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Chap 10 Polictics Religion and Reform in the Age of Jacksonpg 265-293)

INTRODUCTION

1824 Lafeyyete revisits U.s. stopping by each state

Admired honorly

Era of Good Feeling still reigns over American politics in 1824

New change leads to a birth of a second American party system

Democracts and Whigs replace Republicans and the Federalists

Took advantage of the transportation revolution to spread their messages

Better organization grass-roots support

More eager to make govt responsive to the popular will

More likely to enjpy policits and welcome conflict to sustain interest in political I issues

Men + Women were involved in reform movements à goal

Abolition of slavery

The suppression of liquur

Improe in education

And equality for women

The Transformation of the American Politics, 1824-1832

Jackson + Buren(Democratic) ~ Henry Clay + John Quincy Adams made up Republican Party

Republican Party under pressure by

Industry in NE, cotton cultivation in the South, and westward expansion

Democrats: retained Jefferson’s suspicion of a strong federal govt and preference state rights

Whigs: believed that the national govt should actively encourage economic devolpment

Democratic Ferment

Political Democratization

Substitution of poll taxes à tradition requirement that voters own property

Written ballots replace the custom of voting

Choice of predisential electors by state legislature gave way to their direct election by voters

If Party was a minority it would increase electorate.

Feds + Republicans relie on caucus(conference of party members in legis.

Feds collapse in 1816 strips national politcs of clear issues and turned off voters

The Election of 1824

Era of Good Feeing ends in 1824

Four Candidtates

New England : Adams

South Carolina: Calhoun, Crawford(Jeffersonian)

Kentucky: Clay(Ameican System prot, tarrifs, internal improvement in East +West)

Tennessee: Andrew Jackson(popular on frontier + South)

Crawford, Calhoun out of the race

Jackson did not have majority to win à House of Reps decide

Clay gives Adams support if alliance w/ North + Northeast

Adams won “ corrupt bargain”

John Quincy Adams as President

1825à proposes program of federal aid for internal improvements

Van Buren opposed federal aid ti improvements on ground that would enable other states to build rival canals.

Adams sends American delegates to a conference of newly independent Latin American nations

infuriated southerens b/c U.S implay recognition w/ Haiti(slave revoluntion

The Rise of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson > John Q. Adams

Jackson seemed to be the only valid candidate

Van Buren soon to be VP of Jackson’s second term

The Albany Rgency- powerful political machine composed fof lower and middle rank(like him)

Ordinary people comfortable + made freinds with political enemies

Van Buren convinced Jackson of the Democratic Party, Jack for P and Calhoun for VP

Opponents were The National Republicans Adams and SoT Richard Rush

The Election of 1828

Jackson marries Rachel Robards

Adam accused for being filthy rich Jackson accused for deaths and drunk

Adam is a aristocrat, Could write but not fight, dry scholar

Jackson Wins

Jackson in Office

Jackson’s first policy, “Rotation in office”- the removal of fierce holders of the rival party critics call “spoil system”

Plain people should be given a chance to work for the govt

Jackson does not want internal improvements ( violation of national defense)

Vetoes road in Kentucky between Maysville and Lexington

Enhanced Jackson’s popularity in the South

High Protective Tariff unfav in the South, Jackson had in mind

South would have to pay more for manufactured goods

Nullfication

Calhoun wants to be president after Jackson

Pretends to not like tarrifs to gain Southern support

Drove up price for manufacture goods + threaten to reduce the sale of British textile in U.s

British might lower demand

Calhoun follows Kentucky + Virginia Resolutions(states limit power to federal power

South Carolina Exposition and Protest

The tarrif of 1828 was unconstitutional à nullify/ override the law

Slave Revolt by Nat Turner in Virginia

William Garrison pusblishes the Liberator, abolitionist newspaper

Jackson Versus Calhoun

Jackson makes two policies to keep northern and southern support

#1- Distribute surplus federal revenue to the states

Duties on imports(use to be tarrifs)

Hoped to remove taint of sectional injustice from tariff + force the federal govt to restrict own expenditure

#2 Ease Tariffs from sky high lvl in 1828

Congress passes slightly reduce tarrifs but did not satisfy SouthC 1832

Calhoun wife + cabinet discredits the Eatons

1830 Jackson find out Calhoun tried to punish Jackson’s raid in Florida in 1818(Pres Monroe)

SC convention nullifies Tarrifs of 1828 + 1832 + forbade collection of customs duties within the state

Jackson’s olive branch and sword

Tarrif of 1833(Comprimise Tariff) gradual/signif lower of duties

1833-1842

The Force Bill- authorize president to use arms to collest custom duties in South Carolina

SC nullifies Force Bill but interprets Comp Tar as concession and ended nullification of tarrifs 1828 + 1832

Clay thinks without yielding to SC on tariffs Force Billà civil war

Clay’s Compromise Tariff “saves the country”

The Bank Veto

Jackson suspects Bank of U.S. – guilty

Banks power enabled it to check excesses of state banks and provoke hostility

Blamed for Panic of 1819

The capacity to lend money exceeds state bank

Capital of 35 mil doubled annual expidenture of federal govt

Nicholas Biddle was public servant to keep bank above politics

Jackson vetoes recharter bill(secured congressional passage)

Denounce the bank as a private monopoly that drained West of

Specie

Clay was pissed and strives for presidency

The Election of 1832

Jackson believed it was safe to allow states considerable freedom to remain content with the Union and reject nullification

Jackson ran again against Henry Clay(American System of prot tariffs, national bank, and federal support of internal improvement

Jackson secured for office and ready to dismantle the Bank of U.S.

The Bank Controversy and the Second Party System

Jackson veto ignites controversy that threatens to engulf all banks 1833-40

Bank had no dollar bills on IOUS

Possible suffering b/c public doubts about bank solvency

The War on the Bank

Biddle began to call in the bank’s loans and contract credit

Jackson began to make a policy to remove federal deposits from the Bank of The U.s and placing them in the state banks

State banks used for issueing more paper money + loans

Jackson didn’t like papermoney or speculative econ

This plan started to make statebanks double (Jackson was trying to abolish

Critics called them “pet banks” loyaloty to the Dem party

Pet banks + influx of foreign specie purchased cotton, investment for canal projects,

Congress forced Jackson to sign Deposit Act

Increased # of deposit banks and loosend federal control over them.

