Haiti Earthquake 2010

Question 1

Which country was first to send help and what did they do?

Answer 1

Dominican Republic.
Sent in supplies of water, food and heavy lifting machinery to help rescue people from collapsed buildings.
Also permitted people to cross the border.

Question 2

Why did it become more difficult to land aid planes?

Answer 2

Only part of the airport was usable and there were ques in the sky.

Question 3

Iceland had an aid team in Haiti within how many hours?

Answer 3

24

Question 4

How many camps were set up across Port-Au-Prince?

Answer 4

1,500

Question 5

Why did cholera spread in Haiti?

Answer 5

People forced to drink dirty water because water supply came only once per week.

Question 6

What was the magnitude on the Richter scale of the earthquake?

Answer 6

7

Question 7

What did the earthquake score on the Mercalli scale?

Answer 7

9 ‘ruinous’

Question 8

How many aftershocks were there?

Answer 8

52

Question 9

What magnitude did the aftershocks have?

Answer 9

4.5

Question 10

What was the death toll due to the earthquake or its immediate aftermath?

Answer 10

230,000

Question 11

What percentage of the infrastructure collapsed?

Answer 11

60%

Question 12

What percentage of buildings collapsed?

Answer 12

70%

Question 13

How many amputees were there?

Answer 13

4,000

Question 14

How many prisoners escaped prison when it was destroyed and what was it called?

Answer 14

4,000

Prison Civile

Question 15

What was the cost of damage and losses?

Answer 15

$8 billion

Question 16

What were the problems with NGOs attempting to give aid?

Answer 16

NGOs flown in to help but most have not investigated the needs of survivors beforehand.
Very few people spoke French so it was difficult to know what people wanted.

Question 17

What were the problems with camps?

Answer 17

Few camps had competent camp managers.
Problems of water supply and sanitation continued.
Rape and sexual attacks were common in camps.
Tents were reasonably easy to break into.
Many women lost their husbands and felt unprotected in crowded conditions.

Question 18

What did poor building codes lead to?

Answer 18

Houses not resistant to earthquakes.

Question 19

What is the unemployment rate of Haiti?

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

What are the factors affecting Haiti’s vulnerability and capacity to cope?

Answer 20

Poor building codes.
Poorest country in Western hemisphere.
Seismically active region.
Lack of a coherent emergency plan for a disaster.
Lack of public awareness.
Shortage of trained health workers and an underfunded healthcare system.
Massive rural to urban migration. Huge slums in Port-Au-Prince.
Unemployment is 50%

Question 21

What is the plan for national recovery and development?

Answer 21

1. Territorial rebuilding- Decentralisation, land reform.
2. Economic rebuilding- Modernisation and futher developments of agricultural, manufacturing, construction and tourism sectors.
3. Social rebuilding- Universal primary education, improved and expanded higher education sector.
4. Institutional rebuilding- Modernise legal framework. Core state functions up and running. Clear targets of transparency and accountability in government to avoid corruption.