During two deployments to Haiti, the author chronicals the life, suffering and enduring human spirit of Haiti and her people.

1. Haiti
The Aftermath
12 January 2010 Earthquake … by
Rick Benoit

2. By The Numbers …
The Human Cost
• 250,000 Dead, Missing;
• 1-million Injured, Disabled;
• 1.5-million Homeless;
• 500,000 Living in IDP Camps;
• 180,000 Homes Destroyed;
• 5-million People Impacted;
• $11.5 Billion to Rebuild.

3. HAITI …
BEYOND
NUMBERS
Haiti …
A Human
Tragedy

7. Crosses overlook a mass grave of 60,000
outside Port au Prince.

8. Haiti’s “White House”
The Presidential Palace – Port au Prince
A complete destruction of
Political, Social and Spiritual infrastructure.

9. University Hospital
School of Nursing

10. More than 50 hospitals lay in ruin.

11. More than half of
Haiti’s Schools
destroyed

12. Complete Neighborhoods Decimated

14. Nearly
200,000
homes
destroyed

15. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince
Haiti’s National Cathedral

17. Haiti … Spiritually Alive
80-per cent Christian 110-per cent Voo Doo

18. Walking to Sunday service.

21. Haiti … Ascending From Rubble

22. 1.5 million Homeless

23. THE
CAMPS

24. 500,000 people living in authorized
IDP camps. More than one million
people living illegally as squatters.

26. IDP Camp
Corail:
A UMCOR
Project site
United Methodist Committee on Relief volunteer teams to build nine schools at
Corail Cesselesse, home to about 50,000, 15 miles outside Port au Prince.

27. Human Spirit, Haitian Resolve

28. Smiles to steal your heart!

29. Survival

30. Behind The Wire
Behind The Wall
Existence

31. Lives
forever
changed

32. Hearts
Changed Forever

33. Forever Friends

34. Many Thanks
to Many People
INCLUDING
• NIKE – Beaverton, OR
Leanne & Greg Hanley
• Oregon District II Little League
Jim Martin & Georgia Herr
• Montville Little League
Shawna Bolles, Portland, OR
• Gresham ASA Softball
The Blank Family, Gresham, OR
• Mrs. Dotty Bateman
New Canaan, CT
• USACE Portland (OR) District
Patti Williams, Dianne Bentz
Tracy Bell, Jerry Christensen,
Todd Manny, Erika Stewart
• NAVFAC (Navy Facilities)
Mel Acree, Kevin Catlin,
Jackie Dunn, J. Blayne Kirsch
Kicks for
Haiti’s Kids
Kites for Haiti’s Kids