Led to dispute of soft money(paper) vs hardmoney(specie)

Soft money Democrats: hated bank for contracting credit and restrict lending activities of state banks(more popular)

Hard money: hated bank for sanctioning economy

“Panic of 1837”

New Yorks Locofocos supports hard money

Working men parties

free public education abolition of imprisonment for debt, and ten hour workday

intellectuals and artisans, journeyman

The Rise of Whig Opposition

National Republicanà Whig Party (favored nullification)

Jackson lost southern supporters

Proimprovment southerners-> Feg govt->Whig Party for aid

Northern social reformers oppose Jackson

Attack liquor

Oppose slavery

Better puclic education

More public morality

Anti-Masonry, a protest aganst the secrecy of the Masonic lodges(fraternal friendship and exotic rituals)

Whigs appealed commercial farmers, planters, merchants, and bankers, reformers, evangelical cergymen, AntiMasons, manufacturers, Calhoun, former nullficationists, calls Jackson a dictator

The Electin of 1836

Whigs bring up 4 candidates who oppose Van Buren

Buren won

The Panic of 1837

Banks doubledà Notes Tripledà commodity + land priced SOARED

States made commitements to build canals

Economy crashes again in 1839

Biddle charged with theft and fraud

Workers turn to William Miller, religion enthusiast

Specie Circular by Jackson after Aug 15, 1836 only specie was accepted in payment for public lands

Reverse damaging effects of the Deposit Act of 1836

The Search for Solutions

Independent Treasury: govt would hold its reveneues and keep them from the grasp of corporations. “Second Dec of Ind” July 4

Failed to adresss issue on the state level, chartered stae banks lent money to farmers and businessmen

Democrats are antibank hardmoney party in 1837

The Election of 1840

Vanburen against William Harrison

Harrison obsessed with hard cider and log cabins

Rugged frontiersman hereo of Tippecanoe

Harisson won

The Second Party System Matures

Popular vote between 1836 an 1840 increase 60 percent

White Males rose from 55 to 80 percent in voting

Gradual line between the two parties stimulate popular interest in politics

The Rise of Popular Religion

Americans insist mnisters to preach doctorines that appealed to them

The Second Great Awakening

Began in Connecticut in 1790s

Striking Change, Camp meetings were gigantic revivials in which members if several denominations gathered together in sprawling camps for a week to hear reivialists proclaim the Second Coming of Jesus was near

The Cane Ridge “the jerks”

Early frontier revivals challenge traditional religius customs

Methodits

Largest Protestant denomination

Religion is from the heart not the head

Frontier Revivals disrupts religion customs but also promotes law order and morality onto frontier

Eastern Revivals

Hottest revival fires blazed in thee western New York known as Burned Over Distrct

Charles G Finney

Lawyer, Presbyterian minister and conducter revivals in town

Rochester greatest “ harvest”

Rochester Revival

Finney “father of modern revivalism”

Citywide revivals in wich all denominations participated

Introduced devices for speeding conversions.

Anxious seats, protracted meeting

Rejects Calvanist belief that humans had natural inclination to sin(doctrine of “human depreavity”)

Perfectionism, people could live without sin

Socierty was in the people’s own hands

Converted husbands wives and daughers

Critics of Revivals: the Unitarians
Unitarian small group of influential revival critics

Basic doctrine of Unitarianism- that Jesus Christ was less than fully divine

Attract wealthy and educated gave influence beyond their #’s

Critized revivals as uncouth emotional exhibitions and argued that moral goodness should be cultivated by a gradual process of “Character building” basing behavior off Jesus

William Channing, A Uni tarian leader claims Christianity had one purpose: the perfection if human nature, the elevation of men imtp nobler beings”

The Rise of Mormonism

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints “Mormons”

Joseph Smith

Book of Mormon “buried book of relevation” guided by an angel

Tells a story of ancient Hebrew prophet Lehi desendencts came to America and created civilization “Jesus was the savior”

God cursed the dark skins

Smith’s new revelation resolves the turmoil created by the Protestant denominatins inability to agree on what the Bible said or meant

Hope to be close with Indians ot convert them

Another revelation: virtually guarnteed a histile reception for the Mormon wherever they went

Revelation:sanctioned tge Mormon practice of having multiple wives or polygny.

Smith was “Second Mohammed”

Charged with treason jailed in Illnois murdered by a mob 1844

New Leader – Brigham Young, led the main body of Mormons from Nauvoo to the Great Salt Lake Vally, Utah “still under mexico”

Desert, independent republic

Inustrious people and deeply committed to welfare

Reject bible lsubsitute polygny for monogamy

The Shakers

Mother Ann Lee, illerate daughter of the blacksmith

Artisans

End of the world was imminent

Second Coming of Jesus would come as a woman

Religion and economic individualism were compatiblebetween shakers and mormons

The Age of Reform

Women could not vote and blacks still siffer from gradual liberalizations of voting requirements

Reformer agenda: slavery abolition, women rights, temperance, better treatment of criminals, and insanse public education and utopian communities

Reformers believe they were on the good side

Religious revivalism contribute to moralism

New England was the place most reforms took place “hotbeds of reform”

The War on Liquor

Across the App Mountains people drank excessively

Farmers could not grain to markets before transportation revolution

They distilld them

Men spent money on liquor instead of food (wife and children sad)

Revivalist Lyman Beecher against alcohol

Protestants create American Temperance Society demands total abstinence

Factory owners with precise production schedules to meet needed orderly and steady workers

Temperance reformers got manufactures support

After Panic of 1837à Washington Temperance Societies

the commitment to sobriety survives depression

Washingtonians held experience meetings “salvations from liquor” and regeneration through abstinence “teetotalism”

Drinking decreased by half from 1840 since 1820

Public-School Reform

Rural America’s district school

Three-twenty year olds

Horace Mann of Mass

First secretary of state of new bord of education

Shifting the burden of financial support for schools from parents to the state, grading the schools, eztening the school term from to 10 months

Standardized books , attendance

Spread uniform cultural values by exposing all children to identtial experiences

Rural/urban ~ laboring poor opposed complulsory education as a menace to parents dependent on their children’s wages.

