Haiti

Part A: Children’s life in Haiti

Economic situations have worsened in Haiti after the earthquake. Many people died from the earthquake and most people are situated in poverty. Due to this, many innocent children had to live in orphanages, some because their parents were dead and others because their parents couldn’t afford to raise them. The problem from this situation is that many of these orphanages aren’t habitable. Many children are living in lack of education, food, and medical care. In Haiti, children are growing up with no rights of survival and education.

There are several reasons why Haiti is struggling to recover from the earthquake. One of them is that the buildings were too weak. Economic situations in Haiti did not permit people to build secure houses, which caused many buildings to fall, taking many people with them. Another reason is because people are turning their attention away from problems in Haiti. Not much media is dealing with problems of Haiti nowadays, which makes people think that there aren’t many problems in Haiti now. This would probably have made the amount of donations decrease by a lot.

Just because there was a crisis in a country, it doesn’t mean that the country can’t recover. For example, Germany and Japan stood up as one of the top countries after loosing the World War 2. In Haiti, this isn’t happening. There are several reasons for this, and they are politics, technology they had before the crisis, and support from other countries.

After the war, Germany was supported by USA to make their economy get better. Although this was purely to stop communism, it helped Germany get back on their foot. Haiti also got some support from other countries, but their economy is trembling. This problem is originated from the politicians.

In many countries that are economically behind, there are rotten politicians (for example, North Korea). When other countries try to help them by lending the country some money, they would take much of it, and the country will have to suffer from interests. These things did not happen in Japan or Germany after World War 2.

Another reason Germany and Japan could recover was because of the technology they had before loosing the war. After the war was over, both countries were able to start making their products. Since their technology was better then the other countries, their products were sold and the profits helped the country’s economy. As for countries like Haiti, they didn’t have much technology of making products, so their products weren’t sold well, requiring much more time in order to help the economy.

To survive, Haiti will need some honest politicians and some better orphanages. Also, they will need to get the attention of the media, in order to get more support.

Part B: Ayiti the cost of life

1. What was it like playing the game?

The game was pretty hard. It thought me how I needed to sacrifice some things, such as education, in order to survive.

2. What was the game about and how would you describe it to a friend?
It was about a family in Haiti trying to survive. I would tell them it was hard

3. Which ‘primary objective’ did you choose, and why?
Money, I didn’t really have a reason.

4. What types of decisions did you have to make about the family members while playing the game and trying to achieve your objective?
I hade to make decisions about if they had to go to hospitals or not

5. What strategies did you use? For example, did you combine work and school, or did you send anyone to school? Which worked? Which did not?
First, I sent everyone to work, and earned much money. Then, with that money, I sent some to school, and some to hospitals. Then, I sent them to better works, with the education, Then I earned more money and the cycle went on.

6. Why would parents choose to devote so much effort sending their children to school?
Because they could get jobs that are easier and gives more money.

7. What obstacles did you face in trying to keep the children in school?
I sometimes ran out of money.

8. How do the situations and options in the game compare with those in your own community / country?
My family don’t require me to work.

9. Why is access to education a huge challenge as LEDC’s try to develop?
It costs a lot, and people have different languages, not letting teachers from one country teach children from another.

10. Why is it vital to a country’s development to educate its people – especially women?
To make the speak for their rights, to let them have better jobs and not go bankrupt.

11. Suggest some ways that countries could prioritize education, even for women, even in the countryside. How can they do this?
Make people pay fine for not educating their children, making education totally free, building more schools

12. Think back to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Look at the 8 targets. Look at how Haiti is doing so far. What will the targets be in the next 5 years for this country? Look at the MDG ‘Progress So Far’ website and search for Haiti to get the latest information.

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http://behindblondiepark.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-damage-haiti-population/