Haiti

The overly populated Haiti suffered a severe earthquake 2 weeks ago. The earthquake left the residents of Haiti devestated,desperate,and helpless. Many have lost their lives, and rescue teams are still searching through debri only to find more missing people. The people of Haiti were already poor and sort of at a disadvantage before the earthquake happened. Since the island is so small and over populated, the food supply was already short. Now that they have bben through this, everything has fallen apart.
"Many notable landmark buildings were significantly damaged or destroyed, including the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Among those killed were Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot."
The Haitian authorities confirmed that the death toll exceeded 150,000 people as of January 25th.The bodies had to be buried in mass graves because the island is so small. Rescue teams are still helping the Haitians by sending them medical supplies, food, and other necessities.
On January 22nd the United Nations called off the search for survivors. Meanwhile, The U.S. Army's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) will send its 597th Transportation Brigade to Port-au-Prince to deliver humanitarian supplies. This department of the military usually only transports passengers but for this mission the Maritime Administration has given operational control of the vessel to the Military Sealift Command to deliver equipment and cargo as well as military personnel.
(opyright © 2010, Newport News, Va., Daily Press)
In hopes of rebuilding Haiti, many people are donating money to them. Even large companies are setting up ways for people to donate. This has impacted more people than you may have thought it would. Even though it was on the other side of the country , it afected the world.We can all donate money to them, they are desperately in need of it.
Some people are still selfish though. Some believe that the government paid more atention to the disaster in Haiti, than a disaster in their own country. They are refering to the hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have to realize that even though we had a disaster of our own, we were initially better off than the Haitians in the first place. We weren't desperately poor or helpless. Yes, we went though a lot and our lives were altered a little bit, but just for a second stop being selfish and become comepletely selfless. That's all that matters.