IPS: HAITI: Rebuilding Waits on Promised Aid
A week ago, 59 U.N. member states, international institutions and NGO coalitions pledged nearly 10 billion dollars towards rebuilding Haiti over the next decade. But the self-congratulation ended with the conference's upbeat closing press conference, as NGOs and activists are now questioning both the reconstruction plan and the likelihood that nations will follow through on their financial commitments.
Haiti: From the Ground Up
Tue, 04/06/2010 - 17:24Aid workers can often seem jaded when confronted with the world’s misery. Many resort to cynicism, perhaps in the hope of distancing themselves emotionally from the victims of the tragedy unfolding before them. In Haiti – where an earthquake in early January devastated Port-au-Prince and left more than a million people homeless – I sensed a greater sense of empathy amongst the aid community.
IPS: HAITI: Looking More and More Like a War Zone
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 30, 2010 (IPS) - On an empty road in Cite Militaire, an industrial zone across from the slums of Cite Soleil, a group of women are gathered around a single white sack of U.S. rice. The rice was handed out Monday morning at a food distribution by the Christian relief group World Vision.
Haiti Donor Conference Should Place Civil Society Front and Center
Washington, D.C. -The Haiti Donors Conference this week will shape the lives of millions of Haitians and provide tangible contributions to the country’s reconstruction and recovery from the devastating January 12th earthquake, Refugees International (RI) said today. Yet the reconstruction effort will only deliver real improvements and sustainable development if Haitian voices are heard loud and clear by donor nations.
March 26, 2010
Dan Glickman became President of Refugees International on April 1, 2010. Dan has a distinguished history in public service where he has devoted much of his career to fighting hunger and working as a champion for underserved people in the U.S. and around the world. While at RI, Dan will focus on strengthening the organization's base of support and providing the strategic vision and leadership to improve RIs ability to compel the worlds leaders to provide clean water, food, health care and other basic assistance to people uprooted by conflict.
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Miami Herald: AIDS care rebounding in Haiti, though many lack shelter
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Jean Rejane Geralda's main problem isn't receiving her AIDS medications -- she hasn't missed a dose -- it's putting some sort of roof over the head of her daughter, Shara.
Geralda, like hundreds of thousands across post-earthquake Haiti, has been unable to obtain even a basic tent or tarpaulin from relief agencies.
LA Times: Haiti quake response largely a success
Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - The numbers were apocalyptic: More than 220,000 people killed and 300,000 injured. Over 1 million people displaced from homes. About 280,000 houses either obliterated or damaged. An estimated 25 million cubic yards of rubble to be cleared, much of it from the narrow, congested streets of Port-au-Prince.
New York Times: Haiti, Two Months Later
With every day that passes in the mud and rubble of Haiti, the failures of the relief effort are heartbreaking. There are four main strands to the campaign to make sure 1.2 million homeless people are sheltered and safe as the weather turns fierce. All are inadequate.
The National: UN chief Ban Ki-moon weeps for Haiti victims
NEW YORK: The UN held a memorial service for staffers and peacekeepers killed during the earthquake in Haiti while allegations of a weak humanitarian response to the Caribbean calamity continue.
AP: Billions for Haiti, a criticism for every dollar
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The world's bill for the Haitian earthquake is large and growing — now $2.2 billion — and so is the criticism about how the money is being spent.
A half-million homeless received tarps and tents; far more are still waiting under soggy bed sheets in camps that reek of human waste. More than 4.3 million people got emergency food rations; few will be able to feed themselves anytime soon. Medical aid went to thousands, but long-term care isn't even on the horizon.
Refugees International (RI) advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises.
We are an independent organization, and do not accept any government or UN funding.
We are an independent organization, and do not accept any government or UN funding.