Allies

Stress on free tax schools won the backing of the urban w o workingman parties

New Reform attracted reform-minded women, grading of the school would ease women entry into teaching

If blacks got schooling then it was segregated from the white schools

Abolition

American Colonization Society(1817) little moral outrage against slavery

It proposed a plan for gradual exancipation, with compensation to t he slaveownder and the shipment of free blacks to africa.

1400 blacks m igrated to Liberia and most were already free

Appeal by David Walker about black rebellion to crush slavery

1821 Quaker Benjamin Lundy began newspaper “genius of universal empancipation

William Lloyd Garrison

Assistant editor

The Liberator, his own newspaper most famous controversial white abolitionists

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The bright green environmentalists say that Earth Day has come to symbolize the marginalization of environmental sustainability, and that the celebration itself has outlived its usefulness.  

Earth Day has two observance days,  and both are held annually.  One is celebrated  during the spring in the northern hemisphere, around March 20th,   and one is observed in autumn in the southern hemisphere.   The United States celebrates Earth Day on April 22nd, although some cities extend the celebration to a week starting on April 16th and ending on the 22nd.  

This week hundreds of thousands of environmentally-conscious people will protest,  and get together at concerts, neighborhood clean-ups and tree-plantings.  Bright green claims that these Earth Day volunteers will “accomplish almost nothing.’  These environmentalists complain that Earth Day has become less revolutionary and more meaningless with each passing year since its inception.  They criticize it because it is moving away from “comprehensive sustainability that drives all rational environmentalism.”  They state, “Earth Day has served its time, and must go.”

Bright Green makes the point that Earth Day has become an empty ritual of sympathy for environmental sanity.  We leave these huge carbon footprints, they say, and then have this one (or two) day(s) where we attempt to atone by popularizing  small acts like returning bottles, bringing your own bag when shopping, and turning off the running water when you brush your teeth.    Compared to our carbon footprints, these acts are meaningless, “without systemic action as well.”  They state, “The strategy of recycling as a gateway drug–get them hooked on it and we can move them on to harder stuff–has failed miserably.”

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There is not even a fundamental strategy for widespread global collapse amidst the fun and games and posturing of Earth Day.  Antarctica slipped into the ocean this week more than it ever had.  The result will be the warming of the ocean and increased global warming.  But Joe Cool is going around on Earth Day patting himself on the back for the purchase of a green well-designed cup holder for his eight-cylinder car.   If he won’t trade the car for a bike, will he at least stop using the air conditioning to be part of the solution?

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We need real sacrifice for a second enlightenment if we are to survive.  Bright green environmentalists say Earth Day has accomplished its mission.  Environment is now near the top of the global agenda.  Thank you Earth Day.  But you can stop now because mere awareness is no longer enough.  It’s time for real transformation.

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We have all heard about the . It has caused many of us to be thankful for our situation as the one in Haiti is very grim. It has also caused many people to search for ways to lend a helping hand. Many people are donating food, water, money and so forth. Americans are flying out to Haiti to offer help. Doctors and nurses are flying out to Haiti with medical supplies and their medical expertise. More can be done. More help is needed. No donation is too small. Please do not let this historic event pass you with effecting you. There are human beings suffering over there in Haiti and we are all a part of humankind. We all have a duty to help one another.

Please remember that we have had some very devastating events to take place right here in our home country! Please know that a natural disaster of some sort can happen anywhere. No Country or State is safe! The earth is a living organism! We have only just begun to understand it and our activities or lack of definitely effect it. Catastrophes like the earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami, Tornadoes, and so forth, can happen anywhere. No doubt that if something as terrible as the recent earthquake in Haiti were to happen to any of us, we would being praying, chanting, hoping, or whatever you do for someone to come help us. I’m sure Haiti would be here for us. My plea is that you be there for them. They are without food and water in Haiti. They are without shelter and warm blankets. Many are being evacuated but there are far too many more going hungry and in desperate need of help.

There are several Haitian Relief efforts to which you can donate time, food, water, blankets, money, and more. Though you may find some local relief efforts, please take caution as there are unfortunately people who will set up bogus relief efforts for personal gain. The absolute best way to give is through the well known, long established organizations which have a history of collecting to help those in need.

If you decide do donate supplies you should contact the established relief effort you plan to donate through for a guideline prior to collecting. If you plan to go to Haiti to volunteer, for your own protection it would be best that you have prior disaster or international experience or otherwise medical expertise. The best way to help is to donate is money so that the experts working this disaster can get exactly whats needed. Again, please be sure to donate to a well known, long established organization. An effort as small as getting the word out about any relief effort you know of can help as well. Research and spread the word of what is needed and what can be done. Some people would help if they knew how but aren’t willing to do the research. Do it for them! Also, there are some well known charities that collect for other specific reasons but are temporarily diverting the funds to efforts in Haiti.

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How can we truly prevent earthquake disasters from happening in Haiti again? We know that earthquakes will be coming again in the future. In fact, Port-Au-Prince sits on the exact location of tectonic plate and fault formation under the Earth where seismic activities occur on a regular basis causing catastrophic earthquakes, none as big as January 12, 2010, nonetheless have occurred throughout history–1860, 1770, 1761, 1751, 1684, 1673, and 1618, (United States Geological Survey (USGS)).

Haiti needs proper building codes to withstand the next devastating earthquakes. This is a must, and the international community has to step in to do all it can to assist Haiti in this regard. The international community should see to it that all future buildings in Port-Au-Prince– the epicenter of earthquakes in Haiti–be built using established building codes that will enable buildings and homes to withstand the powerful shakes of future earthquakes. We as the international community cannot allow such tragedy to happen again in Haiti.

In fact, Former President Clinton was a resident of the Hotel Montana during his last visit to Haiti, and the Hotel Montana was one of the hotels hardest hit by the devastating Haiti earthquake. Many people from other countries have perished in the Hotel Montana. This is to show us that the infrastructure of Haiti is an earthquake hazard to all of us, so all of us in the international community are compelled to come together and help a nation in need, and help it build itself stronger than ever before. Members of the international community have definitely done so.

It didn’t take long for our wishes to be granted. In fact, it was granted in a big way. Former president of the United States, William Clinton (Bill Clinton) has teamed up with the International Code Council (ICC), a nonprofit organization that helps build safer homes and buildings that can withstand the shakes of the most powerful earthquakes. The ICC establishes building codes for builders or developers to follow when erecting buildings and homes in the United States and other parts of the world. These building codes are created to help buildings and homes withstand the effects of Earthquakes and other natural disasters. Such building codes will be of utmost importance in the rebuilding efforts of Haiti.

