Today in Haiti still about 1.3 million Haitians still remain living on the streets with no shelter and no food. The U.S. State department has put Thomas C. Adams as a coordinator to watch over Washington's plans for reconstruction in Haiti. $1.15 billion has been pledged by the U.S. to go to Haiti, but it still has not been sent because a plan for spending the money has to be formed first. The State Department sent the lawmakers the plan on September 20 and gave the legislators 15 days to look over it. "Whether or not the legislative acts or not, the money will be released as soon as the period expires." (Jonathan M. Katz) The obama administration is, "in the final phase of working with them (congress) on release of supplemental funding to implement our-long-term strategy," said State Department adviser Caitlin Klevorick, who helps and works in Haiti.
Haiti is still being helped from the severe earthquake in 2010 and the living conditions are still bad for many people.
your photo of that poor boy with the scars on his head after being crushed is moving. What is even more moving though is the smile on his face. This little boy is living in a land where 1.3 million people are homeless and yet he still manages to flash an enthusiastic smile.
ReplyDeleteAny sense of why it's taking so long to get the country back on its feet?
ReplyDeleteHave you found any blogs from Haiti to follow? You must! Focus on trying to get as up-to-date info as you can. I think you'll find that pretty interesting reading.
Your whole blog has really inspired me to reflect on a trip i took to the Dominican Republic, where a lot of people were racist toward Hatians. Since the countries are so close is the DOminican REpublic doing anything to help???
ReplyDeleteWhy don't my comments ever save? But that sounds really awful. I like the topic of your blog a lot.
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