Haiti remains the poorest country in the Americas and one of the poorest in the world (with a GDP per capita of US$ 725 in 2011), with significant needs in basic services. Over…
Voodoo is the dominant religion of Haiti it is said that Haitians are seventy percent catholic, thirty percent protestant and one hundred percent voodoo. In April 2003 an executive decree by then president Jean-Bertrand Aristide sanctioned voodoo as an officially recognized religion. I personally think it should be recognized as a religion in the same way Judaism or Christianity is.…
Some countries are very similiar to other economies while some are the exact opposite. For example a country could have a whealthy economy while another country could have a poor one , just like the U.S. compared to Cuba.…
This predicament has engulfed the majority of my thoughts for the past few years. Constantly, weighing out the pros and cons of each and every situation. All of the other solutions just do not sufficiently mend the problems of Haiti, according to my calculations. This being true, the only plausible solution that would efficiently fix the immense amount of problems in Haiti is my proposal. It is reasonable to…
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. According to the CIA World Factbook, 80% of Haiti’s population lives below the poverty line (“Central America and Caribbean: Haiti”). This means that the majority of Haitians do not have the money to get the basic necessities in order to survive. Also, Haiti’s annual GDP is $7.346 billion, making it a low-income country (“Central America and Caribbean: Haiti”). Compared to other countries, Haiti’s income is almost nothing. Since they can’t afford even daily necessities, it makes it incredibly difficult for the citizens of Haiti to acquire safe drinking water.…
The Caribbean is a mixture of different cultures and people. Jamaica is under the island of Cuba and on the west side of Haiti. The Dominican Republic shares it land with Haiti on the west and Puerto Rico is on the east, crossing the ´´canal de la mona´´. These islands may look similar in a geographical view but they have some peculiarities. Aspects like their languages and the political situation where they are living make them unique. Since the new world was discovered, these lands were attractive and a new source of economic gain for Europe. Dominicans and Jamaicans have in common some historic facts as the immigration of slaves from Africa. Although Dominican R. and Jamaica are both Caribbean islands that have similar geographical characteristics, they differ in language, politics, and culture.…
It seems that health insurance is almost nonexistent in Haiti, with the population being so poor it is likely that the majority just cant afford insurance. Well over half of Haiti is unemployed and with employers being poor them selves health insurance just is not a resource that seems attainable. That is why it is so important for organizations to come together and build jobs witch will in turn build the economy and make health insurance attainable to the citizens. While providing aid to Haiti is very much needed, Haiti also needs resources and access to knowledge to help them build jobs. Most Haitians are very ready to learn and work on building their community. It is vital that this country be taught and given the resources to rebuild. They are also in need of people willing to invest in building.…
They say the grass is always greener on the other side, for Haiti this saying seems to be true. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola, but are completely different in many ways. Haiti is the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and almost all of its people live in poverty, while the Dominican Republic is one of the wealthier countries. In 1960, both countries had the same per capita real GDP but in the last 50 years, the Dominican Republic has more than tripled its growth compared to Haiti. While these two countries are similar in geography and historical institutions, the growth between the two is drastically different. Throughout this paper, I will compare both countries economic growth and why two countries with the same geographic area are so different.…
My friend John Wesh is originally from Haiti and came to America 6 years ago. When he first came to America, he felt that it was very different. There were so many people walking around and crossing the streets that it made him uncomfortable. He saw a lot of corner store deli’s and that was something he was not used to having in Haiti. He came here for high school and here he considered getting out at 3pm late. Also transitioning from one classroom to another was something that he was not used to.…
As Dominican, i know that I'm black, i don't deny my African roots. We all black someway somehow. The solution to what is going on in Dominican Republic and Haitia is not becoming one country. On the other hand is to actually stable a government in Haitia the is well develop. Instead of giving $, is to actually go there and building school and hospitals just like how the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC did when the earthquake happend. The constitution in the Dominican Republic (R.D) says that if you are born in D.R. and your mother or father is not Dominican you are not Dominican. Is not like here, if you are born in the USA then you are American (United States citizen). If the United States wants to make D.R. to change their constitution or to make the…
Haiti have never been a developed country as Dominican Republic. Haitians would go to Dominican Republic for jobs and other resources…
In the article Sometimes, The Earth is Cruel by Leonard Pitts, the author discusses how distressing it is to be Haitian. In nearly the past twenty two years, Haiti has suffered from multiple natural catastrophes. Haiti struggles with hurricanes, tropical storms, political instability, and most recently, a consequential earthquake. In his article, Pitts discusses how humans are able to return to stability after these occurrences, which is not the case for Haiti. Leonard Pitts recognizes that it always seems to be “Haiti’s turn.” The main predicament Pitts recognizes is that Haiti always seems to be the country next in line for natural catastrophes.…
Haiti and Hungary are two developing countries with many similarities and differences. First of all, the countries are very different. Haiti shares an island with the Dominican Republic off the coast of Central North America, wile Hungary is a land-locked country in central-eastern Europe ( Google Maps ). Haiti has a very tropical climate, however, Hungary's climate is more on the temperate side (www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/climate/haiti_climate.html) (www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/climate/Hungary.htm).…
Haiti has a population of nearly 9,801,664, while the total median age is at 21.6 years old. After the 2010 earthquake the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010 due to the demographic effect. Birth rate is 23.87 births/1,000 populations which is fairly low due to the lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex. The death rate is 8.1/1,000 population and was strongly influenced by the earthquake that took a heavily toll on the country. While the urban population is at 52 percent and the rate of urbanization is 3.9 percent, including the capital of Haiti, Port-Au-Prince, has 2.143 million people for the population and population below the poverty line is above 80 percent. Roughly around 2.98 children born in total fertility rate and HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate is 1.9 percent (2009 EST.), also with 120,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Major infectious diseases include food or waterborne diseases with a high degree of risk. Not to mention more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs leaving the unemployment rate at 40.6 percent. (Stated be Indexmundi.com)…
Haiti and Dominican Republic are close, but only geographically seeing that they are physically close. One of the reasons why Xenophobia…