Infrastructure

Limited Access to Amenities

Haitian Children Have Minimal Access to Amenities Common Around the Globe

In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. These children, mostly girls are extremely vulnerable to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. These children are known as Restavek. 1,617 children were chosen and surveyed …

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Poverty in Haiti

Measuring Monetary Poverty In Haiti

Poverty in Haiti: The country of Haiti has almost always been classified as the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, and has experienced a stagnation or even decline in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) since it achieved independence. Today, Haiti is run by a transitional government assisted by an international stabilization force to address the country’s manifold problems. One such is …

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Haiti Under President Martelly: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns December 23, 2015

The entire Haiti Under President Martelly Current-122015.  Below, I have listed extrapolated parts that interested me. Political conflict embroiled Aristide and the opposition, however, and led to the collapse of his government in 2004, and Aristide again went into exile, (? forced by the US ?) eventually ending up in South Africa. Some 17% of the country’s …

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Haiti – Nonprofit Educational Programs

Needless to say that if primary and secondary education was similarly privatized in the industrialized world we would experience higher illiteracy rates. Access to education and quality education in a sovereign nation are the result of political and fiscal policy. See on Scoop.it – Ayiti Now Corp