PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 17 — The earthquake that ravaged Haiti on Saturday has revived anger over international aid agencies’ response to a devastating quake there 11 years ago, stirring calls to ensure donations do a better job of reaching the people who need them most. Haitians and well-wishers...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 17 — The earthquake that ravaged Haiti on Saturday has revived anger over international aid agencies’ response to a devastating quake there 11 years ago, stirring calls to ensure donations do a better job of reaching the people who need them most.
It prompted pledges of support from UN bodies, the US Agency for International Development , the Red Cross and governments around the world. “The world had 11 years to prepare for the next earthquake. We did not,” he added. “Don’t shuffle money from the State Department to the Defence Department by way of USAID and tell the world that that was money for Haiti.”
Feinstein highlighted improvements in infant mortality rates in Haiti and said that in 2020 alone, USAID had supported the vaccination of more than 75,000 children there and provided care to tens of thousands of women and newborn babies. “Donate to HAITIAN ORGANISATIONS ONLY! Please! Can’t stress this enough. Haiti Based ONLY,” Jessie Woo, a Haitian-American comedienne, said on Twitter. “DO NOT DONATE ANY MONEY TO THE RED CROSS REGARDING HAITI.”
“Americans donated generously in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake to save lives — which is exactly what their donations did,” it said.A sexual misconduct scandal centring on Oxfam International tarnished the name of relief workers in Haiti, while a cholera outbreak linked to UN peacekeepers in the country after the 2010 quake led to thousands of deaths.
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