Introduction
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, leaving its capital Port-au-Prince devastated. About 220,000 people were reportedly killed, among them, 102 United Nations staff who lost their lives when the building housing the mission there, known as MINUSTAH, collapsed. (UN News, 2022) This is one of the many hurricanes that have impacted the Haitian community. But during the rebuilding after the disaster the Haitian community showed resilience and adapted to the new change in their environment. This matters because it shows how as a community they are strong even though they go through hard times and can change with their surroundings.
The Haitian community shows resilience and adaptation while rebuilding their
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Another example that shows that the Haiti community adapts to their environment due to the impact of the hurricane disasters because their survival skills are stronger. “It is in this context that this report examines the usefulness of community resilience as a concept and offers a more expansive definition, looking at the factors that enable communities not just to survive but respond and adapt in such a way that brings about positive social change.” (Scully, 2023) This shows that with the impacts of the hurricane the community is surviving and adapting to the change in their environment. It brings change in the community, culturally and physically using …show more content…
for two main reasons. First, Haiti survival skills are stronger due to resilience. But most importantly, Haiti uses resilience as a quality to adapt to their new environment.
Although the Haitian community has a lot of downfalls from being unprepared and having little money to do so and help with medical costs, the ultimate benefit is that they are resilient in rebuilding their community and infrastructure at a steady pace. They come together and adapt to the new environment changed by the natural disaster. They are able to cope with the loss and change in their environment but for the better change the bond in their community making them stronger and more developed than