Bill Quigley on Haiti--27 Days Later

Haiti Numbers – 27 Days After Quake


By Bill Quigley. Bill has visited Haiti numerous times working for
human rights. He is legal director of the Center for Constitutional
Rights. His email is quigle...@gmail.com


890 million. Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors.
Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will
forgive $290 million. Source: Wall Street Journal


644 million. Donations for Haiti to private organizations have exceed
$644 million. Over $200 million has gone to the Red Cross, who had 15
people working on health projects in Haiti before the earthquake.
About $40 million has gone to Partners in Health, which had 5,000
people working on health in Haiti before the quake. Source: New
York Times.


1 million. People still homeless or needing shelter in Haiti. Source: MSNBC.


1 million. People who have been given food by the UN World Food
Program in Port au Prince – another million in Port au Prince still
need help. Source: UN World Food Program.


300,000. People injured in the earthquake, reported by Haitian Prime
Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Source: CNN.


212,000. People reported killed by earthquake by Haitian Prime
Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Source: CNN.


63,000. There are 63,000 pregnant women among the people displaced
by the earthquake. 7,000 women will deliver their children each
month.. Source: UN Populations Fund.


17,000. Number of United States troops stationed on or off coast in
Haiti, down from a high of 22,000. AFP.


9,000. United Nations troops in Haiti. Miami Herald.


7,000. Number of tents distributed by United Nations. Miami Herald.
President Preval of Haiti has asked for 200,000 tents. Reuters.


4,000. Number of amputations performed in Haiti since the earthquake. AFP..


900. Number of latrines that have been dug for the people displaced
from their homes. Another 950,000 people still need sanitation.
Source: New York Times.


75. An hourly wage of 75 cents per hour is paid by the United
Nations Development Program to people in Haiti who have been hired to
help in the clean up. The UNDP is paying 30,000 people to help clean
up Haiti, 180 Haitian Gourdes ($4.47) for six hours of work. The
program hopes to hire 100,000 people. Source: United Nations News
Briefing.


1.25. The U.S. is pledged to spend as much as $379 million in
Haitian relief. This is about $1.25 for each person in the United
States. Canadian Press.


1. For every one dollar of U.S. aid to Haiti, 42 cents is for
disaster assistance, 33 cents is for the U.S. military, 9 cents is for
food, 9 cents is to transport the food, 5 cents to pay Haitians to
help with recovery effort, 1 cent is for the Haitian government and ½
a cent is for the government of the Dominican Republic. Source:
Associated Press.