The ICC receives donations through its foundation (ICCF) to subsidize building assignments in places and situations such as Haiti. While it will be quite some time before the recovery tools and resources arrive in Haiti, the International Code Council is nevertheless using its relationships with the United Nations and the efforts being coordinated by former President William Clinton to help rebuild the devastated nation of Haiti and to reduce future destruction, fatalities, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes and other natural disasters that may occur in the future, (ICC).

In greater detail, the International Code Council is a non?profit, membership organization composed of building code officials from building inspectors to fire suppression officials. A direct list of these officials is as follows: architects, engineers, developers, building owners, and others involved in building safe communities.

The Code Council develops model building codes adopted in all 50 States of the United States. These, building codes are either adapted or used as resources in other countries around the world including nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Asia and the Middle East. The group of International building Codes includes specific sections pertaining to natural hazards, which are regularly updated to coordinate with U.S. federal agencies and to reflect current data and field experience, (ICC).

According to the ICC, smart application of proven seismic safety principles to rebuild Port-Au-Prince and other Haitian communities are encouraged. It is common knowledge that damage, fatalities, and injuries from earthquakes can be reduced by adapting proper building code guidelines and enforcing them forcefully, (ICC).

Haiti will be getting the best building code technology to rebuild itself. The nation will be getting building code technology developed from knowledge and data received from earthquakes in earthquake-prone areas of the United States. This technology includes certain design and construction approaches that acknowledge hazards and risks associated with massive earthquakes. Such building codes and guidelines will be enforced by the International Code Council to ensure safe constructions of buildings and houses, (ICC). Builders who employ proper building code guidelines when building in seismically active regions know the value of these codes and the techniques to ensure their effective enforcement, (ICC).

Studies have shown that although it cost more to build earthquake-proof homes, every dollar spent on building safer and stronger homes or buildings, prevents four to seven dollars in future losses, (ICC). The ultimate goal of the ICC is to support the efforts of the U.S. State Department and other federal agencies, along with the United Nations and other international relief organizations, to make sure that Haiti is rebuilt in a manner that creates disaster resilience caused earthquakes, (ICC). According to the International Code Council, the seismic provisions of the International Codes are regularly updated to reflect the latest knowledge about earthquake dynamics and building behavior, and can function as an important tool in the Haiti earthquake disaster relief efforts. The Code Council will be providing written materials, subject-matter expertise, and professional development to ensure that Haiti is rebuilt for the long haul, (ICC). The events in Haiti once again show us that any rebuilding efforts should involve construction that utilizes the best available information and technology on building codes and building code enforcement guidelines, (ICC).

The ICC implied that earthquake events of similar magnitude have different impacts based on how prepared a nation and community is in managing the built environment—high-rise buildings in cities and private homes. The more prepared the least the casualties, and the least prepared, the more the casualties—Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. In Haiti’s case it was not prepared because its government and people did not have the financial resources needed to become prepared. The International Code Council’s building codes for Haiti are therefore intended to protect people inside buildings when future earthquakes struck again by preventing the easy collapse of buildings and houses to allow for safe evacuations. It was because buildings collapsed so easily why so many people lost their lives in Haiti. Structures built following the most modern building codes should resist minor earthquakes without suffering damage by riding out severe earthquakes without collapsing according to the ICC. Structures in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti did not follow any modern building codes that would have helped buildings or houses resist the tremors of the massive earthquake of January 12, 2010. China’s 7.9-magnitude earthquake was devastating, but with less casualties than Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

The ICC and the international community are pouring out their hearts with support and prayers to the people of Haiti. Never in history as there been so much international support for a nation and people in such distress. It is wonderful to see the overall international support for the people of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and the most devastated ever, in this region of the world.

Haiti cannot do it alone. It needs the international community to lend a helping hand in rebuilding its infrastructure. So, by President Clinton and the ICC stepping in to lend a helping hand to Haiti’s rebuilding efforts, we can be assured that the people of Haiti will be fully prepared for the next massive earthquake whenever it comes.

If anyone would like to donate on behalf of the Haiti earthquake rebuilding or relief efforts, please do so by donating to the International Code Council Foundation, the Redcross, Unicef, or other credible sources.

To start off, I am going to apologize if this at all comes off as sounding heartless. Since the earthquake in Port Au Prince, Haiti happened, there has been extensive media and news coverage surrounding the event. In fact, news channels and media outlets are streaming updates on the earthquake event twenty-four seven. Newspapers are submitting articles left and right, as well as constant input from internet venues and personal blogs. When is enough, well, enough? I cannot turn on my television or play a game on the web without having a constant and, in my opinion, quite irritating reminder of the Haiti earthquake right there, in my face. Every app I play on Facebook has some sort of “Help Haiti” icon right there, in the middle of the app. Every webite I visit through my mobile phone reminds me that I can text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate ten dollars instantly.

If you ask me, the earthquake was probably better for Haiti than not. A large percentage of Haitains were living in extreme poverty conditions. For decades the United States Border Patrol has been on guard against Haitians trying to enter the country illegally. As of now, America is the country that has homeless without shelter, children who go to bed without a meal, elderly that are going without necessary medication, and mentally ill going without proper treatment, but can stream a benefit for Haiti on twelve separate television stations. Where is the sense in that? Does the media in America ignore what is happeneing right on their own doorstep? I haven’t seen a benefit for the homeless in America run on one television station, nonetheless twelve television stations, EVER. The only telethons Americans will catch on their televisions, provided they are fortunate enough to have televisions, will be for local events and small charities, and no, they will not have celebrity support and exposure. United States President Barack Obama and his war against Fox News has seen more media coverage than any of the aforementioned problems in the United States, and if you ask me it was never really important enough to broadcast to the nation. It really prompts me to ask, “What the heck, America?”.

