Growing up in Haiti, I would see my parents working hard to put me in school so I could get an education. I wanted to pursue a higher education, and vowed to work harder than ever in school to make my parents proud. The reason that I value education so much is because,...
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...The lower class population in Haiti is affected by the socioeconomic state they are in, the damaged economy and environment around them. To be able to gain awareness about the social determinants of health in Haiti, we use most of the key social determinants of health such as infant mortality rate, under-5 mortality rate, non-communicable and communicable diseases. In Haiti, the disadvantage lower class is less healthy than the middle and higher class citizens. The poor dominate most of Haiti and it is seen in most studies that most of the diseases and mortality rates come from the lower class. (Skolnik, 2016) Haiti has been affected by epidemics, natural disasters and a corrupt and, failing government. A study done to show the mortality trend in the under-5 and under-1 age groups show from 2005 to 2016 the death trends have decreased except in 2010 when an earthquake, a natural disaster struck Haiti. Still sitting at a 55.2 infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) and an under-5 mortality rate of 69.0(per 1,000 live births), Haiti’s lower class dominates the percentage of infants dying within the first few months because of the environment around them. The low-class citizens do not have clean drinking and bathing water and this causes many communicable diseases such as Diarrheal diseases killing many of the children who just want water to drink....
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...majority slaves in Haiti were of Congolese origin or descent. Thornton contends against earlier interpretations which interpreted the slaves’ African political heritage as encouraging a support for absolute monarchy and slavery. He analyzes the political practices of Congolese Kingship and the dynamics of the civil wars which had taken place in the 18th century,...
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...A glimpse of the future can be seen in Monwa, the most majestic city in the world. Monwa is a lotus-like urban establishment located off the coast of Bel Air, Haiti, where our engineers have incorporated nature and technology together to create this thriving city. In 2010, Bel Air, Haiti suffered a terrible earthquake that devastated the entire population. After hundreds of years, engineers explored the wreckage and decided that they could create a prodigious city with it, and thus, the city of Monwa was born! In the year, 2254 and with a growing population of about 50,000 citizens each year, Monwa was ameliorating every single day. However, as the population grew, problems also began to grow and soon, Haiti was in grave danger. Jobs for farming were almost unbearable, and people were becoming quite miserable. Today, the problem with agriculture is growing like wildfire, never burning out, forever ruining the lives of cities throughout the world, and Haiti is one of the victims. There is less farmable land, more water pollution and scarcity, increased fuel costs, pesticide resistance, and in Haiti, recent hurricanes and earthquakes make our agriculture issues even worse than in other cities....
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...The documentary film Poto Mitan: Haitian Women is a film the documents the struggles and issues woman in Haiti face during the time it was being filmed. More specifically it focuses on the struggles some woman face as well as why the situation has become so problematic in Haiti. It also seems to dive into how foreign groups like NGOs and the World bank have contributed to the worsening situation in Haiti and the responses from locals. Yet, we also local woman have begun to work together to help each other and change the situation present. Most notably through a local NGO some founded which have managed to set up an information campaign to educated woman on rights along with a campaign where they managed to raise the minimum wage. Near the end we also see them prepare to start a campaign against violence in the local communities....
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...biography about Paul Farmer written by Tracy Kidder, Farmer’s work becomes more than just kind acts and doing his job, and seems to show Farmer’s passion for the people he helps and cares for in Haiti. In the United States, healthcare is generally a widespread thing—most can be treated fairly easily and medication is readily available and affordable. Many times, the employer provides health insurance to employees, and very few die deaths that may have been easily avoided. In Haiti, it seems to be the exact opposite; there is a small amount of available doctors, many medications are expensive or unattainable, and thousands of people falling to easily treatable or easily prevented diseases and illnesses. Farmer’s key goals in helping others was to save the lives of those that would ordinarily be saved, “If people could be kept from dying unnecessarily, then one had to act.” (Kidder 102). Willing to help everyone, no matter who they are or their condition, Farmer explains “I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment.” (Kidder 24). To myself, an average person living in the United States, lack of sleep due to the deaths of thousands of people who live thousands of miles away is rarely, if ever, an issue. Farmer also commented why he strives to help those people that live in Haiti, “The problem is, if I don't work this hard, someone will die who doesn't have to. That sounds...
