Haiti just can't catch a break

It has been reported over the past couple of days that Haiti is experiencing a cholera outbreak.  This poor, little country whom back in January experienced one of the worst earthquakes, just can't catch a break.  Haiti was destroyed by the earthquake back in January, thousands of people died and many more were injured, millions were put out of their homes, because well, there was nothing left of their homes.  Thousands dead, millions displaced, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, what are they to do?  With billions in international aid and aid workers flocking into the country, Haiti began the process of rebuilding and trying to organize the country once again.  The country is still in shambles, however.  Millions are still displaced, and now, there is an outbreak of cholera. 
Cholera can be easily cured and is extremely preventable.  Cholera is a bacteria and can spread through contaminated food or water.  Basically, if the people of Haiti had clean drinking water this could be prevented.  The news in Haiti has reported that due to the extreme rains recently the Artibonite River has flooded and since this river is the main sewage drainage for the country the sewage spread.  Cholera is said to cause diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps.  The CDC reports that once an outbreak of cholera starts it is most likely spread through the feces of the people who already have the disease.  This occurs because many countries were cholera is prevalent are poorer countries that do not have good clean water sources.  So if someone who has cholera goes the bathroom upstream from where someone who doesn't have cholera gets their drinking water, then the person downstream is most likely to get the disease.  Cholera can spread very quickly and if not treated can be fatal.  So far, in Haiti, 208 people have died.  Kits to help decontaminate the water have been and continue to be distributed throughout the country.  Workers are also trying to help prevent and stop the spread of the cholera outbreak any further. 
When Haiti first got hit by the devastating earthquake back in January people were very anxious to help and aid flooded in; now as like with many natural disasters people have moved on and forgotten about the devastation that continues in Haiti.  It's harder for people who don't live there and go through what these people are going through to remember what happened because we aren't as affected.  Now it's not an excuse to stop helping, but it is the truth.  Since we don't live it every day we don't think about it every day.