Haiti

Question 1

When, where, what, why?

Answer 1

12th January 2010
Next to capital city (port-au/prince)
7.2 Richter scale
conservative plate plate boundary
Caribbean and North American plates

Question 2

Immediate responses

Answer 2

Haiti appeal set up and raised £107 million
The united nations with USA took control of relief mission
Port-au-prince’s morturies were quickly overwhelmed
Many counties respond by sending relief and medical teams
Tens of thousands of bodies buried in mass graves

Question 3

Long term responses

Answer 3

Cash for work programme
Provide sanitation by building 600 latrines and washing areas
Support for Haitian farmers and small businesses, encourage people to stay in rural areas
New buildings built to ‘earthquake proof” standards

Question 4

Short term effects

Answer 4

Estimated death toll over 200,000
300,000+ seriously injured
3,500,000 people affected
4,000 schools damages/ destroyed 
60% of government and administration buildings were destroyed

Question 5

Long term effects

Answer 5

60,000 living in temporary accommodation
1 in 5 lost jobs (clothing industry most affected, buildings destroyed)
Diseases contaminated water (eg. cholera)
Landslides
Loss of tourism