Haiti Earthquake 2010

Question 1

Where was Haiti in the UN Human Development Index?

Answer 1

Haiti was 145th of 169 countries in the UN Human Development Index,

which is the lowest in the Western Hemisphere

Question 2

On how much were more than 70% of people in Haiti living?

Answer 2

More than 70% of people in Haiti were living on less than $1 per day

Question 3

Where were 86% of people in Port au Prince living?

Answer 3

86% of people in Port au Prince were living in slum conditions - mostly tightly-packed, poorly-built, concrete buildings.

Question 4

Where was 80% of education in Haiti provided?

Answer 4

80% of education in Haiti was provided in often poor-quality private schools,

the state system generally provided better education but provided far too few places

Question 5

What was the access to latrines and water like?

Answer 5

Half of the people in Port-au-Prince had no access to latrines

and only one-third has access to tap water

Question 6

What was the impact of the 12 January 2010 earthquake?

Answer 6

7.0 Magnitude Quake struck near Port au Prince

Question 7

How many people were affected?

Answer 7

3,500,000 people were affected by the quake

Question 8

How many people died?

Answer 8

220,000 people estimated to have died

Question 9

How many people were injured?

Answer 9

300,000+ people were injured

Question 10

What was the effect on housing?

know these roughly like 188k

Answer 10

Over 188,383 houses were badly damaged

and 105,000 were destroyed by the earthquake (293,383 in total),

1.5m people became homeless.

Question 11

How much debris was there?

Answer 11

After the quake there were 19 million cubic metres of rubble and debris in Port au Prince

– enough to fill a line of shipping containers stretching end to end from London to Beirut.

Question 12

How many schools were destroyed?

Answer 12

4,000 schools were damaged or destroyed

Question 13

How many civil servants died in Port au Prince?

Answer 13

25% of civil servants in Port au Prince died

Question 14

What % government and administrative buildings, % schools were destroyed or damaged?

Answer 14

60% of Government and administrative buildings, 80% of schools in Port-au-Prince and 60% of schools in the South and West Departments were destroyed or damaged

Question 15

How many people left their home area in Port-au-Prince?

Answer 15

Over 600,000 people left their home area in Port-au-Prince.

Question 16

Where did they stay?

Answer 16

They mostly stayed with host families

Question 17

Where were most people living at its peak?

Answer 17

At its peak, one and a half million people were living in camps

Question 18

Where were over 100.000 people at critical risk from?

Answer 18

Over 100,000 were at critical risk from storms and flooding.

Question 19

What was unrelated to the earthquake but caused aid response challenges?

Answer 19

Unrelated to the earthquake but causing aid response challenges was the outbreak of cholera in October 2010.

Question 20

How many had died by July 2011 as a result of the outbreak, and how many were infected?

Answer 20

5,899 had died and 216,000 were infected.

Question 21

Primary responses to the earthquake

Answer 21

Neighbouring Dominican Republic provided emergency water and medical supplies as well as heavy machinery to help with search and rescue underneath the rubble, but most people were left to dig through the rubble by hand.

Emergency rescue teams arrived from a number of countries, eg Iceland.

Medical teams began treating the injured – temporary field hospitals were set up by organisations like the International Committee of the Red Cross.

GIS was used to provide satellite images and maps of the area, to assist aid organisations.

People from around the world watched the news from Haiti on TV and through social networks. Many pledged money over their mobile phones.

United Nations troops and police were sent to help distribute aid and keep order.

Question 22

Secondary responses to the earthquake

Answer 22

Money was pledged by organisations and governments to assist in rebuilding. Including- $3.1 billion from international governments and $1.1 billion from 23 global charities.

After one year, there were still 1,300 camps.

‘Cash for work’ programs were paying Haitians to clear rubble.

Small farmers were being supported – so crops could be grown.

Schools were rebuilt.