Website

http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2010/07/13/education-in-haiti-six-months-after-the-earthquake/

Summary

It’s been six months that Haiti had an earthquake. The earthquake created a big disaster which affects the children’s education. The majority of school almost was destroyed and many children were traumatized. Now the educational conditions are progressing and many schools are opened, nevertheless the problems still exist. They try to reestablish the economy. It’s a necessary for children to go back to school as soon as it’s possible because school is the best location where children who are suffering from this earthquake should be. Reestablishing the educational system is one of the underlying causes of international contributions.

Vocabulary

Toll: fee, tax, charge

Safe-haven: refuge, safe place

Rubble: debris, ruins

Seek: such for, look for, try to find

Rates: taxes, charge, toll

Interest sentence:

Nonetheless, school attendance rates continue to suffer as the country slowly works to recover from the devastation.

Meaning of the interest sentence:

 Nevertheless the school charges continue to suffer as the country which is trying to be reestablished from the ruin.

 

Questions:

 I agree that it’s an emergency for children to go back to school but what about people who are in a bad shape? Who take care of them?