As Haiti enters yet another week of dealing with the chaos wrought upon its already impoverished streets by the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince early January 12, the damage is now showing its grim face. Efforts to bring the country out of poverty may have been set back "by many, many years," said Stephen Randall, a senior fellow at the Canadian International Council. Though seriously set back, the major efforts of multiple aid organizations will eventually be able to place Haiti back on track, though life will forever be changed for its people.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive set the confirmed death toll to 72,000 yesterday, though estimates of the damage range up to twice that number. As well as human life, the socio-economic infrastructure has suffered a fatal blow as well; with major looting and violence occurring on a widespread basis, the fractured police and military forces are unable to put a cap on the problems in the streets. Businesses and government are unable to recover from the disaster due to the widespread mayhem, and a sort of global anarchy has spread amongst the Haitian people. Unfortunately, the violence has lead to the death of several aid workers in the past week, and many injuries amongst the population.
With that said, Haiti still needs all the help it can receive. Both the Red Cross and UNICEF are still accepting donations via text, phone and through their websites, as well as other charitable foundations. For more information, refer to my last blog post for the links to all of these sites. Also, check out the upper right hand corner of my blog, where I have placed a Socialvibe link to help send medical supplied to Haiti. Simply do an activity (it's not an annoying poll or anything) and you can help for free!
With the readers help, Haiti may be able to overcome this disaster with the least amount of pain inflicted on innocent lives.
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