Tag: Haiti

R&D from Prepd: Rebuilding Haiti After Hurricane Matthew

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This R&D covers the topic of rebuilding Haiti after Hurricane Matthew.  The natural disaster killed more than five hundred people and has left 1.4 million in need of humanitarian assistance.  Complicating relief efforts is the suspicion of United Nations relief activities that lingers six years after a cholera epidemic was spread to the island nation by UN peacekeepers.

R&D from Prepd: Haitian Politics

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This R&D provides resources on Haitian politics.  The poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere is currently without a president following accusations that the first presidential poll was rife with corruption.  Protests caused President Michel Martelly to step down last week and the appointment of a provisional president by the Haitian parliament.  The island nation has yet to recover from an earthquake six years ago that devastated its economy and political infrastructure.  Its lack of political stability has compounded its economic problems as 75% of Haitians live on less than $2 a day.

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