Eight Months After Haiti Earthquake, A Nation Hangs On -- Christian Science MonitorThose displaced by the Haiti earthquake continue to live in overcrowded camps, well into a hurricane season that regularly brings heavy rains.
Almost eight months after a devastating earthquake killed up to 300,000 and left some 1.5 million Haitians homeless, recovery has been slow. Equipment to remove some of the 20 million cubic meters of rubble that for months have lined the capital’s streets has finally arrived. The displaced continue to live in overcrowded camps, well into a hurricane season that has caused no major damage but regularly brings heavy rains.
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Update: Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared -- AP
My Comment: Just 2% .... I have heard that the percentage is even lower than that.
Even if a hundred billion dollars is put into Haiti today, the sad story of this country is that a culture of corruption exists (from the top to the bottom), that almost all monies would go somewhere else and the misery will continue.
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