According to an article written by CNN News Staff, the interest in the Haiti earthquake has lessened substantially in the past week alone. Donations have slowed to more than fifty percent less than what had been received in the hours, or even days, following the event. CNN assumes it is because of the poor economic state of America. Americans are not feeling as wealthy or generous as they have in the past, when America was not experiencing a financial slump. FINANCIAL SLUMP? This is not even a recession! This is the closest America has been to the Great Depression since the Great Depression!!  CNN had, however, an idea, and a solid one at that. Americans are not feeling as wealthy as they once did. They also brought up one other valid point in the article, and that was that Americans are growing tired of hearing about the earthquake. Well, imagine that. The earthquake was one news story to follow for a week or so and everyone has just plain and simply, lost interest. I cannot say as I am one bit surprised. The one question I have that remains is, will the media slow down on the earthquake news as the interest of Americans slows, or will they attempt to out do themselves and increase news coverage in hopes that Americans will begin to care once more?

Let’s travel back to my original idea that the earthquake was better for Haiti than not. I am sure a lot of people disagree with that notion. However, remember that poverty issue that I mentioned? The overall instance of poverty in the country of Haiti exceeded the amount of seventy seven percent previous to the earthquake. An estimated eighty percent of Haitians lived in absolute poverty. Haiti, pre-earthquake, was one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere with an estimated per-capita annual income of five hundred and sixty dollars. Donations for Haiti had reached an estimated thirty eight million dollars from the D.E.C. by January 21, 2010, less than a week after their broadcast for donation acceptance. As of January 15, 2010, three days after the earthquake, the Red Cross received over eight million dollars via ten dollar text donations. Just in two venus alone, donations exceeded forty six million dollars in less than one week. That is forty six million dollars that Haiti did not have on January 11, 2010, just one day before the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck. International donations to Haiti exceeded 1.12 billion dollars as of Monday, January 25, 2010. The outstanding public debt in the United States as of January 27, 2010 at 01:43 GMT stands at ,308,214,833,046.00 – yes that is twelve billion, three hundred and eight million, two hundred and fourteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty three, and forty six dollars. Yet, Americans are being urged, despite the fact that America will be impoverished if this debt is not significantly reduced or paid off completely, to help Haiti reach their donation goal that exceeds the amount of the United States public debt in its entirety.

Sadly, the media has epitomized the financial aspect of Haiti. I was able to find all of the information listed above in one short internet search. I could not find any numerological information on the non-financial needs of Haiti, for example, clothing, water, food, etc. I did find a site that said it would be better to send money related donations rather than tangible necessities. So, when America itself becomes an impoverished nation, will any of these other nations hold celebrity endorsed telethons? Will donations be streaming into the United States faster than the Red Cross can count them? No, I did not think so.

One more thought before I leave you all to absorb the meaning of my article here; have you ever seen Michelle Obama in a commerical before asking for monetary assistance to come to the country in which and her husband are responsible to take care of? No, but her commerical for Haiti donations runs on my television at least fifty times a day.

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OVER 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, 280,000 buildings collapsed, 1,000,000 homeless and 3,000,000 affected. The stats are staggering. On Tuesday 12th January 2010 at approximately 16:53, parts of the Caribbean island of Haiti literally crumbled to pieces at the mercy of the 6th most fatal earthquake of all time. With irrecoverable damage done to communication systems, major transport facilities, electrical networks and hospitals, bodies of the dead strewn on the streets and thousands more trapped inside collapsed buildings, it was a scene of utter chaos and confusion.

Deemed the worst earthquake of the modern era, compounding already existing problems in the poverty-stricken isle of Haiti, the world watched in horror as images of destruction and devastation filtered through to international media. Thus began one of the largest aid relief operations in recent history, with humanity uniting together for the common purpose of assisting the homeless and helpless in Haiti

Here is the story of one such relief mission which began in the humble office of a pastor who watched the distressing images of the Haitian suffering and could not afford to look the other way, whose passion and vision to help the Haitians overwhelmed the seemingly insurmountable odds. And as T.B. Joshua watched, The Emmanuel TV Haiti Earthquake Relief Team was born – a mission to bring hope to the orphans, relief to the sick and comfort to the suffering in the faraway nation of Haiti.

The task seemed impossible on the outside, but an instruction in righteousness from T.B. Joshua had come, and thus the divine provision, protection and enablement to achieve it. Merely two days after the earthquake struck, SCOAN Evangelists in both America and the United Kingdom were preparing themselves for a journey into the unknown. “It was clearly a God-directed mission, a God directed venture,” recalled Nick Holmes, a member of SCOAN UK and part of the initial relief team. “This was 48 hours after the event when the world was still reeling.” Consistent with its name, ‘Church Of All Nations’, the preliminary team consisted of people spanning three continents and with a broad range of skills and expertise – doctors, nurses, engineers, pilots, humanitarian workers and evangelists inclusive.

Merely a week later, planes were boarded and the team touched down in Cap Hatien, one of the few airports unaffected by the quake, located in the north of Haiti. A cargo plane, chartered from Florida and boldly emblazoned with the emblem of Emmanuel TV, arrived shortly afterwards and unloaded essential medical supplies and foodstuffs with the assistance of the United Nations. Carrying only a rucksack of personal necessities and a resolve to meet needs and solve problems, the team had arrived and the vision was nearing reality. Whereas most aid organizations had set up base in Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital and scene of most carnage at the time of the quake, the ETV team decided to choose a location slightly away from the capital. Upon the advice of a local charity, Konpay, they chose Arcahaie, a small rural town of roughly 100,000 inhabitants 40km north-west of Port-au-Prince,  a place many earthquake victims had run to for shelter. It was a ten hour journey along bumpy roads and over steep mountain paths with a jeep and two large trucks carrying the life-saving supplies and equipment.

For every member of the team, this was the first time they had ever entered a disaster zone of such magnitude. It was a journey of faith where obstacles did not dictate the direction. “We were told that we have no experience and that we should not go – but we went anyway,” declared Cara Lauchland, a SCOAN evangelist from the USA. “We were told that no flights are going in to Port-au-Prince so we flew in to Cap Haitien in the north. We were told that the roads were too damaged to drive on; we drove all the way without any problem down to Arcahaie.” They arrived on January 26th 2010.

Although Arcahaie was not as close to the quake’s epicenter and not as affected as the nation’s capital, the disaster had nonetheless taken its deadly toll on the primitive town, both physically and mentally. “The people were absolutely petrified after the quake,” explained Rachel Holmes, a SCOAN Evangelist from the United Kingdom and also part of the first team. “They thought that the end of the world had come. We met many with psychological problems. They kept thinking that the ground was always moving. And the government issued a warning that no one should sleep inside their house, so everyone was sleeping on the road or in their yard under sheeting or rough plastic. People were frightened to be inside.”

