Haiti 2010 EQ Flashcards
How many people died in the Haiti EQ?
220,000-230,000
How many people were injured in the Haiti EQ?
300,000+
How many people died of cholera, following the EQ?
8000
What attitude to people in Haiti have towards hazardous events
fatalism
What percentage of Haiti’s GDP was made up by debt?
20%
What % of Haitians were living in poverty PRIOR TO the 2010 EQ?
65%
How many schools were damaged or destroyed in the Haiti 2010 EQ?
4000
What percentage of civil servants in Port-au-Prince died?
25%
How many people were supplied with water/sanitation following the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
1.7 million
What percentage of buildings in Haiti were sub-standard?
60%
What was a negative impact of international aid as a response to the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
aid worker brought over cholera, caused 8000+ deaths
(opinion based) what is the most successful response to the EQ in Haiti (2010)?
4.3 mil supplied with food rations, provided food for population, who could not self-help, meant people didn’t die and were able to help with response efforts
what is the most significant primary impact of the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
1.5M homeless, as left them vulnerable to other hazards and required significant amounts of money to rebuild and provide temporary housing
How far was the epicentre from Port-au-Prince?
24km
What was the focus of the EQ?
13km
How were the UN involved with Haiti
- MINUSTAH from 2004 to 2017, efforts refocused as EQ hit
- 680 police officers deployed after EQ
- UN world food programme provided basic food aid
What % of Port-au-Prince lived in slum conditions prior to the EQ?
86%
How much of the population of Port-au-Prince had access to latrines before the EQ? Tap water?
latrines: 1/2
Tap water: 1/3
After the EQ, how much debris was there in Port-au-Prince?
19 million cubic metres
What % of schools in Port-au-Prince collapsed?
80%
How much was donated by the UK public in response to the 2010 EQ? (through the DEC)
£107 million
What Hurricane complicated the response to the 2010 EQ and when did it hit?
Hurricane Tomas, 5 November 2010
How many people were supported by the initial aid response to the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
2 million over the first 90 days
How many people were still in temporary shelters in 2011?
1 million
How many people were provided with clean water by NGOs following the cholera outbreak in Port-au-Prince?
70,000+
How much rubble remained 6 months after the EQ?
98%
How much aid was collected?
$1.1 billion
What is a long-term impact of the Haiti EQ?
long term political impacts
current violence and political instability stemmed from the 2010 EQ
Why is the response to Haiti so complicated?
even with lots of funding, there is no management or governance. No single group or government has control over the reconstruction process
How many UN peacekeepers were killed by the EQ?
96
