Haiti is recognized as the poorest country in the western hemisphere and has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation. The country is still recovering following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in 2010. Plant With Purpose has been working in rural Haitian communities since 1997. In rural areas, 88 percent of Haitians are considered poor (living on less than $2 a day), and 67 percent are extremely poor (living on less than $1.25 a day).