Haitian Delegation: Kali Lamp, Kaitlyn Kramer, CJ Krcil, Mindy Paszek

HAITIHaitian Delegation: Kali Lamp, Kaitlyn Kramer, CJ Krcil, Mindy Paszek

Physical Geography

Location

• Haiti is located in the Caribbean and takes up the western one third of the island Hispaniola. It shares the island with the Dominican Republic.

• Capital: Port au Prince

http://www.indexmundi.com/haiti/demographics_profile.html

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Climate and Terrain

Haiti’s climate is tropical, but is semiarid where mountains cut off trade winds.

The terrain is mostly rough and very mountainous.

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Human Geography

People

• Population: 9,035,536 95% of Haitians are of

African descent The other 5% are

mulatto and white. Mulattos are descendents

of African slaves and early French settlers.


http://geography.howstuffworks.com/caribbean/geography-of-haiti.htm

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Language

French and Creole are the languages that are most commonly used in Haiti.

Some English is spoken in the main tourism areas.

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Religion

Christianity and Voodoo are the main religious practices in Haiti.

Christians include Roman Catholics and Protestants

http://www.fotochris.com/images/Haiti-religion-1-eglise.jpg




Issues

Medical

6.1% of adult Haitians are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, but national health education programs have decreased the rate by 2.2%. http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/

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http://www.haiti-micah.org/haiti-facts.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Haiti

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/13746/

http://www.haiti-micah.org/haiti-facts.html


Earthquake January 12,

2010 a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti.

With the help of many U.N. member states, active steps are being taken to reconstruct our country’s infrastructure.

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Steps being taken towards reconstruction

Humanitarian relief operation Security Focus on the future

A shift from emergency response to longer term relief and recovery




Poverty

Our government is working hard to solve this problem with the help of the United Nations Development Program Government

programs pay workers to help with earthquake clean-up efforts.


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http://dailyme.com/story/2010012800006107/haitians-ready-start-picking-pieces.html


Literacy In 1997 the government passed a 10-year education plan with the

goal of universal access to quality schools. The national budget increased the education budget to pay for programs for school lunches, uniforms, and bus transportation.

In 2002, 30,000 literacy monitors distributed 700,000 literacy manuals

School attendance has risen 44% (from 20 % in 1994 to 64 percent in 2000).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Haiti

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Deforestation

We have developed an alternative fuel source to help solve our deforestation problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Haiti

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Documents

Haitian Delegation: Kali Lamp, Kaitlyn Kramer, CJ Krcil, Mindy Paszek