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Poverty in Haiti

Published on Jan 13, 2016

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Poverty in Haiti

Trasandra Ragsdale & Emily Mallo 
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What is the problem?

  • Illiteracy
  • 78% live on less than $2 a day
  • 10% Electricity access
  • Less than 8% have drinking water
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How long has this been a problem?

  • First colonized in 1492
  • Given to French in 1697
  • Revolution

Children

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Haiti Conditions

Fix It

  • Free education
  • Charity

Works Cited

  • "Poverty & Health in Haiti." Haiti's Healthcare. Mount Holyoke College, n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.
  • Fox News. "Top 5 Facts about Poverty in Haiti." The Borgen Project RSS2. Chelsea Evans, 09 Sept. 2013. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.
  • "Rural Poverty Portal." Rural Poverty Portal. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2016.
  • Alsan, Marcella M., Michael Westerhaus, Michael Herce, Koji Nakashima, and Paul E. Farmer. "Poverty, Global Health and Infectious Disease: Lessons from Haiti and Rwanda." Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2016.
  • "Little Girl Lost." Pulitzer Center. N.p., 07 Oct. 2010. Web. 14 Jan. 2016.