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2024-03-16 Caribbean-Latin America

Billions invested in Haiti since 2010 earthquake have not improved country: 'We're still working'

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [49 views ] Top

#1 It's not working in Ukraine, either.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-03-16 12:03|| 2024-03-16 12:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "Haiti received around $13.5 billion in the years following a devastating 2010 earthquake, thanks to an international effort led by the U.S. and the United Nations, around 120% of the country’s GDP at the time.

"They never rebuilt Port-au-Prince. You’re talking about a city that doesn’t have a sanitation system, doesn’t have basic plumbing and electricity, no basic infrastructure … people can’t get anywhere, they’re walking up and down the dirt," said Jack Brewer, a former NFL player and philanthropist who has pursued initiatives to help rebuild Haiti.

Brewer told Fox News Digital that he felt the funding provided after the 2010 earthquake "wasn’t properly spent."

"I got a chance to watch a lot of the things that happened on the ground," Brewer said. "After the earthquake in 2010, I worked with the NFL Players Association, and we partnered with the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund … it was called the Clinton Haiti Fund … and we raised a lot of money through that, and it started to be allocated."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/billions-invested-haiti-since-2010-080041990.html

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-03-16 13:29|| 2024-03-16 13:29|| Front Page Top

#3 It was money laundering, exploitation and human trafficking. Why would any of that have improved things for Haitians?

Posted by Super Hose 2024-03-16 16:44|| 2024-03-16 16:44|| Front Page Top

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