Haiti Action Plan
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Haiti has multiple problems facing it as of right now, the main ones being deforestation, soil erosion, and pollution. Deforestation and soil erosion go hand-in-hand since deforestation is what causes the soil to be eroded. Haiti only has 1% of its original primary forest left as of 2018. (Kathryn DuMuth Sullivan, Haiti has lost over 99% of its primary forests, 2018) This problem all stems back to charcoal, which is also related to the pollution issue since charcoal is primarily carbon and burning carbon is not good for the environment. The World Health Organization classifies Haiti’s air as “moderately unsafe” (No Author, IAMMAT, Haiti) All 3 of these issues are interconnected and charcoal is the main problem. So much of Haiti’s farmland is ruined year by year, and tons of forest ecosystems are destroyed both for this issue and also a handful of other causes. However, there are ways to stop these issues from harming Haiti, and I will go over them in this post.
There are two main things we can do to stop these issues. First, we can slow the charcoal industry. Give alternative solutions so charcoal is no longer needed to be made using all of Haiti’s trees. We should also follow in the footsteps of the World Bank, an organization that is installing solar panels for people in Haiti. If we both give an alternative power source and slow the primary industry doing this to the environment. We can then begin to restore the soil and trees in Haiti and return the country to its former glory. If organizations and people follow these steps, we can stop the pressing issues in Haiti. Haiti is one of the world’s poorest country with 59% of its population living below the poverty line. (No Author, Opportunity International Canada) The people of Haiti don’t have the money to do things like this themselves, this is why we need to help.
I have found 3 organizations that could support this plan. They are all activists who do work in Haiti, fixing the problems which I have brought to light. The first group is World Bank, a financial institution that helps countries like Haiti. They are the ones who have started to build solar panels and support Haiti financially. My second organization is Opportunity International Canada, an organization that helps people in poverty, and they have helped the people of Haiti before. My third and final organization is Better Universe and Citizens, a non-profit organization that has been restoring the land in Haiti. With all of these groups together, it helps our plan come together. World Bank would provide financial aid and solar panels, Opportunity International would help the people living under the poverty line, and Better Universe and Citizens would restore the deforested and eroded land.
We will need some resources and quite a lot of money for this action plan. We will need many solar panels to give Haitians a clean source of power, and a lot of people to restore land and plant forests. I don’t have an exact monetary value, however, I do know that solar panels are not cheap and that it requires a lot of people and trees to plant a forest. Although I imagine some people would love to help plant trees for a good cause such as this. With all of these resources, it shouldn’t be too difficult to make our solution.
Within a few months, many people should be connected to a solar-powered power grid that provides green energy to many of the people in Haiti, especially people living in rural areas in Haiti. Within a year, many trees could be planted which would make way for a new generation of forests in Haiti. Within about the same time, lots of farmland should have been saved by the people restoring the land. In 25 years, the forest should have grown and the soil should be completely fixed. This is how we can carry out my action plan for Haiti.
References
No Author, IAMAT, Haiti https://www.iamat.org/country/haiti/risk/air-pollution
No Author, Opportunity International Canada https://www.opportunityinternational.ca/what-we-do/we-empower-families/
Kathryn DuMuth Sullivan, Haiti has lost over 99% of it’s primary forests, 2018 https://www.labroots.com/trending/earth-and-the-environment/13133/haiti-lost-99-forests#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20has%20discovered,its%20original%20primary%20forest%20intact.