Homelessness-Group+A

__Homelessness in Haiti__
==In Haiti, on January 12th, 2010 there was a 7.0 earthquake that changed the lives of Hatians forever. Though the earthquake directly effected 3 million, the ripple effect has been endless effecting billions. Now, the country is left with almost nothing. There are homeless people everywhere and dead bodies on the streets. This is a major problem, and we want to help.==

__First Solution__
==Our group decided not to make this a public policy issue because the Pennsylvanian government is very much aware of the problems in Haiti. We want to hold a fundraiser for all of Hershey Middle School (6th, 7th, and 8th grade). It will last for two weeks and all of the proceeds will go to an organization. The organization will be contacted prior to the fundraiser. Before the fundraiser starts, if we are able to we would love to write short letters for students to take home so that the students and parents are aware and confident that their donations are going to a legitimate organization. People can give money donations, canned goods, and/or anything that the organization says they need the most.==

__Alternate Solutions__

 * 1) ==Another option could be, a public policy solution. We could make a short presentation of the way Haiti is now after the tragic earthquake and the destruction that it has caused. Then, we could show it to the government and we could try to have a 5k walk at City Island and all of the proceeds will go to a organization to help Haiti.==
 * 2) ===We could combine our two groups that have the same general idea, and we could work together to make it one Idea. The idea would be a dance at HMS and all of the profits would go to an organization to help the homeless and hungry people in Haiti.===

__Research__

 * ===A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, January 4th at 4:53 PM, inflicting a catastrophe on the impoverished Caribbean nation===
 * ===The population is about 9,035,536===
 * ===3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake===
 * ===A 7.0 magnitude quake's epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants===
 * ===About 140,000 are estimated to be dead===
 * ===In the capital, Port-Au-Prince, there are 300,000 people sitting in the streets because they have no home===
 * ===3.5 million Haitians were effected by the earthquake===
 * ===More than 12,000 American Troops are in Haiti===
 * ===The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9===
 * ===It was the strongest earthquake since 1770===
 * ===Mathmatical wise 38% of the population of Haiti was effected by the earthquake.===

__Action Plan__

 * 1) ===Research many organizations that are currently helping the Haitian people recover===
 * 2) ===Email 3 organizations expressing our interest in helping them and asking them to contact us in the near future===
 * 3) ===If they email us back interested in our proposal, go to the principal, Mrs. King, share our idea with her, and ask her to fund the fundraiser (boxes to collect food, money to transportation to get food from school to organization headquarters ext.)===
 * 4) ===If she approves, we write and send letters home and start fundraiser a week later===

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