Many countries, notably United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and Brazil sent large contigents (over 1000) of emergency relief and medical staff, techinicians and security personnel. They also committed numerous major assets such as field hospitals, naval vessels, including a hospital ship and aircraft.
These are some organisations' help for haiti:
-The World Bank provided a funding of a massive $100 million to support reconstruction and recovery
-World Health Organisation(WHO) sent a 12-member team of health and logistics experts
-Internation Atomic Energy Agency sent eight mobile medical X-ray machines
-Organisation of American States donated US$100,000
-Europian Union(EU) has released 3 million Euros in emergency funding
-EU provided 122 million Euros in humanitarian assistance
-EU provided 30 million Euros in emergency relief aid package
These are donations from private persons:
-Jennifer Aniston donated US$500,000
-Sandra Bullock donated Us$1 million
-Lady Gaga donated more than $500,000 from her New York concert
-Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated US$1 million
-Madonna donated US$250,000
-Tiger Woods donated US$3 million
-Charlie Simpson, a seven-year old British boy who aimed to raise 500 Pounds by cycling round his local park in London has so far raised 206,000 Pounds(as of 16 February 2010)
-Celebrities also got together to sing for Haiti.
Please comment on this blog post, thank you.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Haiti Earthquake
This is my first post on my LA Blog on my main topic. This blog post will focus more on the detailed information about the Haiti Earthquake and its history.
Haiti Earthquake
The Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Its epicentre was near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. It occured on 12 January 2010 at 9:53 p.m.(UTC). By 24 February, at least 52 aftershocks of a magnitude of at least 4.5 have been recorded. A month after the quake occured, at least 3 million people were affected by the quake, about 1/3 of Haiti's popuplation Haitian government reports that between 217,000 and 230,000 have been identified dead, approximately 300,000 people injured and about 1 million people homeless. Approximately 1/4 of a million residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. Landmarks such as the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral and the main prison were damaged significantly. The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Joseph Serge Miot, and opposition leader Micha Gaillard were killed. The headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), collapsed, killing the Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi.
Many countries responded to humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks had been damaged, which hampered rescue and aid efforts. Confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritisation of flights further complicated early relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and sanitation became priorities. Delays in aid distribution led to angry appeals from aid workers and survivors, and some looting and sporadic violence were observed.
The Haitian Government called of the search of survivors 10 days after the quake occured, on 22 January 2010.
*You do not need to comment on this post because it is just for your own information.
Haiti Earthquake
The Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Its epicentre was near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. It occured on 12 January 2010 at 9:53 p.m.(UTC). By 24 February, at least 52 aftershocks of a magnitude of at least 4.5 have been recorded. A month after the quake occured, at least 3 million people were affected by the quake, about 1/3 of Haiti's popuplation Haitian government reports that between 217,000 and 230,000 have been identified dead, approximately 300,000 people injured and about 1 million people homeless. Approximately 1/4 of a million residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. Landmarks such as the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral and the main prison were damaged significantly. The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Joseph Serge Miot, and opposition leader Micha Gaillard were killed. The headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), collapsed, killing the Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi.
Many countries responded to humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers and support personnel. Communication systems, air, land, and sea transport facilities, hospitals, and electrical networks had been damaged, which hampered rescue and aid efforts. Confusion over who was in charge, air traffic congestion, and problems with prioritisation of flights further complicated early relief work. As rescues tailed off, supplies, medical care and sanitation became priorities. Delays in aid distribution led to angry appeals from aid workers and survivors, and some looting and sporadic violence were observed.
The Haitian Government called of the search of survivors 10 days after the quake occured, on 22 January 2010.
*You do not need to comment on this post because it is just for your own information.
English Current Affairs Mock Session 1
This will be my first blog post on my LA Blog(www.ccadao.blogspot.com). I will be writing about my classmates' and my views on the question/main point. The central issue was:
What it means to be a Singaporean.
Socratic Circle:
Bryan was the leader of the discussion.
Kenny, who was the first to speak, stated that Kiasuism and Singlish are what makes us Singaporean.
Mervyn disagreed, he said that all that matters is commiting himsef/herself to the country.
Kenny objected and said that Singaporeans will stay in Singapore. He stated that young men and women would want to go to foreign university.
Benjamin added to the point that they may go to prestigious foreign universities to help Singapore.
Bryan asked if one does not speak Singlish mean that he/she cannot be a Singaporean?
Edwin said that taxes and complains makes us a Singaporean.
Kenny said that people do not know where the tax would go to and hence stopped paying tax.
Benjamin gave an example of one of Edwin's point, he said that if one complains to the government, people will think that he/she is brave and will start complaining.
Bryan said that the environment and nature makes us Singaporean, but Edwin said that it was the was of growing up.
Kenny made a point that all countries display Kiasuism, it is just that Singapore displays it more due to the competitive environment.
Andrew Lau said that the environment made us kiasu.
The floor:
Marcus said that Singapore is a mix of different country men while Nicholas said that it was not the distinctive appearance of us, Singaporeans. He added that Hong Kong people looks a lot like us, so it was the language that made us Singaporean.
Kai Lun also agreed that language defines us all.
*This is not the full discussion.
My opinion:
I feel that there is no correct and definite conclusion because different people have different views. However, I disagree with the point that Singlish defines us all. I think the ability to interact with other races, commiting himself/herself to the country and the passion is what makes us a true Singaporean.
Okays....bye for now :)
Thank you for reading my blog post.
I would appreciate if you could comment on it.
What it means to be a Singaporean.
Socratic Circle:
Bryan was the leader of the discussion.
Kenny, who was the first to speak, stated that Kiasuism and Singlish are what makes us Singaporean.
Mervyn disagreed, he said that all that matters is commiting himsef/herself to the country.
Kenny objected and said that Singaporeans will stay in Singapore. He stated that young men and women would want to go to foreign university.
Benjamin added to the point that they may go to prestigious foreign universities to help Singapore.
Bryan asked if one does not speak Singlish mean that he/she cannot be a Singaporean?
Edwin said that taxes and complains makes us a Singaporean.
Kenny said that people do not know where the tax would go to and hence stopped paying tax.
Benjamin gave an example of one of Edwin's point, he said that if one complains to the government, people will think that he/she is brave and will start complaining.
Bryan said that the environment and nature makes us Singaporean, but Edwin said that it was the was of growing up.
Kenny made a point that all countries display Kiasuism, it is just that Singapore displays it more due to the competitive environment.
Andrew Lau said that the environment made us kiasu.
The floor:
Marcus said that Singapore is a mix of different country men while Nicholas said that it was not the distinctive appearance of us, Singaporeans. He added that Hong Kong people looks a lot like us, so it was the language that made us Singaporean.
Kai Lun also agreed that language defines us all.
*This is not the full discussion.
My opinion:
I feel that there is no correct and definite conclusion because different people have different views. However, I disagree with the point that Singlish defines us all. I think the ability to interact with other races, commiting himself/herself to the country and the passion is what makes us a true Singaporean.
Okays....bye for now :)
Thank you for reading my blog post.
I would appreciate if you could comment on it.
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