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Haiti
The Aftermath
12 January 2010 Earthquake … by Rick Benoit
By The Numbers …The Human Cost
• 250,000 Dead, Missing;
• 1-million Injured, Disabled;
• 1.5-million Homeless;
• 500,000 Living in IDP Camps;
• 180,000 Homes Destroyed;
• 5-million People Impacted;
• $11.5 Billion to Rebuild.
HAITI … BEYOND NUMBERS
Haiti …
A Human Tragedy
Crosses overlook a mass grave of 60,000 outside Port au Prince.
Haiti’s “White House”The Presidential Palace – Port au Prince
A complete destruction ofPolitical, Social and Spiritual infrastructure.
University HospitalSchool of Nursing
More than 50 hospitals lay in ruin.
More than half of Haiti’s Schools
destroyed
Complete Neighborhoods Decimated
Nearly 200,000 homes
destroyed
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince
Haiti’s National Cathedral
Haiti … Spiritually Alive80-per cent Christian 110-per cent Voo Doo
Walking to Sunday service.
Haiti … Ascending From Rubble
1.5 million Homeless
THECAMPS
500,000 people living in authorized IDP camps. More than one million people living illegally as squatters.
IDP Camp Corail:
A UMCORProject site
United Methodist Committee on Relief volunteer teams to build nine schools at Corail Cesselesse, home to about 50,000, 15 miles outside Port au Prince.
Human Spirit, Haitian Resolve
Smiles to steal your heart!
Survival
Behind The Wire
Behind The Wall
Existence
Lives forever
changed
HeartsChanged Forever
Forever Friends
Many Thanksto Many People
INCLUDING• NIKE – Beaverton, OR
Leanne & Greg Hanley• Oregon District II Little League
Jim Martin & Georgia Herr• Montville Little League
Shawna Bolles, Portland, OR• Gresham ASA Softball
The Blank Family, Gresham, OR• Mrs. Dotty Bateman
New Canaan, CT• USACE Portland (OR) District
Patti Williams, Dianne BentzTracy Bell, Jerry Christensen,Todd Manny, Erika Stewart
• NAVFAC (Navy Facilities)Mel Acree, Kevin Catlin,Jackie Dunn, J. Blayne Kirsch
Kicks for Haiti’s Kids
Kites for Haiti’s Kids