One Year Later
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The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010 left over 3 million people in need of emergency aid. Yet one year later, the country still languishes with a lack of infrastructure, poverty and need. Please do not forget the Haitian plight. Donate what you can. Quick Facts: • Over one million people - including 380,000 children - remain displaced as a result of the earthquake.* • The country has over 1,200 displacement sites, mostly tent and shack cities.* • As of December 2010, cholera had spread to all of Haiti's 10 departments - claiming more than 2,500 lives.* • Aid groups say Haitian laws often impede spending their donations on the Haitian people. Because deeds and documents were destroyed in the collapse of government buildings, land ownership is hard to prove.** • Haiti tacks a 40% import tax on to everything that crosses the country's border. That often forces aid groups to make the hard decision between importing much-needed medicine and the means with which to deliver it.** Sources: *From UNICEF's Haiti: One Year Later report. ** From FoxNews.com |
WYCLEF: Live From Haiti
| On the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, Wyclef Jean calls the Breakfast Club from his homeland to report on the state of the nation and how his foundation is helping the cause and how donations are being spent. |
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