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Time in Haiti - Daylight savings time in Haiti
What time is it in Haiti? When does daylight savings time in Haiti start and end in Haiti? Read this... You want to know the current time in Port-au-Prince Haiti, here is some info...
Haiti now follows the same daylight saving time (DST) schedule as the United States and Canada.
Haiti uses Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time (autumn/winter) - which is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-05) - and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer) - which is 4 hours behind (UTC-04).
So... Time in Haiti is the same as Eastern Time in the US and Canada (i.e time in New York, Miami, and other cities in the east coast)
Here are some info about time in Port-au-Prince Haiti:
Daylight savings time in Haiti (DST) starts on the second sunday of March, 02:00 local standard time
DST ends on first Sunday of November at 02:00 local daylight time
Ebola in Africa - Even Burring the Dead can spread Ebola
If Haitians were to go to Africa to help with the Ebola crisis what exactly would the be doing? Here is something you should know...
Ebola is spread through close physical contact with infected people. This is a problem for many in the West African countries currently affected by the outbreak, as practices around religion and death involve close physical contact.
Hugging is a normal part of religious worship in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and across the region the ritual preparation of bodies for burial involves washing, touching and kissing...
If a person has died from Ebola, their body will have a very high viral load. Bleeding is a usual symptom of the disease prior to death. Those who handle the body and come into contact with the blood or other body fluids are at greatest risk of catching the disease.
Read more here: bbc.com
How Areal Reforestation Works
Aerial Reforestation, or seed bombing, is a way of replanting trees by dropping "seed bombs", filled with soil and living seeds into barren or deforested areas. The seed bombs are shaped like cones, which penetrate the earth at the same depth as if they were being planted naturally.
One thing that plays a large role in aerial reforestation's relative success is the design of the seed packages... If it's done right, though, reforestation by air can have a success rate as high as 70 percent
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