Hispaniola consists of two islands: the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Although they share an island, these countries have their differences and are not that close in similarity; except for one fact, both are developing countries and have high numbers of poverty. Approximately 80% of Haitians are living in poverty while one third, roughly about 10,528,954 people, of the Dominican Republic are poor. Poverty and poor are two different categories. Poverty is the lack of having any of your desires as well as lack of financial sufficiency while being poor is simply just the lack of money.
Haiti is smaller than the Dominican Republic by almost 8,000 miles squared. It consists of mainly coastlines leaving the country most vulnerable to hurricanes
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This country as an extremely high unemployment rate of more than 60%. Fishermen on an average earn roughly $8 a day while 59% of Haitians live on just $2 a day and transportation can cost about $3. The math is pretty simple: one who lives on $2 per day is not making enough money to provide for oneself and for loved ones as well as having a way to transport to work from home and vice versa.
Education in Haiti is supposedly free as it states in the constitution, however the people of Haiti are being tricked for their money. On average, Haitians make $400 annually, $1,000 if the family has a double income. To send just one child off to school costs nearly $350, more than 80% of the single income home. This relates to The Allegory of the Cave in the sense that when one craves power and has received it, one would do anything to keep it.
“The Haitian leadership has for decades been funneling funds earmarked
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In order to make a name for oneself, there should be a certain level of intelligence that would astonish the world and those around you but how is that possible when one lives in a country with limited resources to the supplies needed to engage in academics and excel? In conditions like these, it is common to estimate that most of the students would become merchants/vendors, salon owners, bartenders, security guards/military personnel, or simply, completely unemployed. This country is currently making attempts to refurnish its educational system by building more bilingual schools. New schools may be nice but a waste of money when that money could go towards better training for the teachers and renovating the old schools so that a quality education can be provided to the
The entire story is an allusion, or a reference to the Hatian Revolution, and its themes of hope and escape, along with the poverty that follows it. The poverty is the first thing the readers are introduced to in this story. It was found that in 1985, 90 percent of the Haitian population was earning less than 150 USD per year. (Coupeau 103) Danticat is able to portray this well in her story, using little details throughout to signify that the family the story is about is living in poverty. This is best described on page 369, where she
It’s stated more than once in this story that a true and honest living is not easily come by for any native of Haiti and they earn very little money when a job is available. The people are paid an insubstantial wage, live in shantytowns, and often times go to bed with their stomachs distended from a voracious and unforgiving hunger. In The Norton Mix Introduction to Literature, Danticat shows these significant consequences of the Revolution through stating that when it got really bad for the family, they would boil ground sugar cane so that it would get rid of the hunger pangs that often tormented the children of the poor (p. 229). The way they live shows the negative effects of the Revolution by showing that although they are technically free, they are still oppressed through economic conditions and puny and sporadic
Parents make sacrifices in order to provide an opportunity for their children to escape from Haiti to live a better life. In the short story Night Women a mother prostitutes herself to provide
Haiti is located in the Caribbean; it occupies the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haitians migrated to the U.S. due to regime change. In Florida, over 700,000 Haitians live there (Background on Haiti & Haitian Health Culture). Many Haitian-Americans share both cultures. There are similarities and differences between the American and Haitian culture. The two cultures have different foods, holidays and economy.
The economics of Haiti has deceased in the last 4 years after the devastating earthquake that struck it 4 years ago. The Haiti economy has become very poor and one of the poorest country in the south, Central America and Caribbean region making it ranked 24 out of 29 countries in this area and its overall score is below average. Haiti’s economic freedom is 48.1 making it economy the 151st freest country while in the last several years Declines in the management of government spending, freedom from corruption, and labor freedom make its overall score 2.6 points lower than last year. Recovering from the disastrous earthquake in 2010 with the support of the U.S. recovering efforts “Haiti’s post-earthquake reconstruction efforts continue, assisted by substantial aid from the international community. Governing institutions remain weak and inefficient, and overall progress has not been substantial. The parliament has not renewed the mandate of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, which had been tasked with overseeing reconstruction efforts but was unpopular.”( .heritage.org). The open market of Haiti trade weighted to be 2.1 this is because the lack of tariffs hamper the trade freedom of Haiti. Foreign investors are given national treatment but the investment is small and the financial sector is remained underdeveloped and does not provide any adequate support.
