Haiti's Plight (Exercise 8)

In 2010 the nation of Haiti was struck by an extremely destructive earthquake. Many lost their homes and livelihoods. We can still see much of the destruction today as many of the nation's structures were never rebuilt. Three of these buildings, as shown in the map, were the National Palace, main jail, and the Port-au-Prince Cathedral. The palace and cathedral were sources of income for the country through tourism which was a major source of income for Haiti. The prison, on the other hand, had more immediate repercussions as the prisoners escaped and caused havoc alongside the earthquake.

Haiti still spent many years going through hardship as many lived in tents up until the end of 2012. Then at the end of 2016 Haiti was hit by Hurricane Matthew; killing 546 and accumulating damages of up to $1.9 million. They were then hit by another earthquake just last year. As seen in the map, Haiti has still not rebuilt everything and as long as disasters keep striking, they may never be able to.

This is an image from the 2021 earthquake.

This is an image of the National Palace from the 2010 earthquake.