• Eight hundred miles south of Miami by sea, Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.
• There are more than 8 million people within its mountainous 10,000 square miles, making Haiti the most densely populated and poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
• Haiti is slightly smaller than Maryland in size.
• One of every five Haitian children dies of malnutrition, dehydration and diarrhea.
• Less than half of the population has access to clean drinking water, a rate that compares poorly even with other less-developed nations.
• UN labeled Haiti the 3rd hungriest country in the world (62% undernourished).
• The median age is 18.4 years, and the life expectancy only 57.03 years.
• Of the world’s 104 poorest countries surveyed by Oxfam International in 1998, only 3 countries ranked lower than Haiti for the availability of basic education.
• 50% of Haitians (age 15 and older) are illiterate.
• It has a 70% unemployment rate.
• The annual per capita income is about US$450.

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But Haiti is so much more than facts and figures. Usually the facts only tell the sad side of the story. Haitians are a resilient people, having made a living and overcome many challenges for nearly 300 years. You really have to go there and experience this dynamic culture to know it, which is so much better than just reading the facts.

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