Haiti Earthqauke

Background:

• 12th January 2010
• Caseud by conservative plate: Caribbean Plate (continetial) North American plate (continetial)
• 7.0 Richter Scale

Primary Effect:

• 316,000 people died
• 1 million made homeless
• 270,000 buildings destryoed, and many of these included government buildings such as Presedntial Place.
• over 1,300 school were destroyed
• over 50 hospitals were destroyed.
• Main prison damaged and 4,000 inmates escaped

Secondary Effects:

• 1 in 5 people lost thier jobs.
• Hospitals became crowded and people forced into shanty towns with no clean water and poor santiation, 
• This meant dieases could spread easily
• 4,500 died of Cholera alone and more cases were reported. 

Immediate responses 

• $5 billion donated by foreign governments and charities.
• Field hospitals set up to help stop spread of disease such as cholera 
• 810,000 placed into camps
• 115,000 camps were set up
• 4.3 million people provided with food ration
• mainly helped by foreign governments. 

Long Term Responses:

• 1 million still homless after 1 year.
• Support offered to get people back to work and also build homes this accounted for 70% of population
• 1.7 million people provided with water purifcation kit.
• Temorary schools set up with new teachers.
• 98% of rubble still remanied after 1 year.