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</a></font><font face="Verdana" size=2 color="#990000">February 9,
2010<br><br>
</font><h1><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4><b>27 Days After
the Quake <br><br>
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Haiti by the Numbers
</b></font></h1><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4>By BILL
QUIGLEY <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=6 color="#990000">890</font>
<font face="Verdana" size=2> million. Amount of international debt
that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing
countries announced they will forgive $290 million. Source: <i>Wall
Street Journal.<br><br>
</i>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: <i> New York Times.</i> <br><br>
1 million. People still homeless or needing shelter in Haiti.
Source: <i>MSNBC.</i> <br><br>
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: <i>UN World Food Program.</i> <br><br>
300,000. People injured in the earthquake, reported by Haitian
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Source: <i>CNN. <br><br>
</i>212,000. People reported killed by earthquake by Haitian
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. Source: <i>CNN.</i> <br><br>
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. <br><br>
17,000. Number of United States troops stationed on or off coast in
Haiti, down from a high of 22,000. Source: <i>AFP.</i> <br><br>
9,000. United Nations troops in Haiti. Source: <i>Miami
Herald.<br><br>
</i>7,000. Number of tents distributed by United Nations. Source:
<i>Miami Herald. </i> President Preval of Haiti has asked for
200,000 tents. Source: <i>Reuters. <br><br>
</i>4,000. Number of amputations performed in Haiti since the
earthquake. Source: <i>AFP. <br><br>
</i>900. Number of latrines that have been dug for the people
displaced from their homes. Another 950,000 people still need
sanitation. Source: <i>New York Times. <br><br>
</i>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:
<i>United Nations News Briefing.<br><br>
</i>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. Source: <i>Canadian Press. <br><br>
</i>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:
<i>Associated Press.<br><br>
</i><b>Bill Quigley</b> is Legal Director at the Center for
Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New
Orleans. He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in
Haiti for years with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. He
can be reached at:
<a href="mailto:duprestars@yahoo.com">duprestars@yahoo.com</a>.<br><br>
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