Haiti is ranked 168th out of 179 on the 2014 United Nations Human Development Index.

Port-au-Prince is ranked 213th out of 221 on the 2010 Mercer world cities livability index.

The World Food Program reports that food supply covers only 55% of the population.

Haiti ranks among the worst three countries in the world in daily caloric intake per person.

42% of children less than five years of age suffer from stunting of growth.

Literacy rates in Haiti for the general population were 45% in 2010.

Unemployment is now 90% in Haiti and 80% of Haiti’s people live in abject poverty.

There are over 400,000 children without parents in Haiti.

There are still over 17,000 children in Mission of Hope’s surrounding area that will never go to school, due jointly to lack of money and lack of schools.

1 out of 5 children will die before the age of five.