8-14-2021 Quake Caused a lot of Damage in Jeremie and Les Cayes: Tranbleman de Tè 8-14-2021 Fè anpil Dega nan Jeremi ak Okay

Please contribute to help rebuild Haiti's schools, homes, and churches

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Please contribute to help rebuild Haiti's schools, homes, and churches

From a recent political turmoil and instability to the assassination of its president, Haiti experienced a 7.2 earthquake on 08/14/2021. Successive Natural disasters hit the beautiful Caribbean Nation. Haiti (Ayiti) is a country that sits on a fault line between 2 tectonic plates, the Caribbean and the North American plates. Each time the tectonic plates decide to move, Haiti suffers. Haitians suffer as in the devastation of barely existing infrastructures, collapsed homes, schools and government buildings. On January 12, 2010, the earthquake that hit Haiti was a 7.0 on the Richter scale. On 08/14/2021, the 7.2 earthquake hit la Grand’Anse, Jeremie, and Les Cayes. Haitians living in the provinces are self-relient and resilient. When hit by 2016 hurricane Matthew, earthquakes, and tropical storms, Haitian farmers do not have time to rebuild as each natural disaster destroys their crops.

All over Les Cayes and Grand’Anse, roads are splitting. Schools and churches collapsed. In may remote and isolated cities, the few homes and buildings that were not affected cannot provide shelter as more than 500 aftershocks kept Haitians in open air and soccer fields. Then, two days after the quake, tropical storm Grace brought rains and winds to finish the rest of the destruction. Some Haitians preferred to be in the rain than being inside a building that would serve as their graves. Despite the destruction of their home, many survivors decide to stay in place, on their property. They are waiting for aid from the government and friends of Haiti. In the meantime, Haitians from non-affected areas of the country and overseas are participating in relief activities. The Haitian government wants to coordinate the aid to prevent the waste of the first earthquake.

In Haiti, beauty is dangerous. A beautiful country that sits on two tectonic plates. Each time Haitians hear about an upcoming storm, tears roll down their eyes. If it is an earthquake, they already know about its toll and devastation. Haitians remember the dead of the 1st quake. They will remember the devastation and losses of the 7.2 earthquake too.

Please contribute to help rebuild Haiti's schools, homes, and churches

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Short Story Reading in Creole and English, Krik? Krak!

Krik? Krak! Short Story Reading in Creole and English

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Goudougoudou: In the Eyes of the Hurricane and Epicenter of the Earthquake

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"In the Eyes of the Hurricane and Epicenter of the Earthquake" is a new series of books and ebooks about the effects and impacts of climate change specially to coastal cities and communities all over the world. It tells the stories of the survivors such as business owners, single mothers, persons of color, immigrants, families and children who suffer the most. The book tells the stories of survivors who lose loved ones, their business, job, church, and schools. Some of them have to move away from the only home and community they have ever known. Rebuilding will take years and lots of money. When they did not have the right disaster insurance, they may never live in what used to be their paradise. The few survivors who can rebuild will have to build according to the new codes, raise their new homes and business to prevent a future devastation.

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Nepal ap soufri anba yon gwo sekous

Plis 2500 moun mouri nan tranblemanntè ki frape Nepal, yon peyi an Azi ayè. Moun te kapab santi tranbleman Nepal ak pati End ki kole ak Nepal. Goudougoudou se jan Ayisyen rele manman tranblemanntè ki te touye anpil Ayisyen an Janvye 2010. Kounye a goudougoudou frape Nepal.

Sòlda Endyen ak anpil lòt peyi tankou Etazini, Japon, Chin etsetera ap rive bay koudmen. Yo pote bagay pou ede moun k’ap viv nan lari tèlman yo pè rete anndan ka yo. Manm yon Ekip Alman ki te fè bon travay an Ayiti gentan rive Nepal tou. Yo pral chache sove moun ki kole anba kay ak bildin.

Sòlda Chinwa ki bon pou sove moun ki pran nan traka konsa pran yon vòl pou ale Nepal. Y’ap pote chen ki konn chache moun ki kole anba bildin ki tonbe sou yo. Kathmandu va bezwen anpil èd pou yo rekonstwi tout kay ak bildin ki kraze anba tranblemanntè sa a. Prèt Bouda yo ap priye pou seyism sa a ka kanpe. Toupatou moun ap boule kò viktim yo selon tradisyon yo. Fanmi yo ap kriye.