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The Haiti’s earthquake
The devastation created by the Haiti’s earth-
quake told day a
day.
Alejandro Prego
Fernández
Fernando Suárez
Castro
Ignacio Siota
Mouzo
Ignacio Romero
Ramos
Santa María del
Mar
1º Bachillerato D
TID
Contents:
Page 2-4:
Day a Day inci-
dent
Page 5-7:
The situation one
month later
Haití is a republic placed in the West Indies, sharing island
with the Dominican Republic. It has a territory of 27.750
km2 and a population of 9 million people and a 95% is
black. Most of this people live in the poverty.
His capital city is Port-au-prince and the official languages
are haitian and french.
Be the poorest country in the Americas, makes him a place
without many possibilities for improving.
Because of his situation in the world, Haití, has been during
the history a country that suffered many natural disasters
such as the 2010 earthquake. A strong earthquake happen-
ned in Haiti on January 12th.
January 15th:
The UN asked the international community 560 million do-
llars (390 million euros) of emergency aid.
January 16th:
New tremor of 4.5 degrees and more looting.
January17th:
The UN general secretary, Ban Kimoon, arrives at PortPrin-
ce, which he claims that 'the whole country is devastated'
and 'is the worst humanitarian disaster facing the internatio-
nal community for several decades. "18 January. U.S. prepa-
res the arrival of 7,500 soldiers and EU approves aid 430
million euros.
January 12th:
An strong earthquake of 7 in Ritcher scale appears in Haití.
January 13th. :
The UN fix the number of affecteds in 3 million people.
About 20 countries announced the urgent dispatch of aid.
The World Bank announced a donation of 100 million do-
llars and the first aircraft with aid arrives to the airport. US
assumes Port au Prince whose operations.
January 14th:
The airport suspended some landing permits to the avalanche
of international humanitarian aid. Begin to bury the corpses
in mass graves.
Page2 One month later
The First Days: January 12 th,13 th. And 14th
January 15th, 16th and 17th
General Information
The epicentre
was near the
town of
Léogâne,
approximately
25 km west of
Port-au-
Prince.
January 18th:
USA prepares the arrival of 7,500 soldiers added to 5,800
already displaced to Haiti, despite the external criticism in-
cluding the EU, for its strong military presence. The EU ap-
proved an aid of EUR 430 million.
January 19th:
Rescue the corpse of the Spanish national police subinspec-
tora Rosa Crespo, third Spanish victim. Humanitarian aid
begins to flow better. There are 52 teams worldwide, rescue
1,820 workers and 175 dogs. Found 90 people with life un-
der the rubble. The WFP delivered rations to 200,000 peo-
ple.
January 25th:
The International Conference of Montreal provides the basis
to build "a new Haiti" recognizing that everything has
changed after the earthquake and will take 10 years to re-
cover. It is made the “Group of friends of Haiti” with the
Dominican Republic, Spain, EU, Japan, World Bank, IMF
and UN committed to promote economic and social develop-
ment, and promote stability and respect for the rule of law.
235,000 people have abandoned Port-au-Prince to Gonaïves,
Port-de-Paix and Jeremie, according to the Government and
between 800,000 and 1 million live in temporary places.
January 21st:
Located the official of the delegation of the EU pillar Juárez,
who disappeared in the UN building's lifeless body. The Hai-
tian Government Announces evacuará 400,000 people
homeless camps on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. The UN
receives donations of 195 million dollars and another 112
million pledges.
January 23rd:
Rescued alive a 24 years old man. There are already 500 the
makeshift camps, where are huddled 610,000 people. OMS
doesn’t detect outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Page 3
January 25th
January 21st, 22nd and 23rd
January 18th and 19th
“The
earthquake kill
250.000
humans and
1.000.000
people lose his
house”
January 26th:
In Port au Prince are seen some signals of comercial and
banking recovery. The electricity is luxury in many
neighbourhoods, which depend on generators. The interna-
tional agencies haven't managed to establish a distribution
mechanism of food and regular water for the whole needy
population, who take help from his neighbours.