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...Health Status and Health Care Services in Haiti with Comparison to the United States Teffanie Cummings DeVry University Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project/ HSM310 April 21, 2014 Dr. Becky Foster OUTLINE TITLE I. Executive Summary * II. Haiti Healthcare Status A. Population without healthcare insurance B. Mortality, Infant mortality data, causes of death C. Healthcare Insurance available to the poor III. Availability of Health Services A. Fundamental Life Insurance B. Red Cross C. Medicaid IV. Expenditures A. Who pays for the healthcare B. Total cost for the healthcare overall C. The Government V. Influences on the health care system A. Cultural influence B. Does society have anything to do with Haiti healthcare? C. What does politics have to do with Haiti healthcare VI. Summary A. What are the biggest healthcare problems in Haiti B. United States healthcare system compared to Haiti healthcare C. What opportunities can be offer to help Haiti healthcare * VII. Conclusion Abstract By every measure found Haiti is known to be the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and that makes they have the worst healthcare system. The can only afford around $85.00 or less per person for healthcare and the population is around 8 million (Whyte, 2010). Healthcare in Haiti is like nonexistent over half the population is unemployed and the...
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...Haiti Haiti is about 10,714 square miles big and is about the same size of Massachusetts. It is located on the island known as Hispaniola in the middle of the Caribbean sea where Haiti takes up the western 1/3 of the island and the Dominican Republic takes up the eastern 2/3. Haiti was inhabited by the indigenous Taino people, and later, it was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1942. Columbus' ship Santa Maria sank on the north side of what is now Haiti. The Spanish quickly learned that Hispaniola was not rich in gold, but a place they converted to be a farming source for them. African slaves were imported to Hispaniola as early as 1504 to labor the sugar, coffee, and tobacco crops. The Spanish started losing interest in Hispaniola and in the 17th century, French pirates purchased Haiti from the Spanish and this is when the island of Hispaniola was divided into two countries. For the next 100 years, Haiti was becoming one of the wealthiest countries in the world with the cheap slave labor and the amount of resources (sugar, coffee, the die indigo, tobacco, cotton, and exotic spices) they were producing. But the foolish Frenchmen got carried away with their slave workers and had a 10-1 free to slave population with almost 500,000 slaves and only 50,000 free men. The spirit of the French revolution affected Haiti and in 1791, a huge slave revolt broke out and a revolutionary war lasted for more than 10 years. Haiti finally gained its independence in 1804 and became the...
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...Haiti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Republic of Haiti République d'Haïti Repiblik Ayiti Flag Coat of arms Motto: "L'Union Fait La Force" (French) "Linyon Fe Lafòs" (Haitian Creole) "Strength through Unity" Anthem: La Dessalinienne Capital (and largest city) Port-au-Prince 18°32′N 72°20′W / 18.533°N 72.333°W / 18.533; -72.333 Official languages French, Haitian Creole Ethnic groups Black 95%; Mulatto and White 5%[1] Demonym Haitian Government Presidential republic - President René Préval - Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis Formation - as Saint-Domingue 1697 - Independence from France 1 January 1804 Area - Total 27,751 km2 (147th) 10,714 sq mi - Water (%) 0.7 Population - 2007 estimate 8,706,497[2] (85th) - 2003 census 8,527,817 - Density 335/km2 (38th) 758.1/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $11.150 billion[3] (133th) - Per capita $1,291[3] (154th) GDP (nominal) 2007 estimate - Total $6.031 billion[3] - Per capita $698[3] Gini (2001) 59.2 (high) HDI (2007) ▲ 0.529 (medium) (146th) Currency Gourde (HTG) Time zone (UTC-5) Drives on the right Internet TLD .ht Calling code 509 Haiti (pronounced /ˈheɪtiː/; French Haïti pronounced [aiti]; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (République d'Haïti ; Repiblik Ayiti), is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic...
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...Haiti Earthquake of 2010– Vulnerabilities and Resiliency On the 12th of January in 2010 at 4.53 pm Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake that is considered as one of the deadliest earthquakes in the western hemisphere in a century (Chinn, 2011). According to The Haiti Earthquake (2013) it killed 220.000 people, injured 250.000 people and left more than a million homeless. The earthquakes’ characteristics: There are several different aspects of Haiti earthquake that amplified its impact. First of all, Haiti is located on the edge of the Caribbean plate that crushes into the Atlantic plate (The Haiti Earthquake, 2013). This area is known for its tectonic activities as the plates are constantly moving and creating friction between them,...