With plantain farming and fishing providing the main source of income for the people of Arcahaie and a staple diet of bananas, the community was already in abject poverty before the quake hit. “There is no central water supply, limited electricity and no sewage,” Rachel continued. “Most people drink water from dirty wells, from the gutter by the road, or water which collects on the roof of their house. Most of them have never had simple advice such as the need to boil the water before drinking it. Due to this many are very sick, especially the children.”

The privilege of free health care that many enjoy is merely an illusion for the majority of Haitians. Speaking of the team’s initial surveillance of the area soon to become their new abode, Rachel added: “When walking around town, we came to notice that the children would play with no pants on and sit in the gutters – so they got infections, even tiny babies. This was a big problem – no hygiene at all, no awareness of dirt bringing germs and sickness. There has been no community health care. They just lived or died with their complaints. Getting to hospital was impossible for most people because it was so far and they couldn’t pay. Plus there was no transport. The need is very dire.”

With the help of community leaders, a plot of land in the outskirts of the town and a nearby well was located. Physical eyes beheld an abandoned piece of land with some uncompleted buildings, but faith saw a thriving medical clinic providing primary health care for an entire community. With the sea as their shower, a hole as their toilet and banana leaves as their mattress, tents were pitched on the stony ground and Clinique Emmanuel was born. Almost immediately following their arrival, people found out and crowds of sick and suffering began swarming to the area. Both injuries inflicted during the earthquake and longstanding illnesses that before had no source of treatment were brought and the clinic began its work.  As Fiona Tonge, a SCOAN Evangelist from England with nursing experience put it, “Out of a heart of compassion and an instruction in righteousness, things which seemed impossible became possible. From nothing, from an idea, a concept – came people, medical and food supplies, a plane, vehicles to navigate the mountain roads and a piece of land to pitch our tents.”

Working almost non-stop in the sweltering heat from dawn until dusk, with the doctors and nurses attending up to 80 people on a daily basis, the team worked selflessly to meet the needs of the Haitian people. Local support for the mission thrived and people willingly volunteered to serve as translators, the main language of the locals being Haitian Creole. A number of native nurses also joined the mission and volunteered their services. God’s provision and direction was evident right from the onset. “Grace just abounded”, said Nick when recalling the beginnings of the clinic. “I saw practically that where God directs, He provides. There are countless little stories of almost impossible situations where God took control.”

With the project still in its earliest stages, one story stands out as a testament to Clinique Emmanuel’s vision and mission. A mother was rushed to the camp, already in labour and extreme pain. “She came when we were not properly set up,” Rachel remembers. “We had no beds set up, so she delivered on the concrete. It was very touching because she was so grateful to have medical staff there and to be able to say she had given birth in a ‘safe’ environment – an environment which to us needed to be seriously worked on! Once the baby was born, she told the translator that she would call her Emmanuella after Clinique Emmanuel.” A testimony to the new life Clinique Emmanuel was breathing into a community distraught with death and despair, Baby Emmanuella was the first of countless babies to be born safely in the clinic in the coming months.

With Clinique Emmanuel firmly established, T.B. Joshua made a passionate appeal to the viewers of Emmanuel TV to support God’s project in Haiti. “As regards what is happening in Haiti, we cannot pretend not to see,” he admonished. “We are one another’s strength. Remember Christ says, all our doings without love are nothing. A true Christian is known by his love. Ultimately, we are called to respond to all human needs for that is what love entails.

“The people of Haiti need you at this time. They are homeless, like sheep without a shepherd. God has no hands but only our hands to reach them. Love the children of Haiti for God’s sake and you will be loved. Give to the people of Haiti for God’s sake and you will receive the mercy and favour of God. Looking the other way when your neighbour in Haiti is in trouble is tantamount to rejecting Christ himself. Whatever is in your hand now is a solution to the people of Haiti. Remember, whatever you do to the people of Haiti, that you do unto God. Therefore, help the people of Haiti. Help the children of Haiti; they are the future of Haiti.”

The response was truly overwhelming, as viewers worldwide called to pledge support for the project in Haiti. This was God’s project, and He was providing for every need. “It was an example of the church feeling other people’s pain,” added Nick. “That was clearly the driver. I think you could say this is really an example of faith working through love.”

Evidence of God’s miraculous power and provision were seen recurrently, mirrored in the story of an incredible birth at Clinique Emmanuel. “His mother came in the early evening in the 2nd stage of labour,” Rachel explained. “This was her second child – her first had been stillborn. Around 11pm the baby was born – he was stillborn. The black baby was blue and totally lifeless. It was a boy. The mother was just staring at us and the doctor was holding the baby upside down trying to see if there was any mucus in the lungs – no response. Then mouth to mouth was applied. The baby would not come around – he was gone. We rushed to get the Anointing Water and we sprayed it on the little boy. Slowly but surely he began to turn pink and started breathing. Eventually he cried and his mother just stared at us! He came back the next day very happy and healthy. It was an absolute miracle.” In honour of the man who actually inspired Clinique Emmanuel, the miracle baby was named ‘Joshua.’

Such example echoed that of hundreds whose lives were saved through the intervention of Clinique Emmanuel. “Literally, everyday there were situations where lives were saved, and that made any personal inconvenience seem so trivial,” explained Gary Tonge, another member of the first Haiti team and a SCOAN Evangelist. “We are actually making a difference,” Daniel Koots, an Australian, passionately told Read Us. “The people we meet, the people we give tents to and the people treated in the clinic – their lives have changed. Clinique Emmanuel is actually saving lives.”

“Wounds have been dressed, sicknesses have been treated, babies have been born, water has been purified, tents have been installed, children have been sponsored to school, empty stomachs have been filled, and many individuals have chosen to make God’s Word the standard for their lives,” wrote Angela Brandt, a SCOAN Evangelist from America. “Each morning brings new challenges, new problems, new difficulties – but each evening sees new plans, new projects and new solutions. Jesus is the solution.”

