Haiti, One Year Later
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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2011-01-12 12:10
It has been one year since the devastating Haiti earthquake, which killed 222,570 people and left 1.3 million displaced. Since,
In July 2010, DAP, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that monitors disaster management systems and holds disaster relief actors publicly accountable
Five years later, tackling another disaster and new challenges, DAP is looking to the public for support in making sure mistakes are not repeated. In a
With billions of dollars raised, and more in the bank, Ben asks these questions:
- Why are conditions deteriorating?
- Why are hospitals treating people with cholera understaffed and without supplies?
- Why are doctors spending money out-of-pocket on bleach?
- Why are water and sanitation systems still so poor when so many large aid and relief groups told their donors they were working on water and sanitation?
DAP took a bold stance by recently launching a petition entitled
To date, Ben has relied on volunteers providing pro-bono and in-kind support to have a huge impact and begin a critical conversation. Want to get involved? Email Ben to help at ben@disasteraccountability.org
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