Haiti...One Year Later

Oh Dear Haiti, as the days go by. We continue to pray for you and for thoses of you who called on the name of the Lord Jesus and who were Saved. 16 Days later a 17 year old Girl was found ALIVE.  

Our Father God is still in the miracle business! Glory be to God! 

Do you know Jesus?

Below are some facts I came across on HubPages.com. Click the link below for more information. 

2010 Haiti Earthquake Facts Provided By HubPages.com

These Haiti Earthquake Facts were compiled shortly after the earthquake. See below for a more recent update to the facts.

• This was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake .
• 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. (It is my opinion this number is way too low.)
• Porte-au-Prince's population is 2,000,000
• The Haitian government estimates 200,000 have died as a result of this sad incident. 1/21/10
• 2,000,000 people have been left homeless.
• 3,000,000 people are in need of emergency aid.
• January 20, 2010 - 5.9 magnitude aftershock that did little damage.
• $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 efforts as of 1/21/10.
• The USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance share is $82 million.
• The USAID's Office of Food for Peace contribution amounts to $68 million.
• USAID Dominican Republic health related assistance totals $1 million.
• 3 million meals have been delivered to 200,000 people. This is far short of the 3,000,000 people believed to have been effected by this quake.
• UN allocated $40 million for cash for work programs to employ Haitians to help clear away all the rubble.
• 9,000 peace keepers in Haiti with another 3,500 to be sent there soon.
• As of January 20th the US military has 2,000 troops on the ground assisting now with another 2,000 airborne personal on the way there. An additional 9,500 personal are afloat standing by nearby.
• The US has flown 136 air missions bringing 2,400 tons of food and supplies and 1,900 passengers into Haiti.
• The Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport is open 24/7 with 153 flights scheduled for January 21st. Of those 38 were US support flights.
• On January the 19th 165,000 bottles of water and 152,000 liters of bulk water were distributed.
• The US Navy's Nimitz class USS Carl Vinson is producing 100,000 gallons of drinkable water per day.
• Water tanks are being built in different parts of the city.
• 38.5 tons of water, or 62,880 bottles of water have been distributed by the U.S. Coast Guard to date.
• 14,500 MRE's, Meals Ready to Eat, and 15,000 liters of water are scheduled to be air dropped via C-17 on January the 21st.
• So far there are 4 food and water distribution hubs. These 4 hubs distribute the supplies to 190 distribution points that reach 96,000 people
• Mexico plans to send doctors, infrastructure damage experts and search and resue dogs aid.
• China will help out with $1 million.
• Ireland: Digicel, an Irish telecommunications company, is donating $5 million directly to relief agencies providing aid in Haiti. Since the company is a prominent cell-phone company in the Caribbean, they will also send specialists to assist in repairing damaged phone networks.
• France Has committed 65 clearing specialists, 6 sniffer dogs, 2 doctors and 2 nurses.
• The Netherlands will provide $2.9 million.
• Spain has pledged $4.3 million to relief efforts.
• Italy is in the process of sending a C-130 cargo plane that is equipped with a emergency medical personal and a mobile field hospital.
• Haiti's population is about 9 million people.
• Haiti is the poorest Western Hemisphere country.
• Haiti is about the same size as Maryland.
• Port-au-Prince is the capital of Haiti.
• Of Haiti's 14 airports only 4 have runways that are paved.

One Year Later...we still mourn for you and pray for you.

Photo Credit: Shaul-Schwarz-Getty-for-TIME

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