Haiti: The Aftermath

Haiti

The Aftermath

12 January 2010 Earthquake … by Rick Benoit

By The Numbers …The Human Cost

• 250,000 Dead, Missing;

• 1-million Injured, Disabled;

• 1.5-million Homeless;

• 500,000 Living in IDP Camps;

• 180,000 Homes Destroyed;

• 5-million People Impacted;

• $11.5 Billion to Rebuild.

HAITI … BEYOND NUMBERS

Haiti …

A Human Tragedy

Crosses overlook a mass grave of 60,000 outside Port au Prince.

Haiti’s “White House”The Presidential Palace – Port au Prince

A complete destruction ofPolitical, Social and Spiritual infrastructure.

University HospitalSchool of Nursing

More than 50 hospitals lay in ruin.

More than half of Haiti’s Schools

destroyed

Complete Neighborhoods Decimated

Nearly 200,000 homes

destroyed

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince

Haiti’s National Cathedral

Haiti … Spiritually Alive80-per cent Christian 110-per cent Voo Doo

Walking to Sunday service.

Haiti … Ascending From Rubble

1.5 million Homeless

THECAMPS

500,000 people living in authorized IDP camps. More than one million people living illegally as squatters.

IDP Camp Corail:

A UMCORProject site

United Methodist Committee on Relief volunteer teams to build nine schools at Corail Cesselesse, home to about 50,000, 15 miles outside Port au Prince.

Human Spirit, Haitian Resolve

Smiles to steal your heart!

Survival

Behind The Wire

Behind The Wall

Existence

Lives forever

changed

HeartsChanged Forever

Forever Friends

Many Thanksto Many People

INCLUDING• NIKE – Beaverton, OR

Leanne & Greg Hanley• Oregon District II Little League

Jim Martin & Georgia Herr• Montville Little League

Shawna Bolles, Portland, OR• Gresham ASA Softball

The Blank Family, Gresham, OR• Mrs. Dotty Bateman

New Canaan, CT• USACE Portland (OR) District

Patti Williams, Dianne BentzTracy Bell, Jerry Christensen,Todd Manny, Erika Stewart

• NAVFAC (Navy Facilities)Mel Acree, Kevin Catlin,Jackie Dunn, J. Blayne Kirsch

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