Here's The Basic Haiti Information I Found Important As I'm Preparing To Fly Into Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
(please be
aware: all statistics are just approximates used as a reference point based off web searches)
Since Life Expectancy is Lower…
63 years old is Life
Expectancy (compared to US-79 &
CA-82)
This Means A Younger Population
Which Means Younger Leaders.
Median age is 22 (US-37 &
Canada-40)
The Feel Is…
95% Black (Ethnicity)
Speak French/Creole (only
other country in North America besides Canada) (Language)
80% Roman Catholic (Religion)
Voodoo culture still has
prominent effects.
Haiti’s Poverty…
Haiti’s poverty is considered
among the most severe in the Western Hemisphere with potentially over half of
the people living below the poverty line.
$1,000 is an estimate yearly
per capita international income (US/Canada closer to $50,000)
This Affects Sanitation,
Safety, Education, And A Variety Of Other Living Issues.
Geographically…
Haiti shares the main island
beside the Dominican Republic.
Port-Au-Prince is the capital and main airport.
Mangos are a main fruit.
Soccer is the main sport.
Bouki & Malis are a local folktale that compare the "Smartie" Malis & "Dummie" Bouki.
The
7.0 Earthquake in 2010 was huge devastation for buildings and people killing over
300,000.
Cholera
outbreak started in 2010
2012
Hurricane(s) & rain mixed with poverty limitations cause sickness &
difficulties.
Yesterdays Facebook Post from Missionary Maya Gilles Describes the main purpose of this trip where I'm leading 10 Seminars in 5 days:
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I can't wait to hear all about it when we all return back to school! I hope you are truly blessed by this and that God will reveal Himself to you in a new way!
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