The Times: Poverty

Poor standards of housing in Port-au-Prince have contributed to the disaster says the director of Missio Jamaica, formerly resident in Haiti

Sr Janet Fearns reports about the horrible earthquake in Haiti in his article. The only thing the people have right now is their faith. Their believe God will rescue them and bring them out of their misery. The earthquake killed 100.000 people already and no one knows how many will still be added to this number. The problem of poverty and the bad infrastructure, is a big part of why the earthquake was so bad. Following five hurricanes in 5 years, the people situations worsened in Haiti day by day. The simple houses, which do not meet the building code made this such a big catastrophe. The buildings collapsed and buried the people under them. This is part of the poverty - vicious cycle. The people have no money, so the infrastructure is bad, so one day nature will bring them back on the ground. People that have nothing but tragedy in their lives, and this point is not even the worst. We can not imagine what they go though in their lives, and for them it’s reality.