It's hard to get hard facts about Haiti because the country is in such chaos and so many people cannot read. These are some estimates from those who study the country.
- 80% of people in Haiti live in extreme poverty.
- Life expectancy in Haiti is less than 50 years old.
- 10% of the child population in Haiti will die before the age of 4.
- The average Haitian family lives off of $1 US dollar a day.
- Haiti is ruled by the wealthy. 1% of the population controls 40% of the wealth, where as 80% of Haitian families in the countryside live on less than $150 US dollars per year.
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Wow, those are some sobering statistics. How blessed are we to be able to support you in your efforts to bring those beautiful babies to the States? I think about them all the time and my prayers are with you that this waiting time will be swiftly over.
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