Earthquake in Haiti

To know the opinion that there handle the young seniors students, both careers, Discovery School, 2010, brings over of the poverty in Haiti.

The history of Haiti

Haiti, officially Republic of Haiti, is a country of the Antilles, placed in the western part of the island The Spanish woman and that borders in the northern part on the Atlantic Ocean, in the southern part and west on the Caribbean Sea or of the Antilles, and in the eastern part on the Dominican Republic. His territory understands equally the island of the Gonâve, the island of the Tortoise, the archipelago of the islands Cayemites and Vaches's island as well as other diverse islands of his territorial waters. The uninhabited island of The Navasse (in Spanish island Navaza) is claimed by Haiti before the administration of the United States.

The total surface of Haiti spreads in 27.750 km ², sheltering a population of 10.033.000 inhabitants (2009). His capital and principal city is Port-au-Prince, seriously damaged by an earthquake on January 12, 2010.
Haiti is constituted in the shape of republic semipresidencialista according to the Constitution approved in 1987, but whose force remained suspended since then in several occasions for the political violence, particularly after the military coup d'état of 1991 and the crisis of 2004 that forced the intervention of United Nations by means of the detachment of the Mission of Stabilization of the United Nations in Haiti (MINUSTAH). After an electoral process for the international community in 2006, the Chief of the State, chosen by universal suffrage, is René Préval whereas the National Assembly of Haiti designated in 2009 Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister.

Haiti proclaimed his independence on January 1, 1804, being the second country of the continent American, and first of Latin America in abolitionist acceding to her after a singular revolutionary process of character initiated in 1791 that ended in a long fight armed against France, the colonizing power from ends of the 17th century.

Earthquake in Haiti

On January 12, 2010, at 21:53 UTC (16:53 in the local schedule) Haiti was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 in the Richter scale, the severest earthquake of the country in 200 years. The epicenter of the quake was near cardinal Port-au-Prince. It has thought that the number of dead men came to 200.000 persons and more than 3 millions remained damaged.

The Presidential Palace was very affected, collapsing the second floor on the first one, the building of the Parliament, the office of the United Nations and the National Cathedral also they were damaged. The new headquarters of Government of Haiti will be constructed in the zone Croix-des-bouquets to approximately 20 kilometers of Port-au-Prince.

Objectives

General:

To know the opinion that there handle the young seniors students, both careers, Discovery School, 2010, brings over of the poverty in Haiti.

Specifics:

1. To investigate the reasons of the poverty in Haiti.
2. To investigate the percentage of malnutrition and lack of employment in Haiti.
3. To verify the level of economy of the country.
4. To know the reasons for which Haiti is a country in extreme poverty.
5. To analyze the level of economy of Haiti compared with other countries.

Method

The present investigation is qualitative, of the descriptive type. His general aim is announces the opinion of the students of 5to Baccalaureate, Discovery School, 2010, both careers it brings over of the poverty in Haiti. Of the population of students they have been selected to a representative sample which consists of 37 pupils and pupils of the last degree of the college Discovery to whom there was applied an instrument that contains 8 articles with format of answers dicotomicly Later the results were tabulated then to analyze them and graphic them. One proceeded to present the conclusions which will have to endorse the aims of this work.


Conclusions
The principal reason for which the students of 5to baccalaureate, Discovery School, 2010, treat more in helping the needy persons or of low resources it is for the values that have received in house and in the college. In addition it is possible to conclude that the pupils of 5to Baccalaureate know the economic level and the principal reasons for which Haiti is an underdeveloped country.
It is good that the young persons of nowadays want to help and to join the campaigns and organizations needy persons which they can help not only of our country but of foreign countries as, it it is the case of Haiti since the solidarity and the union is obvious between different nations; leaving behind the conflicts and joining bows to be able to extract to a country forward.

It is good that the young persons find out from what it happens around it and in other countries and stop ignoring the different situations since this 2010 has been spent by unforgettable catastrophes and catastrophes that really should be important for all the countries since it affects the world economy.
Recommendations
It is recommended to Discovery School, and to other educational centers, to create since you gather of food for the needy persons or to help by means of a bank account the persons who really need help in Haiti. Also there are recommended informal his pupils of the serious problems that Haiti is spending and conscience to create them.

One recommend is to create a web page this where the information of what has happened in Haiti and of the economic situation in order that other young persons of our country or of other nations could find out and create conscience in order that this way it offers to them the necessary help.
Other one of the recommendations is to qualify persons in order that they travel to the country of Haiti to offer help and to teach them his citizens that it is what really they have to make in case of natural disasters and teach any activity to them in order that they could work and this way not depend on other nations.

It forms other one of helping the citizens of Haiti serious to offer to them economic support and of didactic material in order that this way they could study and go out improve as the time and for his own account.

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