January 6, 2011
Charities Report Slow Progress in Haiti, Despite $1.4-Billion Raised in a Year
Lea Radick/Handicap International
Lingering piles of rubble—such as that being cleared by Haitians hired by Handicap International—have hampered efforts to help the island nation recover from last year’s earthquake.
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Lea Radick/Handicap International
Lingering piles of rubble—such as that being cleared by Haitians hired by Handicap International—have hampered efforts to help the island nation recover from last year’s earthquake.
Nearly a year after an earthquake flattened much of Haiti’s capital, charities working to help the country recover say progress has been far slower than they had hoped. An estimated 31,656 transitional homes have been built, a tiny fraction of what’s needed to house the 1.5 million people left homeless by the earthquake. Just 7.5 percent of the rubble had been cleared from Port-au-Prince according to the latest estimates.
The groups say they are contending with a set of
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