Hearts go out to the people of Haiti who were hit by a 7.0-magnitude quake south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince which is feared to have killed hundreds of people across the Caribbean country.
Haiti is one of poorest countries in the Western hemisphere,80 per cent of residents live in poverty as well as it being one of the most densely populated and least developed countries.
The average salary is $70 a month, unemployment is rampant and inflation tops 14 per cent a year.Life expectancy is 52 years, 10 per cent of infants die before age 4, almost a third of the population are either ill or underweight, almost half are illiterate.
Hundreds are feared to have been killed and amongst the casualties is the UN headquarters where rescuers have retrieved several bodies as well as injured survivors.
The quake, struck at 4.53pm local time with the epicentre 10 miles south-west of Port-au-Prince,
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