2016 has been an unfortunate year in terms of global events. Such as the war in Syria, clashes  between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, and recent bombings such as the recent explosion at Chelsea Street.   .That is why for this assignment I am here to talk about damage control within Haiti. Haiti has recently been affected by Hurricane Matthew. Hurricane Matthew was the most powerful and forceful storm to directly impact Haiti since Hurricane Cleo in 1964. Hurricane Matthew was tremendous and became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Felix in September 2007.

This would be an interesting topic to go about for a variety of reasons. Haiti as of  now has not fully recovered from the devastating and massive earthquake that occurred in 2010. Research and statistics by the government estimate damages of one billion dollars to Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew. With death tolls of over one thousand in the country as of now. As of October 11th an estimate of 2.1 million residents were affected by Hurricane Matthew. From this statistic given 1.4 million, which is also 12 percent of Haiti’s population, are left in need of assistance. At the same time over 170,000 people in Haiti were left homeless. Haiti suffered immense and overwhelming  damage, homes were compressed and medical facilities suffered major damage. Although we do not still know the true extent due to damage that has caused communications to go down in affected areas.

As for people to interview for this podcast, I have given that some consideration. One person I will interview will be Natasha Noelfils Senior, a resident of the Bronx community. Natasha Noelfils Senior  is a first generation immigrant from Haiti. Natasha left Haiti in December 1993 and moved to the United States when she was thirty eight years old. She arrived here with her husband Joseph Noelfils Senior and have been married for twenty nine  years as of now.

Another person I may interview could include someone from a local church who is gathering donations to send off to Haiti. At the same time representatives from Drop-off locations within different boroughs of New York City would be of use to interview as well.

As for how I will go about my reporting I will continue further with my research and prepare a series of questions to ask those I interview. I will focus on specific areas such as how are people in Haiti receiving help. This will include stuff such as medical equipment , food, clothes, construction tools  and other supplies.How is help provided to them and by whom?  What are they doing to help? Perhaps there are programs or events at local churches she attends that gather donations to send to send to Haiti. Even those affiliated with Drop-off locations set up  .Plus from someone I may be interviewing such as Natasha it will be brilliant to be able to obtain an immigrant point of view on their experience living in Haiti and how this situation may have affected family and friends still residing within the land, and what we can do to help.