Weeks turned to months and Clinique Emmanuel forged ahead, driven by the unprecedented need around and the realisation that each gift and strength God had given were meant to meet such needs. This was a long-term commitment. Different international doctors and nurses who had taken up the call to assist came and left, with a rotational system in operation. The clinic was having such an impact on the community that the local mayor decided to give the land they had established to Emmanuel TV free of charge, in response to their relentless efforts to aid the community.

Jean Elie, a local carpenter voiced the opinion of the people in a community meeting held to discuss Emmanuel TV’s future in Haiti. “I believe that Emmanuel TV is the biggest blessing God could send to us. The earthquake did a lot of damage to us, but the biggest support it sent to us is Emmanuel TV. It’s the biggest gift given to us. It’s a privilege to have Emmanuel TV. If not, many people in Arcahaie would not have survived. Emmanuel TV, we love you very much because you love us very much.  We are ready to do all we can to make you stay with us. You don’t know how your help is benefitting the people of Arcahaie. We are not able to give you back. God alone can reward you.”

Speaking on Clinique Emmanuel’s remarkable impact, Elvis Buquo, a Greek assistant nurse who was in Haiti for five weeks, said, “Clinique Emmanuel is an oasis in the desert. It is there so that people would not lose hope. It is for the people to calm their pain, regain their strength and to start rebuilding their life on a better foundation – with God Almighty.”

Another pivotal moment in the journey of Clinique Emmanuel, epitomising the impact it has had so far on the Haitian nation, was the visit of Haiti’s President Rene Preval on May 17th. He came to thank Emmanuel TV for their selfless efforts and pledge his support to the clinic’s future.

Bound by a common bond to help the Haitians, Emmanuel TV also worked with other organizations to spread practical and medical support to the orphans and homeless of Haiti. With a number of make-shift camps springing up sporadically around the affected-areas, many were sleeping out in the open or under improvised coverings, like bed sheets held up with sticks, and urgently needed shelter, especially in view of the impending rainy season.

The Emmanuel TV Haiti Earthquake Relief Team worked with aid organizations such as ‘Shelter Box’ and OIM, visiting different orphanages and refugee camps around Haiti providing aid, large tents and medical care as well as educational supplies for the children. Another organisation they have lent their support to is ‘Love A Child Earthquake Relief Centre’ in Fond Parisien, Haiti to which many earthquake victims have been transferred from Port-au-Prince to receive follow-up treatment.

Recalling a particular occasion when supplying tents to a Haitian community which remains imprinted in her heart and mind, Rachel said: “One such moment, which will not leave me, was when we drove onto a piece of wasteland covered with sticks and pieces of plastic sheeting blowing about in the breeze. These were what people called home. A desperate attempt at forming some kind of shelter from the rubbish left behind after the earthquake. There were children everywhere. Children left with no parents. Children just left. They crowded around us as if we had the whole world in our hands and could solve every problem under the sun. Fathers cried out that they had no mothers for their children. Mothers pleaded that they had no husbands to take care of their families. A small child tugged at my trousers and asked me a question. My translator looked at me and said, “She asked if you would be her mummy, can she please, please come home with you?” All I could offer them was the tents stacked up in the back of our vehicles. It seemed so little in comparison to their needs”

These experiences remain in the hearts of the team. Australian lawyer Naomi Karp recalling another sober incident, said: “The earthquake while tragic seemed so remote from my lounge room in Sydney, Australia – but when I arrived, I discovered people so desperately in need of assistance and so grateful to receive it,” she began. “What stood out for me is an orphanage where we ministered much needed shelter, medical and educational help. I was really touched by a 3 year old boy who was sick with an infection, dressed in just a t-shirt who could no longer walk and had lost his family in the earthquake. What a blessing to see him transformed after receiving this help, laughing and playing football with the other children.”

In the midst of their extreme need, the selflessness and community spirit was also evident amongst the Haitians, who were pulling together at their time of greatest lack to build each other up. “I was touched by the way men in a camp for refugees form Port-au-Prince vigorously helped us pitch tents for the aged, infirm and little children, knowing they would still not be sheltered themselves, ” noted Peter Karp, an Australian lawyer also part of the relief team.

Janet Holmes, a member of SCOAN UK who went to Haiti in February 2010 for three weeks, remembered another experience that made a lasting impression on her: “On one day, one encounter in particular, touched me deeply. We went to visit a local pastor, who, despite having very little by way of material provision himself, has taken as his own family twenty young children orphaned by the earthquake. Like the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, he may not be in the best position to help, but the little he has he is willing to give and share with those in need – and what these children most need is the love and security of a family. Their smiling faces and cheerful laughter remain with me. By the grace of God and through the generosity of Emmanuel TV Partners and viewers, we were able to erect several tents for the children to sleep in and to supply them with some rice and medical supplies.”

Another example of God’s clear intervention and direction in the running of Clinique Emmanuel was the divine rainfall that occurred following the prayers of Prophet T.B. Joshua. “The weather had become extreme and team members were beginning to get rashes because of the heat,” explained Angela. “People in the town were getting sick and there was need for rain. So, I called the prophet and told him and he said he would pray, that there would be rain. I told all the workers that the prophet had said there would be rain and he would pray. Within a few hours rain poured down in the town! When they called Port-au-Prince and asked if they had had any rain there – there was none! The rain was only in our town. All the workers were amazed!”

Clinique Emmanuel is committed to rebuilding the Haitian society, and ensuring their children have the opportunity they need to grow to their fullest potential. However, they cannot do it alone. Whether through financial support, the provision of medical supplies or volunteering your skills and strengths to go out to Haiti, they need you. You too can be part of this life-saving venture. You too can make a difference. You too can be the hands and feet of Jesus.

“What difference have you made today?” asks Peter Renner. “I will not kid you, the road to self sufficiency in Haiti will not be an easy one, neither will it be done overnight; the stench of death is so real in Haiti. Clinique Emmanuel is doing wonders. But deep within their hearts, the Haitians fear we are going to abandon them, like it has been in the past. Are we committed enough? I ask: Are you in the medical profession? Are you an engineer? Can you cook? Are you a dentist? Can you drive or can you teach? Everyone has a place in Haiti.”

To support the Emmanuel TV Haiti Earthquake Relief Team, visit their website www.emmanuel.tv

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Seems like everyone’s got a cause these days. One of the most important aspects in a cause is fund raising. One needs money for everything, whether it’s maintaining a web domain with hosting, holding events, or travel expenses. I’m going to show you some of the top sites for raising money online.

