One year after the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake on Jan 12, 2010, Haiti's reconstruction has barely begun and it is now a nation of thousands displaced people and of amputees - people whose limbs were amputated so they could be extricated from the rubble or to stop a dangerous infection - with corpses still being found under tons of rubble...if that wasn't enough, Haiti is fighting a cholera outbreak.
Have a look at this ITN video with images of then and now and a message of resilience coming from a local soccer team:
You can find so much more on Haiti but here is a selection:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/photogalleries/110111-haiti-earthquake-anniversary-world-2010-cholera-one-year-later-pictures-photos/#/haiti-earthquake-anniversary-before-after-street_31109_600x450.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/cluster/2011/01/110104_haitiquakeanniv2011.shtml
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jan/11/haiti-earthquake-one-year-on
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/world/americas/04haiti.html?_r=1&ref=americas
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/science/earthquake_interactives.htm - anatomy of an earthquake by Scholastic
About Me
- Teacher Alex
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- I am from Coimbra, Portugal, and am currently teaching in a school in Soure, about 30 km away from Coimbra. I have been a teacher of English for over 20 years and have already taught different levels and age groups. After all this time I can say I love working with adult groups because there are no coursebooks and I can create my own resources. I am an avid reader, a blogger and very curious about free tools and their implementation in the classroom.
1 comment:
An earthquake that devastated Haiti and shocked all of us. Too bad that only a few buildings have been rebuilt and help is still so badly needed!
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