1. HAITI EARTHQUAKE

2. INDEX 1-Information 2- Natural Fenomena 3- Damages 4-Nowadays 5- More Information

3. INFORMATION There was a terrible earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday of 12th of January in 2010.It ocurred In Port Au Prince, Jacmel and Petit Goave. The areas affected were Dominican Republic Cuba and Jamaica.

5. NATURAL FENOMENA One day an earthquake happened and after that a tsunami started, it destroyed a lot of houses and a lot of people died.

6. DAMAGES The Haiti quake left at least 200,000 dead people and 25 km areas were affected. 1 million houses were destroyed. The earthquake also left more than 1.5 million people homeless. They were moved to camps. Goverment noted that about $6.3 billion dollars were spent on rebuilding areas.

7. DAMAGES PHOTOS

9. NOWADAYS Now four years later, major challenges remain for Haiti to continue on the road to recovery. According to the United Nations 817,000 Haitians still need humanitarian assistance, due to poor living conditions and heightened risks of forced evictions from the remaining 306 camps.

10. OTHER INFORMATION Australia responded quickly to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010. The Australian Government provided $26.2 million for immediate relief and reconstruction following the January 2010 earthquake, while the Australian public generously donated $26 million in response to appeals by Australian non-government organisations. Virtually all of the Australian Government’s assistance has either been delivered on the ground or allocated to international agencies to deliver their programs. $1 million to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. $2.5 million to six Australian NGOs—Oxfam, CARE, Caritas, Save the Children, Plan and World Vision.

11. $10 million in emergency assistance was provided in the immediate aftermath of the disaster to support relief efforts: $1 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies $4.5 million to the United Nations World Food Program which helped provide food to an estimated 3.5 million people $1 million to the United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs.