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Poverty News Blog: World Vision on the differences between the last two earthquakes - 0 views

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Chile earthquake

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  • Aid group World Vision has weighed in on the differences between the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.
  • “Haiti was concentrated and that led to the challenge of tons of aid and hundreds of aid workers being sent into a small zone,” he said. “This quake off the Chilean coast has potential to reach remote areas and thus it will be extremely difficult to assess the number of deaths and amount of damage, but we can expect that children and families will have taken the brunt of it.”
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Helpage International Blogs » Blog Archive » Haiti: Coping during times of emergency - 0 views

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Haiti earthquake

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  • “My seven-year-old said he will only go to school if I sit beside him,” said Jean “Neil” Moretta,
  • Neil “Junior” and his mother, Kateline, were at her aunt’s house when the 12 January earthquake struck, so were unharmed when their apartment building collapsed.  But Neil “Junior” is still distraught about losing his home. Luckily, the grown-up Neil had had a house built in Port-au-Prince and already was in the process of moving his family there.  So he’s optimistic things will settle down for his son very soon.
  • The first days and weeks after the quake were not easy for Neil.  He swiftly relocated his wife and son to their new home.  He helped pay for emergency medical treatment for his wife’s first cousin, Danny, whose leg was crushed when her building collapsed, killing her 5-month-old baby and her aunt.  Neil stayed by her side as volunteer Cuban doctors amputated her leg the day after the earthquake.  The surgery was performed under a tent outside the city’s general hospital.  With no anaesthesia.
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  • “I’ve had a lot of experiences in my life, but this one?” Neil said.  “I don’t think anything can compare to it.  They had the stretchers lined up by the tent, patients waiting for amputations. I probably saw 60 amputations while we were there.  The doctors said they were doing 100 a day.” And he lost all the money he’d invested in his latest crop of chickens.  While none was harmed by the quake itself, Neil was unable to get them food at a crucial point in their development. “And chickens, when they are not given food, turn on each other.  Roughly 2,000 pecked each other to death.”
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Haiti's School Problem - Video Library - The New York Times - 0 views

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schools video Haiti earthquake classes

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    "Haiti's School Problem The earthquake that leveled much of Port-au-Prince left Haiti's already fragile educational system in shambles. A few schools have reopened, but class remains out of reach for most students."
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Can earthquakes be predicted? - Multimedia - Professional Resources - PreventionWeb.net - 0 views

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emergency_education video earthquake_education TWB MIT Haiti

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    This learning video uses a simple analog setup to explore why earthquakes are so unpredictable. The setup is simple enough that students should be able to assemble and operate it on their own with a teacher's supervision. 
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Earthquake education poster - Educational Materials - PreventionWeb.net - 0 views

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TWB NSF emergency_education poster Haiti earthquake_education

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    The Haiti Earthquake Education Poster is a product of the collaboration between TWB, the University of Montana, and the National Science Foundation. Printed copies may be available upon request at no charge.
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Manual on school safety: preparing schools for a safer tomorrow - Educational Materials - PreventionWeb.net - 0 views

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school_safety disaster_preparedness hazards Bangladesh

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  • This document presents a comprehensive methodology for school safety considering school-specific hazards, such as earthquake, flood, flash flood, cyclone, landslide, and tsunami. It also focuses on fire and road hazards and considers climate change related issues. This manual is specific to Bangladesh and aims to guide teachers and students to develop a disaster management plan that includes mitigation, preparedness and response planning.
  • Teachers Without Borders on 20 Jan 11
     
    This document presents a comprehensive methodology for school safety considering school-specific hazards, such as earthquake, flood, flash flood, cyclone, landslide, and tsunami. It also focuses on fire and road hazards and considers climate change related issues. This manual is specific to Bangladesh and aims to guide teachers and students to develop a disaster management plan that includes mitigation, preparedness and response planning.
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Clinging to the Ruins of a Great Haitian School - Video - TIME.com - StumbleUpon - 2 views

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Haiti school EFA earthquake

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    The Daniel Fignolé School in Port-au-Prince was admired for giving quality education to those who couldn't afford a private school until the 2010 earthquake wrecked its campus Read more: http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,746712918001_2041953,00.html#ixzz1Ayc1x5vx
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Notes from the Field | Not again! - 0 views

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Chile earthquake Haiti

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  • And yet, there's an additional heartache for Haiti in hearing this news. Why was it so much worse here? Chile's quake registered at 8.8, about 500 times more powerful than Haiti's. But the numbers of Haitian dead have already surpassed 220,000 – close to the horrendous toll of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Chile's dead, at last report, number some 700 – a tragic loss, but orders of magnitude fewer than Haiti's. What explains this deadly disparity?
  • Where Chile had strict building codes, Haiti suffered from haphazard construction. Poor, rural people had for years flooded into the capital, living in precariously built shantytowns. Lack of enforcement, corruption and weak governance all contributed to grossly magnify the proportions of the catastrophe. It's easy enough to see the exceptions here, which might have been the rule if earthquake-resistant building codes had been enforced: a few solid structures still tower above the rubble – scarred and cracked, to be sure, but standing all the same.
  • I worry that, as so many times in the past, Haiti will quickly fade from public consciousness, once the world's TV screens are no longer broadcasting terrifying pictures from Port-au-Prince. All the more important that those of us who are working hand in hand with the Haitian people maintain our commitment for the long term, not just with material support but with the determination to rebuild safely and prudently.
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UNICEF - At a glance: Haiti - Field Diary: A long-term commitment to children affected by the earthquake in Haiti - 0 views

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schools Haiti earthquake education reconstruction UNICEF

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  • School brings hope“I like to draw, sing and play with my friends. I am so happy today,” said Yolanda, who lost both her home and her old school in the quake. Yolanda’s teacher, Onickel Paul, told me that the opening of the tent school had helped bring children and parents hope that things would get better in Haiti.
  • Despite only a handful of schools being open in the Haitian capital and outlying areas, everyone is working to support the Ministry of Education in its efforts to resume classes on 31 March. To achieve this goal, tents will be set up for immediate use as classrooms, and teachers will be identified and trained. An accelerated learning programme will be also be put in place to ensure that students do not fall behind.
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