Child abuse, crime and other social issues.

Here I am sitting in Social Issues at the School of Communication at the University of Houston.  My name is Aimee and this blog is my assignment for this class.  I will be keeping this blog current throughout the semester.  Initially, the blog will be about Haiti and the recent earthquake that has affected it.  At this time, the death toll is 150,000 people and it seems that the number will climb as bodies are uncovered from the rubble.  The worst damage occurred in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million.  According to the Associated Press, over 250,000 people are homeless and 200,000 have left the city and its outskirts for rural areas that are already plagued with poverty.  Tens of thousands of children are now orphans and many have no safe place in which to escape.  Food is scarce and people are struggling against starvation.  This is a glimpse of the situation today.  In the coming weeks I will be keeping this blog filled with information about the plight of the Haitians and the reconstuction of their nation.