Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Mirebalais, Haiti

1. 30 miles north of Port-au-Prince

2. "Haiti's Children's Home is located in Mirebalais and is home to 30+ severely handicapped children.

Facts about Mirebalais

the hospital being built has 300 beds and only half of the $4.6 billion promised aid has been spent

Mirebalais Facts

1) the earthquake in January 2010 led to the Mirebalais population to double from 200,000 to 400,000+ with tent cities.
2) Mirebalais Teaching Hospital opens this year and will have 320 beds.

Mirebalais, Haiti

-population of 9082 people
-first public hospital built this year

Mirebalais Info

-The construction of a teaching Hospital began two years ago and will soon be finished.

-Only about 52 percent of children in Mirebalais are able to attend school.

Mirebalais

-An NGO called Partners in Health is constructing a massive health care/education hospital in Mirebalais, in response to the devastation of nearby hospitals by earthquakes.

-Is a town that actually recieves alot of aid from foreign states, such as U.N. help, aid from private U.S. business leaders, and official care airdrops from the U.S. government.

Mirebalais

- Haitian government figures indicated the disease killed more than 5,500 people and sickened more than 363,000 others since discovered in October 2010.

- Since mid-October when cholera was first confirmed in the Artibonite region of Haiti in Mirebalais, over 1,000 people have died and over 14,000 people have been hospitalized.

Monday, January 30, 2012

2 facts about Mirebalais, Haiti

1) During the United Nations occupation of 2005, Nepalese troops were stationed in the city, utilizing the city jail as its headquarters.

2) Located along the hydroelectric power transmission grid, the city normally has electricity throughout the day and night.

Mirebalais, Haiti

-During the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a U.S military C-17 airdropped food and supplies over Mirebalais.
-Started rebuilding a hospital being destroyed while it was in construction by the earthquake of 2010.

2 figures about Mirebalais, Haiti

Mirebalais has a population of 9,082, and is located in the Departement du Centre region of Haiti.

Real facts about Mirebalais

-It's a town in Centre Department, Haiti approximately 60 kilometers northeast of Port-au-Prince on National Road 3
-Established in 1703

2 Facts about Mirebalais

-1,950 students
-20 classrooms