The earthquake in 2010 left Haiti in need of a lot of support and help from anyone willing. Even after all of the donations and extra effort from other countries the women and girls of Haiti were neglected and subjected to sexual violence. Women were trading sex for food and other items needed to survive. A woman name Gheslaine told the investigators, “You have to eat.” There were three girls between the ages of 14 and 15 that became pregnant through rape. They were too ashamed and scared to get help. Many women were unable to receive prenatal care or obstetric care to deliver their babies. They were left to give birth in alleyways, muddy tents, or on floors. The tents and camps that are set up in Haiti have little to no sanitation and the flooding this time of year is spreading germs and diseases. It was reported that the Haitian government failed to notify the women of available care in the camps and they were not protecting them from unwanted violence.
$5.3 billion was donated to Haiti after the earthquake and $258 million of that was dedicated to healthcare. Only $118 million has been disbursed. I see this as a problem because women have to give birth to their children in unsanitary quarters. The women are also not getting the adequate prenatal care that they need so infant and maternal mortality rates are steadily rising. These problems can be fixed if the government does their job in getting the information to women and protecting the women and young girls from sexual abuse. They may be trying to make the money last longer but getting these current problems under control could save them money in the long run on healthcare.
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