Human rights author Anup Shah says:
Consider the following situation that Haiti is in:
- Haiti is the third hungriest country in the world after Somalia and Afghanistan
- The richest 1% of the population controls nearly half of all of Haiti’s wealth
- The poorest country in the western hemisphere
- The world’s fourth poorest country in the world
- Ranks 146 out of 173 on the United Nations Human Development Index
- Has a life expectancy of 52 years for women and 48 for men
- Adult literacy is about 50%
- Unemployment is 70%
- 85% of Haitians live on less than $1 U.S. per day.
- Haiti ranks 38 out of 195 for under five mortality rate.
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Haiti was not always in dire strait, what can we do as Haitians to push forth the effort to revitalize our country?
Tags: Trouble With Haiti
