haiti presentation
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CREATED BY: CAYLA HIGGINS, ROBERT HODGSON, CLAY MASON, AND HANNAH
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Haiti
Haiti
Capital= Port-au-Prince
GDP per capita= $1,300
History of Haiti
Originally inhabited by Arawakan people
December 5th, 1942 – Discovered by Christopher Columbus and claimed for Spain Called Hispaniola
1664 – France claimed western portion Renamed Saint-Domingue
January 1st,1804 – declared independence and reclaimed original name of Haiti (“Land of Mountains”)
Government of Haiti
Governmental intervention by other countries (including the U.S.)
Undergone coup d'état
Claims to be a parliamentary democracy
Current President: Michel Martelly
Current Prime Minister: Jean-Max Bellerive
JACMEL
LabadeeWealthier Haitian cities
Petionville, Haiti
Haitian life
Rural areas of Haiti found on or near mountains
Shacks found in rural Haiti
Life style of rural Haiti
Haitian children receiving donations
Haitian children who live in poverty
Haitian children waiting for food
Starving Haitians
Two different sides of Port-au-Prince
SLUMS
IN
PORT-AU-PRINCE
HAITI‘S
CAPITAL
Slums
Slums of Cite Soleil
Damage done by the earthquake
Before and after shots of the Presidential Palace
People after the earthquake
Emotions brought on by the earthquake
Piles of bodies of those killed by the earthquake
Victims killed by the earthquake
Red Cross Relief Camp
Decomposing body in the street
Relief camps set up in Haiti following the earthquake
Cholera outbreak strikes rural Haiti
People infected with cholera
Haitian children attend school while staying in relief camps