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Licensed, Bonded & Insured,
NY (NYS DOS, Div. Lic. Svcs)
NJ, CT, FL (FL Lic.# A2500098), DE & KS
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ASISS IN HAITI
Anthony Stone, President/CEO, and ASISS Executive Protection Team are providing armed protective services to corporate executives and dignitaries in Haiti.
One of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, Haiti in recent years has struggled with problems ranging from near-constant political upheaval, health crises, severe environmental degradation and an annual barrage of hurricanes.
On Jan. 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, reducing much of its capital to rubble. It was the worst earthquake in the region in more than 200 years. A preliminary assessment from Haiti's government put the body count at 150,000 on Jan. 23. The devastation created serious obstacles to those attempting to deliver promised foreign aid.
Huge swaths of the capital, Port-au-Prince, lay in ruins, and thousands of people were trapped in the rubble of government buildings, foreign aid offices and shantytowns. Schools, hospitals and a prison collapsed.
Haiti occupies an area roughly the size of Maryland on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Nearly all of the 8.7 million residents are of African descent and speak Creole and French. The capital is Port-au-Prince.
The country is, by a significant margin, the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, with four out of five people living in poverty and more than half in abject poverty. Deforestation and over-farming have left much of Haiti eroded and barren, undermining subsistence farming efforts, driving up food prices and leaving the country even more vulnerable to natural disasters. Its long history of political instability and corruption has added to the turmoil.
Anthony Stone and Members of ASISS Executive Protection Unit was deployed to Haiti one day after the massive earthquake struck. ASISS and its associates will be setting up a branch office in Haiti to provide protective services and training.
Photo: Anthony Stone in Haiti with high profile protection detail
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