Impact of Haiti Earthquake Still Felt After Three Years

Three years after Haiti's earthquake shattered the country's infrastructure, little has happened in recovery efforts. Immediately following the quake, the population of Port-au-Prince slept on streets, sidewalks, their autos, or jerry-built hovels. Thousands of bodies lay decomposing in the open air with rising levels of putrefaction. Delays in aid distribution caused random outbreaks of violence and survivors retaliated.

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Destruction of Port-au-Prince and the regions' historical and government buildings were demolished or heavily damaged. Ruination of Haiti's infrastructure has added up $8 billion. Even though the country received $9 billion in aid, less than 10% has been spent in rebuilding localities. Recovery funds have been misspent in the millions due to not prioritizing urgent and wide-scale improvements needed. A result of this shows at least 500,000 quake survivors still living in tent cities in Port-au-Prince.

Here are some videos of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake:

Haiti Hospitals in Crisis:

Rescuers Save Trapped Woman in Haiti

Pledge money from international donors has not met GOH's most urgent needs, infrastructure projects being under-funded. The GOH and its partners have a plan for improvements, estimated to help 80%-95% of the population get clean drinking water and benefit from septic systems put in place. However, no interest exists in the project, the World Bank being the only committed donor of $5 billion in reserved funds.

Some of the Music Videos for the occasion:

We Are The World 25 For Haiti - Official Video

Music video by Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti performing Are You Listening:

Orlane - Haïti pa mouri - Haiti does not die - Haïti ne meurt pas

More Haiti Earthquake Music Videos...

What needs to happen in order for the recovery to move forward is disclosures in spending to accounting agencies to monitor where the money is going and how it is spent. This is the only way Haiti can make steady progress in recovery and reconstruction efforts.

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