January 27th:
Groups of the EU rescue two persons two weeks after the
earthquake. Already they are 134 the rescued persons alive.
The IMF approves two lendings for Haiti for 114 million
dollars.
February 3rd:
Hundreds of Haitians in Port au Prince acusse the mayor of
trading with the international help.
February 6th:
The economy ministers of the G-7 assembled in Canada,
agree cancelling the debts of Haiti.
February 8th:
The president of Haiti calculates that the deaths because of
the earthquake are 250.000.
February 9th:
A 28-year-old man is found alive among the ruins of a build-
ing.
January 28th:
The prime minister of Haiti admits that there are children's
and organs traffic.
February 1st:
The USA announces that the military flights for the move-
ment of serious injured men of Haiti to American territory
will be resumed.
February 2nd:
The Haitian Government enters 200.000 dead men.
Page 4
February 3rd, 6th, 8th and 9th
January 28th, February 1st and 2nd
January 26th and 27th
“The
earthquake
killed
250.000
humans and
1.000.000
people lose
his house”
One million people still live in the street in 492 makeshift
camps. There are approximately 250,000 homes destroyed
and only affected 272.000 have received so far building ma-
terials.
Thousands of Haitians continue to queue at the doors of the
Western embassies in search of a visa allowing them to lea-
ve the island and hundreds sought unsuccessfully walk
across the border to the Dominican Republic.
The schools are closed and still having problems of infras-
tructure.
The Red Cross has provided medical treatment to 13,000
people and has distributed 15 million litres of drinking wa-
ter. Nearly 800,000 people receive daily rations of water, but
the permanence of unsanitary water can create health pro-
blems.
About 37,000 families received blankets, kitchen utensils
and hygiene kits. Médecins sans Frontières has tried to
13,000 patients and has been more than 1,400 operations.
Page 5 One month later
Sanitary Conditions
The victims
The main
requirements are
water, orthopedic
equipment,
anaesthetics and
analgesics
Solidarity with money contributed by Governments, institu-
tions, NGOs and individuals around the world, as well as on
numerous charitable acts of all kinds has beaten records and
has surpassed the aid provided to help those affected by the
tsunami of 2004 Indian. The call by the United Nations has
covered already 95%.
Spain is in the fourth place of the list of donors, with 34 mi-
llion euros. Ahead are only United States (EUR 378 mi-
llion), Canada (59 million) and Saudi Arabia (36 million).
For USA, that has 13,000 soldiers in Haiti, is one of the ma-
jor humanitarian deployments of its recent history.
The Haiti’s ambassador in Spain, Yolette Azor-Charles, has
recently raised to 25 years from the 10 that were calculated
initially a few weeks ago.
Susana Arroyo, Intermón Oxfam, regional spokesman said
that the main objective after the disaster is the recovery of
people’s life conditions, but in a country where the 76% of
the population live in the poverty is difficult to get good life
conditions.
A month after the earthquake the situation has improved dra-
matically, from the UN coordination between 900 agencies
help operating in the country. The conditions of reception at
the airport are also better, and some services have already
started to work in the capital.
On the other hand, are less deaths in the streets, and there
are police controls in some areas. Part of the coverage of
mobile phones has been restored and some gas stations have
been reopened.
Page 6
Reconstruction
Progress
Help
The World Food Program is providing food rations to 2 mi-
llion Haitians in 16 points of distribution, but thousands of
people are starving. The price of imported rice has risen
Page 7
Food
There are 63
million tons of
litter that have
to be removed
Violence in the streets continues to be a major obstacle to
the reconstruction of the country. The looting have been re-
duced but continue to occur, and many NGOs operating in
the area reported a significant increase of violations to wo-
men.
Violence
The spanish minister of defence, Carme Chacón, explained
that 450 spanish troops deployed in Haiti will be in the
country "for a maximum period of three months until May
4", although she pointed out that this period "could be ex-
tended if the circumstances so required". The Spanish Haiti
deployment costs 18.8 million euros.
Spanish Presence