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Haiti is well known for some of the major disasters in the world. The country is often hit with disasters such as earthquake, hurricane, flood, fire, and other. The earthquake of 2010 killed over 300000 people. Several floods claimed many lives.

Disaster and Insurance

Managing the Housing Crisis in L�og�ne

Most Haitian houses easily collapse in earthquake because they are mostly made of concrete blocks of different qualities which somehow carry the entire load of the structure constructed without any supporting steel enforcement. To include sufficien...



Haiti Death Toll from 2010 Earthquake, the debate

In the late afternoon of the Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake ravaged Haiti in a town called Leogane, about 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. With 250,000 houses destroyed and over 3 million people affected the Gove...



Haiti Donation, most went to health, food, water, sanitation and hygiene

The many humanitarian appeals that were made after the 2010 earthquake were met with widespread generosity. Many donation pledges were made to Haiti; some were honored while others were not. Fact sheets show that the total requested aid in 2010 amo...



History of Earthquakes in Haiti

In the 2nd week of 2010 a devastating earthquake ravaged Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. This disaster caught the world and geology experts by surprise. A team of scientists have studied the patterns of seismic activity through the last few ...



Haiti Earthquake 2010, evaluating the Damage

Never in the history of humanity has a natural disaster been so tragic that it caused so many damages. The 2010 earthquake hit Haiti as the dusk of January 12th approached. The 1972 Nicaragua and the 1976 Guatemala earthquakes had their...



Clinton Bush Haiti Fund after the 2010 Earthquake

Haiti underwent a very trying period in 2010 following the disastrous earthquake that left more than 300,000 people dead and rendered many more homeless. Following the catastrophe, US president Barrack Obama appealed to former presidents to come to...



Rebuilding Haiti is a challenge

After the January 12 2010 earthquake which devastated Haiti’s capital, infrastructure and institutions including the government buildings were left debilitated. The aim is not just to return Haiti to where it was but to build a better and a m...



Haiti Recovery following 2012 Earthquake

Two years after the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Haiti more than 600 000 people still live in sprawling settlements of tattered tents. Hunger and malnutrition plague the population while insecurity is rife. There are persistent prob...



Volunteers in Haiti through Professional organizations and warnings

Haiti is a country that is still in dire need for humanitarian aid two years after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Though volunteers were mainly needed in the immediate recuperating period following the disaster, quite a number of individuals are sti...



In memory of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the degree of Improvement

In memory of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the degree of Improvement

As we are ready to commemorate the second anniversary of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, we are thinking about all those who gave their lives. Two years after the quake, many people are still living under a tent for two year. something th...



Wyclef Jean having issue with 16 million collected in 2010 by Yele Haiti, New York Post

Wyclef Jean having issue with 16 million collected in 2010 by Yele Haiti, New York Post

  The New York Post is raising new issues in regard to Wyclef Jean and his Yele Haiti Foundation. According to the newspaper, Yele Haiti collected $16 million in 2010, following the Haiti earthquake. Less that two third of the amount collecte...



Fonkoze and Microinsurance in Haiti

Fonkoze and Microinsurance in Haiti

Haiti is moving slowly but surely into the capitalist system, or at least in the financial sector, with the introduction of a Microinsurance program. Fonkoze, the leading micro financing institution in Haiti is introducing a new product to the p...






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