Haiti

- 8, 924,553 people in Haiti.

- 1.5 Port Au Prince

- There are 330 people per square kilometer.

- 80% of the people that live in Haiti are unemployed.

- Most people live on less than one American dollar per day.

- 60% of all people live in abject poverty

- 60% of people do not have access to a clean or improved water source.

- 49% of the people are malnourished.

- Less than 75% of all children attend school which

- Less than 20% of the people that are over the age of 15 can read and write.

- 40% of the population in Haiti does not have any access to primary health care.

- 24% of all infant births are done by a doctor.

- The infant mortaility rate is 79%

- 25% of infants are born severly underweight becasue the mother can not get herself proper nutrition.

- It is estimated that 6% of this population has HIV/AIDS. This is the highest rate in the Western Hemisphere.

- It is estimated that 30,000 people die of AIDS each year.

- One in twenty Haitians are infected with HIV/AIDS making over 150,000 AIDS orphans.

- The average life expectancy of a Haitian person is 49.

We have been working in Haiti since October 2000 and I still find myself at a loss for words everytime I go. Once, the most desired place to be for gold, coffee, sugar. Haiti was the first black nation to gain independence in 1804. The majority of its 8 million residents live on less than $1 per day. Unemployment is close to 80 percent. Average life expectancy is less than 50 years. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. And yet, they are amazing. They survive by God's grace to a people that for the most part the world seems to have forgotten. A recent poll said that Haiti is the most corrupt nation in the world.