Today marks a year since Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake which, destroyed a large majority of the country, causing many deaths, diseases and people without homes.
Earthquake facts from hubpages.com-
-The USGS says this was the strongest earthquake to hit the area that is now known as Haiti since 1770.
61 reported dead and 180 people unaccounted for, mostly Haitian national staff according to UN numbers.
-Porte-au-Prince's population is 2,000,000
-The Haitian government estimates 200,000 have died
-2,000,000 people have been left homeless.
-$195 million dollars in aid has been received so far with another $112 million dollars pledged according to one report.
-Another states that $575 million has been collected via agencies like the World Food Program and UNICEF.
-The U.S. government has so far given $171 million in humanitarian aid to the Haiti earthquake relief
Over the past year there has been major fund raising done by various people and organisations with a large majority of them being in the States. The UN has estimated that 650,000 Haitians will still be living in camps by the end of 2011 sooooooooo... where is all this money going???
As many people head to the country for the anniversary (including the freshly BFF again Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel), let's hope the work continues and things begin to get better for the people of Haiti.
If you're interested, I came across this interesting piece on the Guardian.co.uk website titled 'Haiti one year on: a look at aid progress reports' check it out here
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