1) PayPal

Quite possibly the simplest method of garnering donations is to use your PayPal skills. If you don’t already have a PayPal account, I suggest creating one. It’s one of the most secure and premiere ways to manage money online. Once you’ve created your account, click on the “Merchant Services” tab. In the “Create Buttons” column, click the link (third from the top) that says “Donate.” Once there, you are given plenty of options in a simple three step process: whether you want gift certificates or donations, currency options, and notification options, among others. When you’re finished, simply copy and paste the code onto your website or blog.

2) Kickstarter

Kickstarter.com is a brand new concept to me, but I’m incredibly excited about it. If you have a Facebook account, registration and login is easy, since you’re given the option to do so with your Facebook. If not, you create a fast account with your e-mail and password of choice. Kickstarter has a lot going on, particularly on the main page, but since we’re focusing on fund raising, I’ll let you explore the rest of the site on your own. Click on the “Starting A Project” option at the top of the main page. What’s great about this site is that you can dream big or small…it really doesn’t matter, because you’re going to find backers and funding for just about anything you can come up with. Keep in mind that in order to start a project, you have to essentially write a proposal. Have a specific goal in mind, tell Kickstarter who you are, what you plan to do, why people should donate to you and the benefits they’ll reap in doing so. Be original, be specific, be goal oriented. The biggest catch to Kickstarter is that you have to have a United States bank account and address in order to start a project. It looks as though the site is still building upon its own success, however, and my guess is that pretty soon….anyone, anywhere will be able to start a project.

3) Facebook Causes

Facebook is a great way to network and “spread the word” about whatever cause you support. You can join several causes that are already in motion, or you can start your own. The cause of your choice can be whatever is close to your heart, whether it’s shelter animals or the crises in Haiti and Chile. When you erect your cause page, you’re given an option to create a space for visitors to donate. You can choose the venue to whence your donations go. For instance, if your cause is to encourage and support people to adopt shelter dogs, then you can have all donations go to your local shelter or ASPCA. Simple, yet effective.

4) CafePress

Cafepress is a good option for people who want something tangible in return for their donation. You can make all kinds of merchandise (i.e apparel, mugs, mouse pads, tote bags, etc.) to promote your cause or organization. It’s fairly simple, even for the technologically challenged. For each piece of merchandise, a base price is already assigned, and then depending on the percentage of money you want to receive for your cause, the item cost fluctuates from there.

5) PledgeBank

PledgeBank is a site similar to Kickstarter, with the major difference being that literally ANYONE can create a pledge. This is a pro/con situation. If you don’t stay on top of things, I imagine it can be easy to get lost in a sea of pledges. I recommend finding ways to make your pledge stand out, whether you have to post about 20 times a day on Facebook or hand out fliers and business cards on the street. It’s definitely busier than Kickstarter, and it will take a lot of originality to create a pledge that stands out from the rest.

Good luck, and don’t ever lose hope!!

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The coins and bills are counted and the grand total is in from Terri’s trip with a little red kettle to a South Christian High basketball game. Thanks to all who gave! Terri’s challenge is to take up your own collection for the Salvation Army or visit a kettle at a Spartan Store near you and donate today! Rachael’s getting techie with a few more downloads to her favorite appendage, her iPhone.

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On October 21st 2010, the Chairman of Haiti Medical Association, Claude.Surena announced the Cholera happened at the north parts of Haiti recently, causing the death of 135 people and disease of nearly 1500 people. According to the analysis of local medical personnel, the cholera has something with the quality of local water. Related department has taken measures to control cholera, while some locals think that the cholera has been transmitted by Nepal soldiers from The United Nations Peacekeeping Force, once raising protest, related violent conflicts and some other events. What’s more, Dominican Republic, the neighbor country of Haiti has discovered the first cholera case.

On October 21st 2010, Surena said to media that the explosive epidemic situation was cholera according to the analysis of laboratories. “Still now we have found death of 135 people and disease of 1498 people.

And all the patients have suffered laxness, vomit and some other symptoms, if there is no timely treatment, they will be in life danger.”

  It is reported that all the death cases mainly distributed around Artibonite River. In the beginning of this year, there happened Haiti great earthquake, causing Port-au-Prince into a land of ruins immediately. Still now millions of people still live at occasional tents, many people cannot get clear drinking water, and there is extremely lacking of sanitary fixture. Haiti hygiene department worries that if the cholera has spread into Port-au-Prince, much worse results will happen.

   By the newest information from Haiti media on November 23rd, recently the explosive cholera still spreading here, the number of those people who have died in the disaster has reached 210, additional over 2600 people are in hospital for treatment, while the rainstorm at infected area seriously blocked rescue operations.

Local officials said that this is another heavy disaster Haiti government and people have to face after the great earthquake of January 2010.

On January 12th, 2010, there happened a strong earthquake at the level of 7.8, causing 300,000 people died and over 300,000 disease, as well as 1,000,000 people homeless.

  When Haiti government and people take reconstruction hardly under the help from international society, there happened another terrible disaster—- cholera, which making the poorest country on Caribbean Sea in Western Hemisphere suffer more misfortunes.

  According to the analysis of laboratories, this explosive cholera is of strong infectivity. It is said that the cholera has something with the local polluted water and food. At present, the cholera has not been involved the harder-hit area of the earthquake Capital Port-au-Prince, but some hospitals have been filled with cholera patients from other places for treatment.

  After the cholera, Haiti government has taken positive measures for precautions, in order to avoiding the disease spreading in a large scale at local places. Medical teams from international assistant organizations have come to infected area soon, carrying out the work of saving patients and precautions. Due to the lack of medicines, as well as the storm has stopped the further process of assistant working, cholera epidemic situation has not been controlled effectively.

  Officials from Haiti Health Department said that due to the attacks of heavy storms recently, blood and debris caused by storms have caused tens of people dead and missing, a vast land of crops have been covered, as well as many bridges and public roads have been damages. Therefore ambulances and some other vehicles have been stuck on the way, thus it is difficult for medical instruments and medicine to reach infected areas. There are full of difficulties in the work of saving patients and precautions.

 This is Belinda Toland from DinoDirect. (http://www.dinodirect.com )

 

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