THE TOLL
150,000: Latest estimate of the death toll, from the Haitian Health Ministry. The European Union and the Pan American Health Organization, which is coordinating the health-sector response, have estimated the quake killed 200,000 people.
194,000: Number of injured
134: Estimated number of people rescued by international search teams since the quakeTHE EFFECT
9 million: Population of Haiti
3 million: Estimated number of people affected by the quake
1.5 million: Homeless people living on streets, including the thousands who lived in slums or makeshift homes prior to the quake
235,000: People who have left Port-au-Prince using free transportation provided by the government. The number who left by private means is undetermined.
At least 50: Aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or higher that have hit Haiti since the January 12 quakeTHE CHILDREN
300,000: Children younger than 2 who need nutritional support
90: Percentage of schools in Port-au-Prince that have been destroyed
497: Haitian orphans who have been evacuatedTHE RESPONSE IN DOLLARS
$1.12 billion: International aid pledges
$783 million: Funds received as of Tuesday
$317 million: U.S. assistance as of MondayTHE RESPONSE IN MANPOWER
17,000: U.S. military personnel in and around Haiti
8 million: Meals the World Food Programme has delivered to nearly 400,000 people
300: Aid distribution sites that are up and running
130 to 150: Flights arriving every day at the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport with aid
If you can still give, remember Non-Believers Giving Aid.
Oh, no! The children! They are worth a lot more than the lowly adults.
I don’t understand your comment.
Thanks for that insight, very useful.
Silly troll is silly.
Our local Red Cross has put out a call for type O – check with your local blood bank to see if their stocks need replenishing.
My heart is broken for the people of Haiti. Why would this kind of suffering be acceptable under the auspices of a “loving god”??? No, there is no “loving god”.
When doctors, rescue teams and volunteers work past their limits to help people and save them from death and misery, that people is saved “thanks to God”.
But when the earth opens, and the sky falls… no one is responsible.
I can understand people believing in gods. What I can’t understand is that they consider those gods worth worshiping.
and whats the first thing that comes to the christian mind when hearing of all this trajedy?
let’s send them talking bibles.
even though the money it took to make those could’ve bought lots food, water, etc.
but having a talking box tell you about noah’s ark is just so much more essential then, you know, the essentials.
0: The number of supernatural beings that did nothing to prevent the earthquake despite supposedly having the power to do so.