Doctors are Needed to Serve the Island with their Medical Skills
Share the Gospel through Drama Presentations
Serve a Local Orphanage
Help with an Irrigation Project
Teach Bible School at Night
Help Build a Soccer Field
Serve in a Refugee Camp
Serve in a Clinic
Area Description:
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on 01/12/2010 Killed up to 230,00 People, 1.3 Million Displaced
Trip Locations are Available in Haiti or a Small Island Just Off the Coast
Most of the Area is Still Under Rubble
Vudoo is Wide Spread Throughout the Area
Most Live in Poverty
Crime is a Significant Problem
Country Description: (most info from haiti-micah.org)
Population: 9.8 million people
Yearly Income per Capita - $660 US Dollars
Religion: Christianity, 55% Roman Catholic
Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
The unemployment rate is over 80%.
More than half of Haitians live on less than a dollar a day.
There are few paved roads, an inadequate supply of potable water, minimal utilities, and depleted forests.
About 60% of the population lives in abject poverty.
Less than 20% of Haitians age 15 and over can read and write.
Fewer than 75% of children attend school.
40% of the Haitian population does not have access to primary health care.
The United Nations estimates 6% of Haitians are infected with HIV/AIDS. The highest rate in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 30,000 people die of AIDS every year.
One in twenty Haitians is infected with HIV/AIDS and there are over 150,000 AIDS orphans.
