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06Jan11
Haiti by the Numbers
230,000 - the number of people believed to have died in the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake
1,000,000 - the number of people still living in tents one year later
5 - the percent of rubble that has been cleared one year later
3,481 - the number of cholera deaths as of Jan. 5, 2011
5,700,000,000 - the amount pledged by the international community in March 2010 to rebuild Haiti over two years
6.3 percent - the amount of money pledged that had been delivered as of December 2010
4,000,000,000 - the amount raised by private charities for earthquake relief, according to CBS
14,000,000 - the U.S. contribution to Haiti's highly criticised election
*all currency in U.S. dollars
[Source: By Ansel Herz, IPS, Hti, 06Jan11]
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