Blog Entry #3

Title: “Haiti’s Children Adrift in World of Chaos”

Summary:

Since many of their parents have passed or are missing from the earthquake.More than a thousands of children all over Haiti have been abandoned and are left to survive on their own. It has been seen on the news that 45 percent of Haitian children are survivors from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.Even though the earthquake happened nearly two weeks ago. A lot of the childrens have been in genuinely bad injuries. The UNICEF foundation is trying to search for a monitor for the few kids that are still alive. UNICEF is also trying to set up an adoption agency, so that kids who have no living relatives can find a lovely home.



Reflection:
I feel that this is a really hurtful situation that is happening right now. I think that UNICEF is a really good foundation because its exciting how they are helping the children's find their parents. This is crazy how many kids that had died from the earthquake because the earthquake really hit hard. It's crazy how it just happen like two weeks ago and how many people died from it. I feel really sad of how many people died.


Evidence:

"Haiti’s children, 45 percent of the population, are among the most disoriented and vulnerable of the survivors of the earthquake."


“The children of Haiti, unless they get help, they will have lost their childhoods, their innocence, Elisabeth Delatour Préval, Haiti’s first lady, said Tuesday"


“...A lot of group therapy” would be needed to make the children of Haiti feel safe again."

Questions:

How is UNICEF going to keep the percentage of surviving kids from increasing?
What are some solutions from reducing the amount of kids from getting introduced into Sex trafficking?
Will UNICEF’s database actually do what it’s intended to do?
What are some ways Haitians can find out if any of their relatives or friends survived the earthquake?


Work Cited:

ALL information, pictures and quotes were found using the following:

Sontag, Deborah. “Haiti’s Children Adrift in World of Chaos.” 2010 Jan. 26. New York Times.

2010 Jan. 28.

Picture

Taken By Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

Caption: Lovely, 8, and her sister, Mariefleur Morin 7, have been orphaned by the earthquake. Frades, a local collective that does everything from providing microloans to serving hot meals, is looking after them.