God's Plumbline Ministries

Here are some things you may not know about Haiti:

- Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and one of the poorest in the world, with eighty percent of the population living in abject poverty.

- Nearly half the population is chronically undernourished.

- Healthy life expectancy at birth is only 43 years.

- The government is not able to provide the resources to educate the nation's next generation. 


- The unemployment rate is over 80%. 


- More than half of Haitians live on less than a dollar a day. 


- There are few paved roads, an inadequate supply of potable water, minimal utilities, and depleted forests. 



- Less than 20% of Haitians age 15 and over can read and write. 


- Fewer than 75% of children attend school. 


- 40% of the Haitian population does not have access to primary health care. 


- The United Nations estimates 6% of Haitians are infected with HIV/AIDS. The highest rate in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated 30,000 people die of AIDS every year. 


- One in twenty Haitians is infected with HIV/AIDS and there are over 150,000 AIDS orphans.