Haiti lifestyle and America lifestyle is different. In Haiti They don’t have the same sources as Americans do. In fact, Most Haitians don’t have Electricity and rely on charcoal for energy. While in America most people are able use stoves or microwaves to prepare food quickly. People in Haiti don’t bathe as much as people in America because they don’t have access to clean or running water. However, In America people are able to bathe every day. In America people often eat 3 meals a day which is breakfast, lunch and dinner. In Haiti they only eat 2 meals a day. Haitians usually eat bread and coffee in the morning and later on the evening they eat fried meat like goat, chicken, pork etc. Americans on the other hand, may eat eggs, bacon, sausages,
The biggest opportunity in which individuals can make it big is getting an education, which the government needs to be aware of. The infrastructure of school system need to provide addition support for those can’t support the means of expensive private
Why are these background informations useful? Because these informations provide us some important basic knowledges of Haiti. As a country mainly composed of ex-slaves, Haiti is mainly composed of people of African origin. However, why is Haiti so poor compared to its other black majority neighbors such as Saint Kitts and Neves and Barbados? Because Haiti did not attain its independence through peaceful means. Haitian revolt against the French, and they indeed won, against Napoleon Bonaparte[2].
In the United states the poverty level is currently at 13.5%, in Haiti that number is at a staggering 58.6%. Shorty, one of the main characters in In Darkness, is one of those who are poverty stricken in Haiti. This story can relate to the person that I am in ways such as, ability to use my surroundings, and luck.
Haiti has three main massifs aka mountain ranges. It also has two peninsulas with the Gonave Gulf in between. With the Peninsulas, Haiti is shaped like a horseshoe on it’s side. Haiti is only about 28,000 square kilometers, which is very small compared to 169,790 square km just in Wisconsin. (it’s about the size of Maryland) The weather is usually between 70-80 degrees fahrenheit, but it can get up to 100 degrees, and tank to 60 degrees. It usually NEVER gets below 60 degrees. It is mainly all tropical, because mountains in the east cut off the wind.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Agriculture is one of the incomes of the population. However, everything changes after the 2010 earthquake. The losses caused by the quake were between 8 billons and 14 billons dollars (Haiti earthquake). Joblessness, the lack of Foodland, the lack of clean water, further affected the economy because people chose to emigrate to other places for work such as the Dominican Republic (Haiti earthquake). Furthermore, “Haiti was a Republic of non-governmental organization to become a Republic of unemployment,” and in order to accomplish an economical growth Haiti needs the investment of companies that can help many of the people find jobs. Companies such Royal Oasis, are creating hundreds of jobs for many Haitians. Thayer Watkins, an economics teacher at San Jose State University, provides his review in his analysis of the Political and Economic History of Haiti, which states more than 80 percent of th...
The Dominican Republic is a nation located in the Caribbean Sea and shares the land with Haiti, and the whole island is called Hispaniola as it was named when Christopher Columbus discovered it during his first voyage in the year 1492. The country has proved to be one of the leading Caribbean countries with accessible healthcare to its citizens and even expats. However, the country has a multinational population with low-to-medium incomes and multi-level access to healthcare based on income. Despite this, improvements to healthcare system can lead to better medical outcomes to all the citizens and even to the suffering citizens of the Haiti. Because the Dominican Republic is an immediate neighbor to struggling Haiti, it is the moral obligation of the Dominican to provide Haitians with access to healthcare.
When comparing two countries, there is bound to be multiple differences between them. No two countries are exactly alike and the aforementioned statement is true when comparing the Dominican Republic and the United States. They differ in location and geography but also have many other differences. Some of the main differences occur in the topics of culture, customs and way of life.
With the global economy relying more than ever on brainpower and innovation rather than raw materials and manual labour as generators of wealth, a good education has become the key factor determining who will succeed and who will be left behind.
For example, a resident of the country of Chad will only bring in $100 each year. Since many people can make more than that in one week, some in one day, can you imagine having the feed a family of five or six, or even a family of two, for only $100 a year? These are the conditions that exist in poverty-stricken countries. There are many reasons why poverty is an increasing problem. The first is delayed modernization.