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...Voodoo or vodun) is one of these many religions that are widely practice in West Africa and the Americas. Unlike the strict parameters that are drawn in western religions between the secular and non secular world, Juju is a traditional religion that is all surrounding in all aspect of ones life. This essay will focus on Juju religion in West Africa and how it end up in the Americas. In modern day, most people in the western world have been taught to tribute Juju existence and development exclusively to the Fon tribe who inhabit the country of Benin in West Africa. However, there are more than thirty five different ethnic groups in West Africa who are responsible for the development of Juju religion. Another popular misconception regarding Juju’s religion is that it was developed in Haiti by African slaves who were transported to the new world. This theory is wrong, due to Haiti only been an independent republic since 1804, and some anthropologists have estimated Juju to be as much as 10,000 years old. Juju religion was already well established, completely developed and widely practice religion prior to its arrival in Haiti. Juju is also the official religion in Benin, the only African country that still proudly recognizes it as traditional religion. Western faith are been imposed to other African countries in order to legitimize themselves as a civilized nation. The Juju religion was brought in the Americas by slaves from West Africa. The slaves’ trade in Americas was different...
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...Ms. Malaney RWS 100 9 November 2010 A horrific 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010; “As of January 20th the US military has 2,000 troops on the ground assisting now with another 2,000 airborne personal on the way there. An additional 9,500 personal are afloat standing by nearby.” (Haiti Earthquake Facts, 1). Meaning that within a little over one week the US had nearly 13,500 military personnel lending a hand, not to mention the extreme amounts of donations that were made as well. Based on his text, “ If You Rebuild It, They Will Come”, author Paul Shirley would disagree with the previously stated statistics. In his text, he strongly expresses the importance of limiting the relief for Haiti. He then continues to argue that it is harmful to give them the amount of relief we are putting forth. Extending Shirley’s argument, the article published in USA Today, “Help Haitians, but Don’t Throw Open U.S. Borders”, explores the process of bringing suffering Haitians to America for a better life. It argues the negatives to this proposal, suggesting it not only hurts Haiti, but America as well. In this essay I will analyze both texts and the arguments they make, exploring how the article published in USA Today extends Shirley’s, further proving, clarifying and backing his argument. In his article, Shirley expresses his opinion on the importance of limiting the relief in Haiti. He makes claims throughout his text suggesting that the US is giving too much time...
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...The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. FOREWORD This paper was written as part of the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP) Business Development Services Knowledge and Practice (BDS K&P) research initiative. The AMAP BDS initiative’s major objective is “integrating micro and small enterprises into productive value chains to create wealth in poor communities.” The research draws on experience and insights from: • Interviews with leading handicraft buyers in the United States, the European Union, and the Caribbean, including importers and retailers currently sourcing from Haiti, those who have done so in the past, and those who source handmade products from other destinations; • Interviews with market experts, such as product development consultants, designers, enterprise development consultants, and marketing specialists who work with handicraft producers in developing countries; • Discussions with market experts and USAID at a roundtable conducted in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2006; and • Existing literature on the handicraft market and home accessory industry. This study provides an overview and analysis of the global market for handicrafts and the key trends that affect producers in developing countries, with the ultimate objective of offering practical recommendations for the...
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...Imperfections of Our Ancestors: Haiti and Dominican Republic The island of Hispaniola is inhabited by two countries but why is it that these countries never share their influences with one another, rather than praising each other their animosity is not only present in their island but also in America too with first and second generation Haitian and Dominicans Americans. Why one island praises their African roots while the other tries to eliminate and hide it? Growing up in a predominate Haitian household you are opened to the culture, the cuisine, the music and the history, and this is for the same for a Dominican household, but imagine being of both ethnicities and wanting both. In some instances, the families allows both cultures to influence...
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...Cultural Assessment Being culturally competent means more than having an awareness for a culture different than your own for the majority culture. Cultural competency involves having an open mind-set and respect for the unique cultures, values and principles of all diverse ethnicities. I had very little interaction with the Haitian culture until I started working at a very culturally diverse facility. While completing my nightshift rotation, I had the pleasure of befriending someone from Haiti. After many years of friendship, I still feel that I know very little about her heritage. This diversity course gave me the perfect opportunity to interview and conduct research on the Haitian culture. Exploring this culture was a true revelation...
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