Summary for “Denaturalizing ‘Natural’ Disasters: Haiti’s Earthquake and the Humanitarian Impulse from p.264 to p.268 in “Become an Active Reader” by Andrew D. Pinto‚ On 12 January 2010‚ at 16:53 local time‚ Haiti experienced a catastrophic magnitude-7.0 earthquake 25 kilometres west of the capital‚ Port-au-Prince. More than 220‚000 people died and 2.3 million were displaced‚ while the magnitude-8.0 earthquake that struck Chile on 27 February 2010 resulted in fewer than 800 deaths‚ despite its higher
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Alyssa Cho Professor T. Bassett LCS 151_B February 27‚ 2012 The Idea of Helping the Poor through Liberation Theology Tracy Kidder’s Mountains beyond Mountains details Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti. Not only does it talk about him‚ but it also talks about his patients and the challenges he faced trying to attend to them and their needs. Liberation theology is giving preferential option to the poor because everyone should be treated equally. The rich already have
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Gempa bumi Haiti 2010 ialah sebuah malapetaka gempa bumi bermagnitud 7.0 Mw yang berpunca dari pusat gempa berhampiran Léogâne‚ kira-kira 25 km (16 batu) di barat Port-au-Prince‚ ibu negara Haiti. Gempa bumi ini melanda pada pukul 16:53 waktu tempatan (21:53 UTC) pada 12 Januari 2010‚[2][3] sedalam 13 km (8.1 batu). Pemantauan Geologi Amerika Syarikat mencatat berlakunya sebanyak 33 gegar penghujung‚ 14 daripadanya antara magnitud 5.0 hingga 5.9.[4] Persatuan Palang Merah Antarabangsa menganggarkan
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struck Haiti‚ destroying homes‚ families‚ and natural resources such as water. When a developing community loses the only clean water they have access to due to an earthquake or other natural disaster‚ the results can be catastrophic. Haiti was crushed‚ as if it was not already underdeveloped enough. The earthquake demolished much of the farm land‚ which removed many jobs from the agricultural field. A new wave of technology‚ known as aquaculture‚ has been created to help revitalize Haiti and other
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On Tuesday‚ January 12 at 16:53‚ Haiti‚ the poorest country in the western hemisphere‚ suffered the worst earth-quake in two centuries. It first hit just south of the capital‚ Port-au-Prince‚ with two additional strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude quickly following and more than thirty significant aftershocks of a 4.5 magnitude or higher throughout the night and into the early morning (Smith 1). The resulting death toll was estimated at over 230‚000; decapitating the country’s government
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Social Analysis Project Proposal Deforestation By Bolun Wen Sandy Shi NIKHIL BENNY GEORGE BILVA PATEL MIKE CABRAL Submitted to: Prof. Amir H. Soheili-Mehr GNED 500-130 Winter 2015 Social Analysis Nowadays‚ there are many global problems happening day by day; It’s because of the developing of technologies and financial and some other reasons. My research topic is reasons and solutions about deforestations. Deforestation can be described as cutting down of trees for commercial purposes. Since the
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need for a reproductive health program to decrease the total fertility rate‚ currently 3.9 children per woman. In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake‚ an influx of international aid arrived to Haiti‚ with
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free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." Freedom is something that all humans value. Having the ability to do pretty much whatever you when you want is a privilege not a right. Unlike in the United States where we have that benefit‚ in Haiti the government has stripped that liberty from its own people with the new regime oppressing the citizens. Throughout the novel‚ Krik? Krak!‚ Edwidge Danticat suggests that death‚ water‚ and flight are the only methods to obtain freedom as a citizen
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includes a spatial dimension‚ and is currently unresolved. The deforestation that is currently occurring in Africa is a contemporary geographic issue‚ as it is a concern for the African environment‚ covering the region of sub-Saharan Africa‚ and is still on-going in the present day. 1000km 1000km Deforestation refers to the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation is detrimental to any environment‚ and has a variety of negative
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African tradition and spiritual belief‚ slaves in Haiti prior to the Haitian Revolution of 1791‚ established and developed the heterogeneous religion known as Vodou. As Vodou became a more prominent aspect of slave culture in Haiti the hybridization between traditional Africana religion and European religion fashioned a new system of belief. The fusion of Catholicism from Europe and African religions make up one of the most influential religions in Haiti today‚ in fact Vodou plays an imperative role
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