I will be out of town from Friday, April 10th-Friday, April 17th and will be back in class on Monday, April 20th. I'm excited to venture to Haiti for my first with the Haiti Health Initiative (click to read about this great cause). I will miss our class, but I am so thrilled that our class is working hard to help raise money for Guivenson, a 14-year-old Haitian in need of a critical heart surgery.
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| Guivenson and his Parents in Timo, Haiti |
It's wonderful that our students have taken interest in participating in my trip to Haiti! I can't wait to come and report back about my experiences.
***To earn a few extra credit point in Social Studies, research an interesting fact about Haiti and post it in the comments below with your first name only.***
Haiti's national sport is soccer (futbol). Haiti first competed in the World Cup in 1974. --------GAVIN
ReplyDeleteHaiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean, after the Dominican Republic and Cuba, which are the largest. --------------ELI
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ReplyDeleteIts part of the Caribbean country. ( izzy ) and its the poorest county in the western hemisphere
ReplyDeleteHatiti is where they filmed The Good Lie maddy
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ReplyDeleteHaiti means "Land of High Mountains." It also was the second country in the world to issue a Declaration of Independence, only 33 years after the United States of America. P.S. this comment was posted By: Amar
ReplyDeleteHaiti means "Land of High Mountains." It also was the second country in the world to issue a Declaration of Independence, only 33 years after the United States of America. P.S. this comment was posted By: Amar
ReplyDeleteVery few Haitians own cars: fewer than 5 out of 1,000. There is no railroad in Haiti. In the cities, people often take communal taxis and colorful public buses called “taptaps.”
ReplyDeleteThe Taino/Arawak named their land Haiti, meaning Land of High Mountains.
ReplyDeleteIn less than 40 years, Spanish invaders were responsible for the genocide of the 3 millions Haitian natives due to introduced diseases and slavery.
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ReplyDeleteMost of the kids there, die before the age of 5! Also, only 53% of them know how to read and write. 50% of urban Haitians are unemployed. Shocks induced by climate change threaten over 500,000 Haitians every year. Although agriculture is an important sector of Haiti’s economy, the country fails to produce enough food and imports more than 50% for its population’s needs. It imports 80% of its main staple: rice. Haiti ranks 177th out of 186 in the world for national spending on education. They are also one of the most poorly paid community.
ReplyDeleteThe main people that live their, are Taino, and Arawak's. The United States did not recognize Haiti as an independent nation until 1862 even though it was freed in 1804. Haiti is one of two countries that share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Haiti makes up the western one-third of Hispaniola, while the Dominican Republic makes up the other two-thirds of the island. On January 1, 1804, Haiti gained its independence from France, and became the second oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, after the U.S.. The official languages of Haiti include French and Haitian Creole. Canada is the only other independent nation in the Americas that has French as an official language. Tourism is one of the largest industries in Haiti, with nearly a million visitors arriving by cruise ship. I think that you might be one of those million tourists Mrs. Johnson. Their prime minister is Evans Paul.
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