On October 6, nearly 10 months after the devastating earthquake tore through Haiti, Refugees International (RI) released the report “Haiti: Still Trapped in the Emergency Phase” detailing the continuing crisis. “Action is urgently needed to protect the basic human rights of people displaced by the earthquake,” RI reported. “Living in squalid, overcrowded and spontaneous camps for a prolonged period has led to aggravated levels of violence and appalling standards of living.”
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by The LAWG Team
on May 14, 2010
Micheline Fleuron lives with her two boys in the median on the road in
Carrefour, Haiti. Her home, the pile of rubble across the street from
where she is now, collapsed during the earthquake and killed her
seven-year-old daughter. Before the earthquake Micheline had a small
business selling food items. She lost that in the earthquake. She says
food aid has been distributed near where she is but she has not been
able to get any of it. She says hunger is difficult and "dust from the
street is eating us."
On March 24th, President Obama sent his request to Congress for a
supplemental spending bill to support relief and reconstruction efforts
in Haiti. Millions of people in Haiti like Micheline could use that aid
to feed their children and begin rebuilding their lives, but Congress
still has not passed this crucial bill.
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by Kelly Miller
on July 21, 2010
It has now been six months since Haiti’s devastating earthquake. In
this time, international governments, aid organizations and concerned
individuals have donated vast amounts of money and countless hours to
the relief effort. But, there are still real concerns about recovery
efforts. Last week, TransAfrica
Forum hosted a congressional briefing,“Haiti Six Months Later:
Reports from the Ground,” to share the
devastating news: “what has emerged in the six month period since the
quake is a confusing mix of good intentions gone awry.”
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by Lisa Haugaard, LAWG, Theo Sitther, MCC, and Annalise Romoser, LWR
on May 06, 2010
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by Lisa Haugaard
on June 03, 2010
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by Salvador Sarmiento, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
on April 28, 2010
Take a look at a quality analysis by Salvador Sarmiento of the Robert F.
Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights of the road to travel
between an apparently successful donors conference and the actual
delivery of well-targeted aid, published on the Center for International
Policy’s Americas Program blog.
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