The document discusses the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and subsequent challenges. It provides a timeline showing the earthquake killed 30,000, cholera outbreak in 2010 killed 8,000, and Hurricane Tomas in 2010 exacerbated problems. In 2013, disaster workers began leaving as cholera still lingered. The document calls for a concerted international effort to rebuild infrastructure, provide clean water, housing, and address Haiti's vulnerability to future natural disasters through engineering solutions.

1. HAITI EARTHQUAKE EVACUEES
WITH NO PLACE TO GO

2. THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE
DISASTER IN HAITI IS NOW
A HEALTH CARE
DISASTER

3. 2013: It is past the time to do the
right thing in Haiti:
a concerted and sustained
international effort to rebuild Haiti
and Haitian lives.

4. A THREE-YEAR TIME LINE
• January 10, 2010 --- The earthquake,
which takes an estimated 30,000 lives.
• Immediately after January 10, 2010---
international relief and fund raising
• October 2010 --- Outbreak of cholera, a
water-borne disease, which eventually
takes an estimated 8,000 lives.

5. THE CARIBBEAN TECTONIC
PLATE

6. THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE AND
THE CARIBBEAN PLATE

7. A THREE-YEAR TIME LINE
(continued)
• October 2010 --- Hurricane Tomas
exacerbates recovery and
reconstruction and intensifies health
care problems.
• 2011 and 2012 --- Recovery and
reconstruction progresses, albeit
slowly, and cholera lingers on.
• January 2013 --- Disaster workers
begin to leave; cholera lingers on.

8. TOMAS: IMPACTS SAINT LUCIA

9. In the eastern Caribbean,
Tomas left at least 14 dead,
many homeless, and island
nations suffering from millions
of dollars in damages to
banana crops, housing, and
infrastructure from wind,
flooding, and landslides

10. A concerted, coordinated,
and sustained international
effort to rebuild Haiti and
Haitian lives will require
a new approach that
balances science and
engineering, politics, and
reality.

11. REALITY CHECK
Haiti needs:
CLEAN WATER,
Robust shelters and housing,
Infrastructure, A port, An airfield, …
Business Enterprise,
Someone who cares

12. SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
Haiti is still located in a geographic area
prone to disasters caused by
earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and
landslides, … the 2013 hurricane season
is only 5 months away

13. The bottom line:
an unpresidented concerted and
sustained international effort that
finishes the job.