Before Haiti's earthquake in January 2010 ; the country's conditions were already bad.
Some kids were not able to go to school, because of the lack of transportation, and poverty; forcing children to work at home instead of going to school. When they did attend schools, their schools were usually crowded, rundown, and barely maintained. Only about 55% of primary school-age children go to school , & only about 2% finish it.
In Haiti, there isn't very much food and everything. So most people die from malnutrition. Their water is dirty; so whenever the kids go fetch water, it has to be boiled first and then drank. In some cases, if you give the kids clean water, they can die from it. In Haiti, there is no basic health services.
On January 12th, 2010, an Earthquake attacked Haiti. More than 220,000 people were killed, and more than 300,000 people were injured. People in Haiti were devastated from what happened. Losing their family members and friends from that incident.
6 months later, Haiti still looks the same as it did the day the earthquake happened. If you walk around Port-au-Prince, it'll look as if the Earthquake happened just yesterday. The government has barely begun the clean-up. Some experts even predict that the current removal of the rubble can take up to twenty years. Over 1.5 million people had to be moved into camps because their homes were torn apart and everything. Some Haitians had to build their homes from scraps after the earthquake.
I think the conditions in Haiti are crazy, honestly. I think there should be more people to go and help. Like for instance, we can help send food to them, so they'd have something to eat. We can also try to fix better homes for them. And just do stuff like that for them to make them live better lives, and be healthier.

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